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Books on mental health

Books in the Library on Mental Wellbeing

12th - 18th May is Mental Health Awareness week. Our Librarian, Jan, has put together this list of her favourite books on mental health that are available to borrow from our library. L6803 – The Mental Health Handbook by Trevor Powell (2000) L6759 – The Sky’s The Limit: a workbook for teaching mental health wellbeing to young people with SEN by Victoria Honeybourne (2016) C0448 ...
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Self-injury in children with intellectual disability

We are delighted to publish our new comprehensive guide for parents on ‘Self-injury in children with intellectual disability’ in partnership with the Cerebra Network for Neurodevelopmental Disorders. For children with intellectual disabilities and their parents and carers, self-injury is a really important issue. Cerebra Network Director Professor Caroline Richards, one of the authors of the guide, explains: "Self injurious behaviour (SIB) is common in children ...
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Is all this research actually doing anything?

This post is a summary of the conversation between the researchers and two undergraduate interns hosted by the Centre for Research in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (CIDD) for one month, June 2023. The content is the interns' own personal reflections on the conversation. Cerebra boasts an “extensive collection of research papers”, but is research actually influencing policy in the UK? Is research causing change or ...
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Dr Caitlin Murray – The Importance Of Family Research

My name is Dr Caitlin Murray and I am a Research Fellow in CEDAR at the University of Warwick. I completed a Cerebra-funded PhD at CEDAR and have been fortunate enough to continue to work at CEDAR as a Research Fellow, working on a variety of research projects. My primary role has involved working with a research team at CEDAR, including Professor Richard Hastings and ...
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Introducing Cerebra PhD Student Jessica Mingins

Jessica Mingins is a PhD student at Aston University, her Cerebra funded research is improving our understanding and assessment of anxiety in people with Fragile X syndrome and Cornelia de Lange syndrome. My PhD is focused on mental health in rare genetic syndromes associated with intellectual disability. Primarily, my focus is on assessment of anxiety and factors associated with anxiety in Fragile X Syndrome and ...
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Cerebra Ambassadors family.

Ambassadors

Vanessa Hooper Life can be tough when you live with someone with extra needs. Having the support from Cerebra has been invaluable to us. We, as a family, cherish the opportunity to give back and hopefully raise awareness about the work that Cerebra does and the neurological conditions the charity supports. Cara Readle I have had mild cerebral palsy from birth and Cerebra is a ...
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Trustees

Our board of experienced trustees come from different sectors and all walks of life. They share responsibility on how Cerebra is governed. Charlotte Geeves - Chair of the Trustees Charlotte Geeves is the Executive Director at Bristol Old Vic. Since taking up the post in 2019, Charlotte has successfully championed the cultural strength of Bristol in the region and UK arts sector. She has steered the ...
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Free webinar: Understanding neurodiversity in communication and social abilities in children with intellectual disabilities

Free lunchtime webinar: Wednesday 14th May – 12.30pm – 2pm For parents, carers and professionals that support families. People with intellectual disabilities are an incredibly diverse group, each with their own strengths and challenges in communication and social abilities, which can either support their wellbeing and community participation or create barriers that limit their opportunities. However, this diversity is not always fully recognised, leading to ...
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A selection of toys available from cerebra's lending library

Toys for Maddie and books for Mum

Zoe introduces us to her daughter Maddie and explains how our Library Service has helped them both. "Maddie loves to mark make, draw and colour in her own unique way. She loves to sing and dance and sing along to nursery rhymes. She loves to be her own individual self on her tablet and watch her own programmes. She likes to meet new people and ...
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Inaccessible, unacceptable and unaccountable: the provision of paediatric continence supplies in England, Wales and Scotland.

Charities issue an urgent call for action, following the publication of a major new research report into the provision of paediatric continence supplies. The report reveals that serious failings by health and social care bodies are having a long-term detrimental impact on the lives of disabled children and their families. The report, published by Cerebra, the UK charity working for children with brain conditions, the ...
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