Research into sleep and behaviour in neurodevelopmental conditions led by Professor Caroline Richards @unibirmingham (retweets are not endorsements)

England, United Kingdom
Joined October 2018
I am pleased to announce that I passed my PhD viva yesterday with minor corrections!!! Huge thanks to my supervisors @Sarah_NottsUni & @RichardsLabUoB for their support over the years, and to my examiners @WillClinPsy & @brianpsychology for a great experience. #PhDone 🥳🎓
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In support of #RareDiseaseDay, the Cerebra Network team @unibirmingham have popped on some @MedicsForRare stripy socks and displayed their posters to raise awareness for #raredisease - did you know that 3.5 million people in the UK live with a #RareCondition? #ShowYourStripes
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📣 We are advertising three fully funded PhDs with @devine_mr_rory and @HayleyRCrawford working on measuring cognition in people with intellectual disability. Deadline 31st March. tinyurl.com/bdd3vpph @LES_UniBham @UoB_SoP @UoB_CDS
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We're really excited to be attending the #SeattleClub2024 conference over the next couple of days! Many of our team are presenting their research and look forward to sharing findings and connecting with other researchers and professionals! 📚
Looking forward to welcoming delegates and speakers to the #SeattleClub2024 conference @KingsCollegeLon this week! Main themes - health inequalities and inclusive research plus lots of other research in neurodevelopmental conditions @deborah_chinn @drandrestrydom @AliveLeder 📃
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Jane Margetson reviews the Cerebra webinar talk on Understanding and reducing sleep problems for children with a genetic syndrome, led by Professor Caroline Richards and Leeann Stevenson on 26th September 2024. buff.ly/40Dt5r7
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It was such a privilege to present some of our past research and future research plans at @UVip_iit today alongside Prof. Andy Bremner @BBabylab. We very much enjoyed the discussions around sleep differences in rare genetic conditions and in blind infants!
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Our Sleep booklet introduces and explains different techniques for tackling common sleep problems. It covers ten main topics including bedtime routines, daytime napping, comfort objects and moving bedtime backwards or forwards. buff.ly/3aMol5a
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Jane Margetson reviews the Cerebra webinar talk on Understanding and reducing sleep problems for children with a genetic syndrome, led by Professor Caroline Richards and Leeann Stevenson on 26th September 2024. buff.ly/40Dt5r7
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Its #SMSAwarenessDay2024! Smith-Magenis Syndrome (SMS) Awareness Day is celebrated on 17th November each year. The day is dedicated to educating the world about SMS and raising awareness of the syndrome. buff.ly/3Z8UGis
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Dr Georgie Agar at Aston University gives a project update on our study to understand how practical and effective behavioural sleep interventions are for children with neurodevelopmental conditions. buff.ly/3NZakXz
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Have you seen our new free parent guide on self-injury yet? In the guide, we outline #PEACE as a helpful place to start when looking at why someone might be displaying self-injury! 🖱️Click here for free access to the full guide tinyurl.com/SIB-Parent-Guide
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Our new guide on self-injury in children with intellectual disabilities explains the characteristics that may increase a person’s likelihood of showing self-injury. buff.ly/40BuvlF #SIBGuide #PEACE
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New Guide Alert!🎉 We're pleased to share our new parent guide on self-injurious behaviour! The guide outlines what self-injury is, it's possible causes & interventions that may help reduce self-injury. 🖱️tinyurl.com/SIB-Parent-Guide @CerebraCharity @UoB_SoP @CerebraNetwork @UoB_CDS
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The 2024 / 2025 Richards Lab team!⭐️ We've got lots of new projects and exciting updates to share with you soon, we're looking forward to a busy year of research! 🙌
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Call for proposals for the UK 2024 Seattle Club Conference for intellectual and developmental disability research is now open! Go to tinyurl.com/326wkv6m to submit a proposal. Two themes this year - health inequalities and inclusive research.
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Really pleased to share our new paper exploring the experiences of mothers who had a mod/late #preterm born infant is available open access @BMJ_Open! 👏🏻 @RichardsLabUoB @DrAndrewSurtees @DanSutherland99 tinyurl.com/3t6sxnfy Here’s a thread of our main interview themes 👇🏻
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Such a pleasure to work with @JoannaFMoss on this commentary on the representation of autistic people with intellectual disability in research. You can access the full paper here: rdcu.be/dN5Uv
The exclusively inclusive landscape of autism research Comment by Lauren Jenner & Joanna Moss go.nature.com/3LqPU8D
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Congratulations @katmarlow3 on your PhD graduation - was a pleasure to supervise your exceptional research with @devine_mr_rory
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We're very excited to be attending #icis2024 @Infantstudies We'll be presenting some of our latest work, come chat with us @GiuliaOrioli @Alice_Cousins_ @UoB_SoP @TheCHBH @UoB_CDS
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