Tag: Neurodiversity
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New parenting webinar released online – free to access
We recently were involved in an online webinar for parents focused on parenting. We have now published this webinar on the EPIC YouTube Channel! The webinar includes 3 talks from researchers at the University of Edinburgh. First Dr Vilas Sawrikar talks about supporting parents in managing behaviour and enhancing the quality of parent-teens relationship. Next Claire Tai talks…
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EPIC Think Learn at ITAKOM
It takes all kinds of minds conference, March 2023 EPIC Think Learn are excited to be participating as an exhibitor at ITAKOM, an international conference entirely focused on the far-reaching concept of neurodiversity. We will be bringing along our brand new resources for parents and teachers and look forward to sharing them with a wide…
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Is EPIC suitable for children with DCD/Dyspraxia?
This blog post was written by Sinead Rhodes, Claire Tai, Peter Wu and Penny Shutt We have been busy working on a pilot study to see if EPIC activities would be suitable for children with Dyspraxia/Developmental Co-ordination Disorder (DCD). A pilot study is a small-scale study with a small number of children taking part –…
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Co-production of the EPIC programme with children, parents, education and clinical professionals
The EPIC programme aims to improve thinking, learning and behaviour in neurodivergent children. EPIC focuses on understanding and supporting thinking difficulties, through psychoeducation and use of strategies. This understanding and support can help improve everyday life for neurodivergent children at home and school. The principles of EPIC such as a transdiagnostic individualised approach were developed…
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Co-production of research with those with lived experience: an example from an ADHD study
We have been posting about co-production in research over the last few weeks in a series of posts aimed at a researcher audience (‘Insights from Researchers on Co-Production’). We will also shortly have a parallel series of posts from the perspective of a parent of a child with a disability. In our post today, which…
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Thinking skills and learning maths in children with ADHD
Successful maths learning is linked to a range of skills involving processing of numbers. When a child finds learning maths tricky these number skills are often focused on as the source of the difficulty. Learning maths also relies on having good thinking skills such as efficient memory. Much less focus though has been given to…
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