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Research Board Profiles

The Research Board is responsible for setting the strategy for the Prior's Court Research Programme and ensuring that it fits with the overall strategy of the organisation.

Chair: Catherine Carroll PhD - Senior Lecturer (MA Education) at Institute of Education, St Mary's University

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Dr Catherine Carroll is Senior Lecturer in Education at St Mary's University in Middlesex. She has over twenty five years of teaching and research experience in schools and higher education; lecturing in education and psychology. Her research has been published in international peer reviewed journals and professional publications. Her specific research interests include; autism, special educational needs, inclusion, the education of children in care and knowledge exchange between researchers and practitioners.

Published: 28th November, 2019

Updated: 12th December, 2019

Author: Rachel Drinkwater

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Sarah Butcher - Director of Residential Care Services at Prior's Court

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Sarah has more than twenty-nine years’ experience in residential social work working with children and adults with autism, severe learning difficulties and complex needs. She is an Advanced Consultant TEACCH Trainer and was instrumental in developing the specialist approach which underpins the autism best practice at Prior’s Court. Sarah has spoken at international conferences in both America and China. She is a member of the national social care advisory board of the UK government inspection agency, Ofsted. In 2018 Sarah was awarded the honour of MBE by her Majesty the Queen for services to children with special educational needs.

Published: 29th November, 2019

Updated: 16th December, 2019

Author: Rachel Drinkwater

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Joanne Humphries - Managing Project Consultant in the Health Science Global Business Unit for Oracle / Parent of Young Person at Prior’s Court

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Joanne is a parent of a young person at Prior's Court. She has a BSC in Computer Science, and a Masters in BioInformatics with Systems Biology. Part of Joanne’s studies involved genetics research related to autism. Professionally Joanne is an IT Project Manager working in the Life Sciences industry. Previous to working in Life Sciences, Joanne has worked in Research Management IT Software. Joanne is interested in all research that supports better life outcomes for young people with autism and helps facilitate more involvement of the most severely affected in the participation of such research.

Published: 1st December, 2019

Updated: 10th December, 2019

Author: Rachel Drinkwater

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Paul Kemp - Director of the International Centre for Ecohydraulics Research at Southampton University / Parent of Young Person at Prior’s Court

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Paul sits on the board as a parent of a young person at Prior’s Court with an interest in ensuring parents viewpoints are considered. As a Professor at the University of Southampton he has many years of experience in diverse research portfolios acting as the Director of Research in the Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences, and is particularly interested in Interdisciplinarity.

Published: 2nd December, 2019

Updated: 10th December, 2019

Author: Rachel Drinkwater

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Fiona Knott - Consultant Clinical Psychologist at Prior’s Court / Associate Professor and the Clinical Director at the Centre for Autism at the University of Reading

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Fiona is a clinical psychologist and Associate Professor at the University of Reading. Her research interests have three main strands: development and treatment of anxiety problems in children with autism, employability and autism and attitudes to autism.

Published: 3rd December, 2019

Updated: 10th December, 2019

Author: Rachel Drinkwater

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Sue Piper - Director of Education and Life Long Learning at Prior's Court

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As part of the various areas Sue has studied, there has always been a requirement to research an area and demonstrate that the results have an impact. Currently Sue is most interested in all the areas that directly impact the young people at the complex end of the autism spectrum. With her background in TEACCH Sue is always keen to look at what young people learn and how they learn best. Sue is a member of the PLASN-R research board which provides her with another link to similar schools and UCL and enables her to stay up to date with current research areas.

Published: 4th December, 2019

Updated: 10th December, 2019

Author: Rachel Drinkwater

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Mike Robinson - Chief Executive at Prior's Court

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Mike is the CEO of Prior’s Court. Prior to this he was managing director of a group of special educational needs schools in the UK and has been involved in the development of autism services in the Middle East.

Published: 6th December, 2019

Updated: 10th December, 2019

Author: Rachel Drinkwater

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Catherine Tissot - Professor of Education and Special Needs at the University of Reading / Prior's Court Trustee

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Catherine Tissot is a Professor in Special Educational Needs at the Institute of Education, University of Reading.  Her recent research and support for doctoral students has focused on autism, sexual identity and educating trainee teachers about disabilities and mainstream practice. 

Published: 8th December, 2019

Updated: 11th December, 2019

Author: Rachel Drinkwater

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Claudio Vilella Moreno - Class Teacher at Prior’s Court

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A Special needs Teacher from Prior’s Court, Claudio is always keen to find different ways to give young people with autism the best wellbeing and health life they can have. One of Claudio's passions is drama as people with autism who take part in drama and performance activities may be able to improve their communication and interpersonal skills.

Published: 9th December, 2019

Updated: 10th December, 2019

Author: Rachel Drinkwater

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Dr George (Georgios) Konstantinidis - Autism Practitioner in Education at Prior's Court

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George has a BSc in Biological Science, and a PhD in Medical Genetics. He has over fifteen years of research experience in both Academia as well as in the Pharmaceutical Industry. His work has been published in international peer reviewed journals. He has also lectured Bioethics at the University of Athens in Greece, taught Science at SEN schools and tutored mainstream school students for their Science GCSEs in the UK. Since joining Prior's Court as an Autism Practitioner, his interests have been focused on contributing to achieve better life outcomes for young people with autism.

Published: 8th December, 2020

Author: Rachel Drinkwater

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    Prior’s Court Young Adult Provision was set up in 2011 to meet the continuing needs of young adults between the ages of 19 and 25 with autism, learning difficulties and complex needs.

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    Join our teams working in conjunction with the Home Management Team supporting young people with severe autism in their homes.

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Due to the high level and complexity of need, our priority is to ensure that young people are safe and healthy. From there we work to enable progress in all areas of their lives. Read more

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Updated: 14th January, 2020

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