What's been happening and what's coming up SMRC Director Sue Fletcher-Watson steps down Professor Sue Fletcher-Watson to step down in Spring 2025 Obituary - Dr Alastair Salvesen CBE Written by Prof Sue Fletcher-Watson News: SMRC Annual Report 2022/2023 October 2023: The report of the Research Centre’s activities over the past year has been published and is available to view online. Event: The Salvesen Lecture 2023: Associate Professor Holly Joseph Associate Professor Holly Joseph and Dr Alice Mpofu-Coles deliver the 2023 Salvesen Lecture: "Learning to Read in the Wider Context: Why understanding families, communities and social inequalities are key to supporting children’s language and literacy" News: 2021/2022 Annual Report August 2022: The report of the Research Centre’s activities over the past year has been published and is available to view online. Event: The Salvesen Lecture 2021: Dr Punit Shah Dr Punit Shah delivers the 2021 Salvesen Lecture: 'Are similarities just as important as differences in neurodiversity research?' News: 2020/2021 Annual Report May 2021: Find out more about our ongoing research, outreach activities and more in our 2020/2021 Report. News: Congratulations are in order! We have entered 2021 with five new post-docs after Margaret Laurie, Bérengère Digard, Sinead O’Carroll, Shereen Sharaan and Bethan Dean all completed their vivas remotely during various stages of lockdown in 2020. News: Director of Research Centre receives promotion to Professor June 2020: Dr Sue Fletcher-Watson will become a Professor of Developmental Psychology at the University of Edinburgh from 1st August this year. News: 2019/2020 Annual Report June 2020: The report of the Research Centre’s activities over the past year has been published and is available to view online. Opinion: Private treatment for learning difficulties - what to consider. Jan 2020: Dr Sue Fletcher-Watson, Director of the Salvesen Mindroom Research Centre, addresses what people should look out for when choosing treatments for adults or children with learning difficulties. News: The Salvesen Lecture 2019 image gallery Dec 2019: Photographs taken at the inaugural Salvesen Lecture 2019 Event: The Salvesen Lecture 2019 Learning difficulties - whose voice matters? Join us at our inaugural Salvesen Lecture Event: The Salvesen Lecture 2024: Associate Professor Lotta Borg Skoglund Associate Professor Lotta Borg Skoglund delivers the 2024 Salvesen Lecture: "ADHD symptoms in women aren’t hidden – they are misinterpreted" News: SMRC Annual Report 2023/2024 October 2024: The report of the Research Centre’s activities over the past year has been published and is available to view online. Event: Free Creative Summer Workshops Our charity partner, Mindroom, are launching a series of free creative workshops for care experienced* neurodivergent young people aged 14-18 this summer. Policy Briefings Launch We have launched a library of policy briefings with our friends at the Salvesen Mindroom Centre. Event: The Salvesen Lecture 2022: Prof Edmund Sonuga-Barke Professor Edmund Sonuga-Barke delivers the Salvesen Lecture 2022: ‘The Neurodiversity Concept – foundation for a new science of neurodevelopment?’ Obituary - Professor Anne O'Hare, leading paediatric neurologist Written by Sinéad Rhodes and Paul Vallely Selkirk High: Neurodiversity and Mental Health webinars In March 2021, we partnered with Selkirk High School and The Harris Trust to deliver three webinars on neurodiversity in secondary schools. There was a particular focus on the experiences of autistic young people, and on mental health. Event: The Salvesen Lecture 2020: Dr Duncan Astle Dr Duncan Astle delivers the 2020 Salvesen Lecture: 'Beyond the Label – Mapping Brain Diversity in Childhood' Event: SMRC Rising Stars Webinar Series: Dr Priya Silverstein Dr Priya Silverstein, University of Surrey presents on Babies and Bayes. 25th November 2020. Event: SMRC Rising Stars Webinar Series: Dr Dean D'Souza Dr Dean D'Souza, Anglia Ruskin University presents on understanding constraints on early language and cognitive development. 29th June 2020. News: 'Helping Hand' app launched to support parents during autism assessment Feb 2020: The stress and anxiety of a potential autism diagnosis could be reduced by a new mobile phone app developed by our team here at the Salvesen Mindroom Research Centre. News: The Salvesen Lecture 2019 film recording Dec 2019: Learning difficulties - whose voice matters? Inclusion and empowerment in research and practice. A short roundup of our Inaugural Salvesen Lecture 2019 . News: Research Priorities article published in British Medical Journal Open Nov 2019: An article detailing our project to define the Research Priorities for Learning Difficulties article has been published online in BMJ Open (British Medical Journal). This article was published on 2022-10-20
