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Talash, Khojasta; Corfield, Lorraine; Latcham, Natalie; Lavelle, Claire; Williams, Richard A.; Machin, Laura L. – Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 2022
This study aims to explore the perceptions of foundation doctors (FDs) in the United Kingdom (UK) surrounding raising concerns in the workplace. An online survey was sent to all FDs in the UK between February and March 2018. Respondents were asked what they had observed or experienced that had been ethically challenging during their foundation…
Descriptors: Physicians, Work Environment, Ethics, Medical Education
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Crane, Laura; Jones, Lydia; Prosser, Rachel; Taghrizi, Morvarid; Pellicano, Elizabeth – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2019
The way an autism diagnosis is disclosed to parents has been found to play a crucial role in their acceptance of, and the way they cope with, their child's diagnosis. Yet, research into parents' subsequent experiences of disclosing a diagnosis to their children, and talking to their families about autism more generally, is limited. Using an online…
Descriptors: Parents, Parent Attitudes, Clinical Diagnosis, Autism
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Adams, Sarah – Management in Education, 2020
Globally, the number of children and adults being diagnosed with a mental health condition is rising (Bor et al., 2014), leading to mental illness being described as a global burden (Vos et al., 2015). Governments around the world have been developing visions, policies and practices to reduce mental ill health through preventive measures and…
Descriptors: Mental Health, Mental Disorders, Clinical Diagnosis, Prevention
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Preece, David; Jordan, Rita – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2007
Short break services in a UK county were studied using a postal survey of 256 families with a child with an autistic spectrum disorder (ASD). Results confirmed high degrees of stress and low levels of informal support for all families, but no significant difference in the informal support available to non-users as compared to users of short break…
Descriptors: Social Work, Asperger Syndrome, Autism, Foreign Countries
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Goodley, Dan – Disability & Society, 2007
In order for the sociological study of disability to enable, then it must be ready to conceptualize complex terrains of knowledge and activism. Research has to work alongside disabled people, their allies, their practices, their resistances and their theorizing. This paper makes a case for a framework of understanding that situates such work.…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Misconceptions, Down Syndrome, Social Attitudes
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Pracana, Clara, Ed.; Wang, Michael, Ed. – Online Submission, 2016
We are delighted to welcome you to the International Psychological Applications Conference and Trends (InPACT) 2016, taking place in Lisbon, Portugal, from 30 of April to 2 of May, 2016. Psychology, nowadays, offers a large range of scientific fields where it can be applied. The goal of understanding individuals and groups (mental functions and…
Descriptors: Conferences (Gatherings), Educational Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Social Psychology