About this event

  • Date and time Thu 16 May 2024 from 9:15am to 5:00pm
  • Location Online
  • Organised by Intellectual Disability, The Research in Developmental Neuropsychiatry (RADiANT) network

Join us for this follow-up webinar looking to provide an essential update on forensic mental health aspects of neurodevelopmental disorders, including intellectual disability and autism. In Part 2, we will also examine the transition from in-patient settings to the community and the issues that patients, service users and families may encounter. This is a joint meeting with Research in Developmental Neuropsychiatry (RADiANT).

By attending, you will learn about:

  • The latest evidence on assessments, treatments, and treatment outcomes for people with neurodevelopmental conditions and mental health problems 
  • The prevalence and mechanisms of offending behaviour in people with neurodevelopmental disorders and mental health problems 
  • The transitions to the community from in-patient settings
  • Issues of relevance for patients, service users and families

Earn a certificate with 6 CPD points for attending this meeting.

This webinar is available for on-demand viewing. The webinar recording will be available for registered event participants up to 60 days after the live webinar broadcast via Zoom. The link will be sent 24 hours after the webinar takes place. 

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Tickets

Standard pricing available until 16 May 2024.

Member

RSM Fellow RSM Associate RSM Retired Fellow RSM Trainee RSM Student
£72.00 £43.00 £43.00 £43.00 £23.00

Non - Member

Consultant / GP / SAS Doctors AHP / Nurse / Midwife Non Healthcare Professional Trainee RADiANT Member Student
£132.00 £79.00 £79.00 £79.00 £72.00 £41.00

Key speakers

Professor Peter Langdon

Professor and Honorary Consultant Clinical and Forensic Psychologist, The Centre for Research in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities 

Professor Regi Alexander

Consultant Psychiatrist, Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust & School of Life & Medical Sciences 

Professor John Taylor

Consultant Clinical Psychologist, Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne & Wear NHS Foundation Trust 

Professor Glynis Murphy

Professor of Clinical Psychology and Disability, University of Kent  

Agenda

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Chair: Professor Regi Alexander, President, Intellectual Disability Section, Royal Society of Medicine, Consultant Psychiatrist, Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust & School of Life & Medical Sciences, University of Hertfordshire  

Welcome and introduction

Professor Regi Alexander

Community forensic services for people with intellectual disability: a review of effectiveness, safety and patient and carer experience

Professor Regi Alexander

In conversation: What difference does a community forensic intellectual disability service make: From early intervention to safe discharges

Ms Rose McCloskey, Forensic Learning Disability Social Worker, Broadland Clinic, in conversation with 2 experts

Panel discussion
Comfort break

Anger treatment for adults with intellectual disabilities

Professor John Taylor, Professor, Northumbria Law School, Emeritus Professor of Clinical Psychology, Faculty of Health & Life Sciences at Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, Consultant Clinical Psychologist and Approved Clinician, Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne & Wear NHS Foundation Trust

Treatment for arson or fire-setting in people with intellectual disability: A review of evidence

Dr Magali Barnoux, Lecturer, University of Kent  

Panel discussion
Comfort break

Chair: Dr Kamalika Mukherji, Clinical Director, Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust and Council Member, Intellectual Disability Section, Royal Society of Medicine 

Introduction

Dr Kamalika Mukherji

The equipping youth to help one another treatment programme: Results from an innovative trial

Professor Peter Langdon, The Centre for Research in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, University of Warwick 

The police and Autism project

Dr Magali Barnoux, Lecturer, University of Kent, Professor Glynis Murphy, Professor of Clinical Psychology and Disability, Tizard Centre, University of Kent, Chair, NICE guidelines panel on learning disability and challenging behaviour, and Dr Allyn Thomas PhD, Honorary Researcher, University of Kent 

Panel discussion
Comfort break

What I need (WIN): A needs assessment framework for people with neurodevelopmental disorders in forensic hospital settings

Ms Sadie Clarke, Learning Disability Nurse, Norfolk Forensic Community Learning Disability (NFC-LD) Team, Norwich 

Autism Spectrum Disorder in the criminal justice system: A systematic review

Ms Verity Chester, Research Associate, Network Manager of the RADiANT network (Research in Developmental Neuropsychiatry) 

Panel discussion
Closing remarks
Close of meeting

Location

Online

Registration for this event will close 1 hour before the start of the webinar.  Late registrations will not be accepted.

The agenda is subject to change at any time

If the event is recorded, we are only able to share presentations that we have received permission to share. There is no guarantee that all sessions will be available after the event, this is at the presenter’s and RSM’s discretion.

All views expressed at this event are of the speakers themselves and not of the Royal Society of Medicine, nor the speaker's organisations.

This event will be recorded and stored by the Royal Society of Medicine and may be distributed in future on various internet channels.