Description
Join us as we extend awareness and educate attendees on some of the most sensitive and complex issues within the intellectual disability field.
We’ve pulled together an extensive range of experts to tackle and provide authoritative comment on a set of complex and sensitive issues related to gender, health safeguarding and intellectual disability.
Self-harm, safety issues, gender dysphoria, transgenderism, gender identity disorder and behavioural difficulties are all modern day pervasive terms. However, how men and women with intellectual disability are clinically supported to deal with challenges associated with such conditions within both health and social care settings, is often overlooked.
Distinct services, such as gender dysphoria for men and women with intellectual disability will be amongst the key presentations provided. The predominant underpinning theme and main context for the event is safeguarding.
Speakers will share their expertise highlighting both research and practical suggestions as to how to clinically manage this complex topic.
key speakers
Professor Gyles Glover
Professor Michael Brown
what topics will be covered?
Sexuality, self-harm, gender identity, intellectual disability and associated safety issues.
who can attend?
This meeting is open to anybody in the field of health, but if you work in the mental health, forensic medicine and intellectual disability health or social care settings, this event will benefit your clinical practice.
agenda
9.00 am
Registration, tea and coffee
9.30 am
Welcome and introduction to the day
Dr Martin Bollard, President, Intellectual Disability Forum, Royal Society of Medicine
9.45 am
Physical health and safeguarding needs of men and women with intellectual disability: A public health perspective
Professor Gyles Glover Co-Director, Learning Disabilities Observatory Team, Public Health England
10.15 am
Sexual identity and intellectual disability
Professor Michael Brown, Academic Lead for CPD and Postgraduate Taught Courses, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Queen’s University Belfast and Dr Edward McCann Assistant Professor, Assistant Professor, Senior Sophister Course Coordinator, Trinity College Dublin
10.45 am
Tea and coffee break
11.00 am
Sex, intellectual disability and the law
Dr Sanjay Nelson, Consultant Psychiatrist, East London NHS Foundation Trust and Dr Shakeel Islam, Consultant Psychiatrist East London NHS Foundation Trust
11.30 am
Men with intellectual disability who self harm
Dr Rebbecca Fish, Researcher, Centre for Disability Research University of Lancaster
12.00 pm
Discussion
12.30 pm
Lunch
1.30 pm
Gender dysphoria and intellectual disabilities: Challenging perceptions and changing lives
Dr Ruth Bevan, Consultant in Gender Dysphoria, Northern Region Gender Dysphoria Service, Northumberland Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust
2.00 pm
Supporting Individuals with an intellectual disability and or autism to both express their sexuality and to be safe: Practical issues and examples
Mr Simon Jones, Behavioural Specialist for Consensus Care LTD, Chair, RCN Learning Disability Nursing Forum
2.30 pm
Safeguarding and challenging behaviour: Towards a shared multi-disciplinary approach
Mr Jonathan Beebee, Chief Enablement Officer and Nurse Consultant
3.00 pm
MyHealth: Co-creating health information for men with intellectual disability
Dr Martin Bollard, Associate Head of School, Principal Lecturer, School of Nursing Midwifery and Health, Coventry University and Mr Paul Magee, Senior Product Designer, Centre for Innovative Research Across the Life Course (CIRAL)
3.40 pm
Discussion
Dr Martin Bollard
4.00 pm
Close of meeting, tea and coffee and networking