In this episode from our YouTube channel, Bev and Jen talk about the work of Unique Connections and some of the ethos and principles behind if.

Jenny Cavendish is a nationally-recognised self-harm expert and an integrative psychotherapist.

In this episode from our YouTube channel, we talk to Dr Caroline Roberts who brings both compassion and passion to her research with people with learning disabilities who self-injure.

Dr Roberts' research is focused on interdisciplinary approaches for supporting people with learning disabilities who self-injure, and she brings to her research her own lived experience of being sister to her brother who has intellectual, sensory and developmental disabilities and a long history of self-injury.

Dr Roberts is a kindred spirit for us, in the way she understands non-speaking individuals as part of the fabric of humanity, with unique contributions, who need to be honoured and respected.

Dr Roberts is a researcher from the University of Minnesota, working alongside Dr Frank Symons, a renowned researcher in the field of self-injury.

In this episode from our YouTube catalogue, Dr John Keesler talks with Bev about the why, how and what of TIC in services supporting people with intellectual disabilities.

Dr Keesler was one of the first researchers to publish about trauma-informed care (TIC) for people with intellectual disabilities back in 2014. He has continued to focus his energy in working with direct care services, and trauma institutes to work out how we can best implement TIC in the sector.