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79. From Syria to Liberia: Responding to emergencies across the globe – Report from The International Rescue Committee

David Miliband writes (2015): The demand for our work has never been greater, so our response to the challenges we face needs to be increasingly efficient and effective—but also creative.

That is why over the past year we have conducted a rigorous, thoughtful and in-depth examination of the way we carry out our work around the world, and how to carry it forward.

The result of the review is an ambitious new strategy that will guide our efforts from 2015 through 2020.

Go to: http://feature.rescue.org/annual-report-2014/

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TAC Bulletin Update - Issue Number 158 - Mid-May 2015

Editor Peter Limbrick - About this TAC Bulletin

  1. Thoughts on being vulnerable after UK Election 2015
  2. Interconnections Sleep Work
  3. Scientists decry Canada's outdated Wi-Fi safety rules - 'prudent avoidance should be recommended with cellphones and Wi-Fi'
  4. All about resilience in children – from the Center on the Developing Child
  5. Handbook of Children and Youth Studies - & invite to book launch in Melbourne, Australia
  6. Inclusion Europe and Inclusion International – meet Sara and Harry
  7. Corporate Parenting for Young People in Care: Making the difference? Report from SPRU (UK) using care leavers as researchers
  8. People with learning disabilities in the criminal justice system - lacking support and information - facing social isolation - UK & US
  9. The M.S. in Counseling / Applied Behavior Analysis program is offered online
  10. Free advocates training from Afasic Cymru – Wales, UK  
  11. Black Mental Health UK (BMH UK)
  12. Helping parents of disabled children with sleep: 2-day workshop, Birmingham UK, February 2016. International relevance  

The views expressed in the TAC Bulletin and News Service are not necessarily shared by TACinterconnections.

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People with learning disabilities in the criminal justice system - lacking support and information - facing social isolation - UK & US

If the experiences of people with learning disabilities in the criminal justice system could be summed up in two words, those words would be confusion and isolation.

This is the bleak picture which emerges from Hyun et al's (2014) synthesis of research studies which have focused on the experiences of people with learning disabilities who have faced arrest and served time in jail.

There are no reliable estimates of the number of people with learning disabilities in the criminal justice system in any country, though prevalence studies in the UK and the US have consistently shown that they are over-represented and could make up anywhere between 10% and a staggering 60% of the prison population.

Read the full post by Sian Anderson: http://www.thelearningdisabilitieself.net/2015/02/09/people-with-learning-disabilities-in-the-criminal-justice-system-lacked-support-information-and-faced-social-isolation/

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Anxiety in Neurodevelopmental Disorders: Assessment and intervention – workshop in Newcastle upon Tyne, UK, September 2015

The aim of the 1-day workshop  is to unite researchers, healthcare professionals, patient groups and parents to learn more about anxiety in neurodevelopmental conditions such as Autism Spectrum Disorder and Williams Syndrome.

The full programme will be released soon and will include keynote speaker: Mikle South (Brigham Young University, Utah); also Robert Parton, diagnosed with Autism at the age of 3 and now a popular public speaker with presentations such as: 'I am not Rainman'.

Cost: £40 for professionals/£25 for concessions.

Academic delegates are invited to submit posters on relevant topics

For more information to register go to: https://webstore.ncl.ac.uk/browse/extra_info.asp?compid=1&modid=2&deptid=9&catid=32&prodid=403

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