Social Stories help children with ASD understand social situations. A Social Story writes the child into a story, and is tailored to giving them social information in a friendly way that helps them understand and learn healthy social behaviours.
Do you or your family members have a diagnosis of Autism? Would you like to help scientists learn more about the cause of Autism? We are looking for families to join our research study. To find out more about our study, take a look at our study information sheets below:
LeafletsSounds interesting? Get in touch with your local MARS researcher using the details below:
E-mail: [email protected]
Telephone:01904 294244
We look forward to hearing from you!
LEGO®-based therapy is a new approach that is designed to help children and young people with autism learn new skills to help them at home, school, and with their friends.
Can you help us make Autism assessments better for deaf children and young people? To find out more about our study, take a look at our Participant Information Section below:
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Participant Information Sheet - Children (2-10 years) (PDF)
Participant Information Sheet - Young People (11-15 years) (PDF)
Participant Information Sheet - Young People (16-18 years) (PDF)
BSL Versions:
BSL Participant Information - Children (2-10 years)
BSL Participant Information - Young People (11-15 years)
BSL Participant Information - Young Adults (16-18 years)
Sound interesting? Get in touch with a member of our research team:
E-mail: [email protected]
Telephone: 01904 294827
Text/Facetime: 07973630601
We look forward to hearing from you!
We develop child orientated research for children and young people. This moves away from a national trend where child and adolescent research has been based around interventions that have been used in adult populations. We have strong involvement from young people in designing and running our research, and put children and families’ right at the centre of our thinking as we plan further research.
Over the last 10 years there has been a 300% increase in the number of children accessing specialist sleep support from Sheffield Children’s Hospital. The impact of sleep problems in childhood is wide-ranging in terms of physical and mental health, quality of life, behaviour and educational outcomes. Child sleep problems are also associated with poor outcomes for parents and other household members. Promoting healthy sleep is therefore a public health priority. Research investigating potential interventions to promote healthy sleep in children is limited, particularly in school and community settings.
The COMIC team will work with UCL to carry out a comprehensive survey of current practice in the UK. They will then conduct a systematic review of the current evidence around these routinely used interventions.
TIGA-CUB is an NIHR Research for Patient Benefit-funded pragmatic, individually-randomised, controlled feasibility trial that aims to test the feasibility and acceptability of running a large scale RCT of manualised Child Psychotherapy vs. usual treatment for children with treatment resistant conduct disorders. The child psychotherapy manual was written by Child Psychotherapists at the Northern School of Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy (NSCAP).
LEGO®-based therapy is a new approach that is designed to help children and young people with autism learn new skills to help them at home, school, and with their friends.
How can we help children who are scared of some things? Sometimes children can be scared of things like animals, places and objects. This can make them feel scared and worried and can also mean they miss out on doing the things they like to do, or even need to do. This is called a phobia and it affects between 5 and 10% of children. Phobias can last for a long time (up to 20 years!) and people can find it difficult to ask for help with this. We want to find out the best way to help children who are scared of things.
The Child Oriented Mental health Intervention Centre (COMIC) research team, led by Professor Barry Wright, has been awarded funding by The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) to conduct a systematic review of early support interventions for parents of deaf babies.
Although there are an estimated 125,000 Deaf people in the UK who use British Sign Language (BSL), there are no child mental health screening instruments accessible to children whose first or main language is BSL. The Strengths & Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) is commonly used in the assessment of children’s mental health problems and is available in 60 languages. We translated the SDQ into BSL, for deaf young people, deaf parents and deaf teachers. We seek resources to enhance awareness of the availability of the SDQ in BSL among the Deaf community, with the aim of building confidence in its reliability and increasing its use. By doing so, we aim to enhance access to, and increase uptake of, mental health services among Deaf children and adolescents, ultimately leading to better mental health outcomes among this community.
Can you help us make Autism assessments better for deaf children and young people? To find out more about our study, take a look at our Participant Information Section below:
Leaflets
Participant Information Sheet - Children (2-10 years) (PDF)
Participant Information Sheet - Young People (11-15 years) (PDF)
Participant Information Sheet - Young People (16-18 years) (PDF)
BSL Versions:
BSL Participant Information - Children (2-10 years)
BSL Participant Information - Young People (11-15 years)
BSL Participant Information - Young Adults (16-18 years)
Sound interesting? Get in touch with a member of our research team:
E-mail: [email protected]
Telephone: 01904 294827
Text/Facetime: 07973630601
We look forward to hearing from you!