Seminar Series Summary

The seminar series has finished now. We have produced a summary report along with an accessible version. You can download them from here:


Pushing the Boundaries of Participatory Research with people with learning disabilities: Summary

Moving forward with Participatory Research with people with learning disabilities: Accessible Summary

What next? Talking together about new ideas and next steps for participatory research

On 11th November 2014 we held our final seminar in which we pulled together things that we had learnt and discussed ways of taking our own participatory research forward

Activity Title	Timing	Led by
Part 1: Analysis and Feedback   We will talk about the issues raised across the seminar series. Jane will present the project team’s thoughts. We will then invite you to share your ideas and comments.	10.10-11.15	Jane Seale
Part 2: Brainstorm   Liz will lead a ‘brainstorm’ session. We would like to create a resource that helps more people get involved in participatory research. We would like to hear your ideas about what would be most useful, and how we could do it.	11.30-12.30	Liz Tilley
Part 3: Shared problem-solving   Participants are invited to send ahead 'problems' that are bothering them in relation to doing participatory research. We will select a few for discussion on the day in small groups. This will help us to work through real challenges together and share our ideas so we can all learn.	1.15-2.45	Melanie Nind

Seminar 4: Exploring issue of transfer

The fourth seminar took place at The Open University on April 10th 2014

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Programme

Craig Hart and Jan Walmsley	My experiences at Central England People First and on the National Forum,
Sally Holland	Learning from extraordinary lives
Toby Brandon and Caroline Kemp	Training away the barriers: mental health service users’, carers’ and academics’ experiences of a research course
Liz Ellis, Natasha Smith and Stuart Ralphson	Researching together?: reflections on doing participatory research over large distances,
Sarah Keyes	“If you could research anything, or see research done into anything, what would it be...”: developing a participatory research relationship with people with dementia
Melanie Nind	Exchanging notes: Where has inclusive research got to?

Seminar 3: Participatory Research with people with high support needs

The third seminar took place at Southampton University on 28th November 2013

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Programme

Speakers	Title
Nicola Grove Openstorytellers	Taking part by telling stories
Debby Watson University of Bristol	Doing research with very disabled children
Andy Minion & Ajay Choksi The Rix Centre	Doing research with people with disabilities using new media
Dan Goodley (University of Sheffield)  & Katherine Runswick-Cole (Manchester Metropolitan University)	Being a researcher in residence
Hilra Vinha Personal coach	Words & pictures
Sue Ledger (The Open University)  Lindy Shufflebotham, Susan Thorp & Anne Lewthwaite (The Staying Local Project)	Listening to Life Stories

Seminar 2: Participatory Data Analysis

 

 

This second seminar was held on April 23rd 2013 at Manchester University

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The presenters were asked to talk about some of these things:

• Which projects have had people with learning difficulties included in data analysis (this is called participatory data analysis), and how?
• How have people with learning difficulties been included in data analysis, and
• How can we share good ideas in a helpful way?
• Are there limits to people with learning difficulties being included in data analysis?
• Who or what makes these limits?
• Can and should the boundaries of these limits be tested and pushed back?
• How can we let funders know that having people with learning difficulties included in data analysis, adds to research?

The audience was a mixture of academics, practitioners, people with learning disabilities and support workers

 

Programme for the Day

 

Speakers	Title	Timings
Rohhss Chapman and Louise Townson (Partnership Steering Group)	Welcome to the University of Manchester and outline of the morning sessions	10.00am
Jane Seale, Melanie Nind, Rohhss Chapman	Brief Overview of the Seminar Series
Christopher Blunt, Lou Townson, Louise Frost, Richard Hughes, Darren Hayward, Barbara Perry, Craig Blyth, Rohhss Chapman (University of Manchester Partnership Steering Group)	Stepping into analysis -reviewing articles for the British Journal of Learning Disabilities Special Issue   (click to load slides)	10.15am
Val Williams (Norah Fry Research Centre) and Andrew Barbour	Analysing Videos Together: Skills for Support Research	10.30am

 

GROUP DISCUSSION OF KEY ISSUES	EVERYONE – WITH COFFEE!	11.00am
Hanna Bertilsdottir	Doing it Together? An Aspie eye on the neurotypical researcher’s analysis	11.30am
Marie Wolfe, Josephine Flaherty, Siobahn O’Doherty &  Edurne Garcia Iriarte (The Irish Inclusive Research Network)	Involving People in Data Analysis: The All We Want To Say Project	12.00noon
GROUP DISCUSSION OF KEY ISSUES –   EVERYONE talking about the morning presentations.		12.30pm

 

LUNCH

12.50pm

 

Barbara Perry and  Darren Hayward (Partnership Steering Group)	Introduction to the afternoon	1.30pm
Lou Townson, Rohhss Chapman, John Dias, Chloe Brownlee-Chapman (Carlisle People First Research Team)	Brief Notes on our Different Approaches to Analysis: example 1 example 2	1.40pm
Gudrun Stefánsdóttir, Ólafur Snævar Aðalsteinsson and Embla R. Hakadóttir (University of Reykjavik)	Data Analysis from a Disability Course for University Education for People with Learning Difficulties	2.00pm

 

GROUP DISCUSSION OF KEY ISSUES	EVERYONE – WITH TEA!	2.30pm
Ruth Garbutt (University of Leeds)	Analysing Drama – important points and ideas for a play	3.00pm
GROUP REFLECTION KEY ISSUES	EVERYONE – WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED?	3.30pm
University of Manchester Partnership Steering Group	Summary of the key points of the day	4.00pm