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ExChange Wales Webinar: "Understanding suicide risk in parents caring for disabled children" 📢 Dr Siobhan O'Dwyer & Dr Dan Burrows New research has found that parent carers may be a high-risk group for suicide, with more than 40% having thought about suicide, with some already attempted suicide. This presentation will explore evidence on suicide risk in parent carers & implications for policy & practice and provide opportunities for you to discuss your own experiences of supporting at-risk parents carers. 📅 Weds 29 January ⏰ 1-2pm 📍 Online, ZOOM Sign up: https://lnkd.in/ebuqieCX #SocialCareResearch #SocialCare #WelshResearch #ResearchWales #CareExperience

It’s here. 🙌 And just in time for the book launch tomorrow. There are some incredible people out there. Not only do they find ways to overcome huge challenges in their early life, but they then take those challenges and share them with the world. I can only imagine how tough that must be. It’s also the most selfless act. To take your pain and suffering and turn it into something good. That’s exactly what Row has done here. Rowan Aderyn's new book arrived yesterday. I’m already part way through. It’s already has a hugely positive impact on me. That impact will be felt by kids in the days, weeks, months, years to come. And I’ll definitely be building it into the work I do supporting foster parents and other professional who work with children who find themselves (through no fault of their own) living with the complexity of our existing care system. Row… on behalf of so many of us, congratulations on the book launch (it’s brilliant), and thank you.

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Wednesday's webinar is just around the corner! Don't miss out on our discussion on Educational pathways & outcomes for care-experienced children. Join us on Nov 6, 2024, at 01:00 PM Sign up here ⬇️⬇️ https://lnkd.in/eY9e5kJV #careexperiencedchildren

It's been another inspiring end to our latest #ExChangeConference; you can now re-watch all the webinars you might have missed. Visit our conference page to learn more about the incredible work undertaken by and with people with learning disabilities. #BeingSeen #BeingSeenHeardandValued https://lnkd.in/dMCKTbVF

To Celebrate and support #LearningDisabilityNursing, why not revisit our most recent conference series, which highlighted the important work undertaken by those with learning disabilities? Being Seen, Heard and Valued. Learn more here ⬇️⬇️ https://lnkd.in/dMCKTbVF 👁️👂⭐️

Very good to see this paper out. Study was, I think, the first in UK to bring together children's social care, health care and education data, funded from 2019, but it's taken a while to get to publication for various reasons, and other projects have already published work based on similar linkage by now. The idea came from Sara Jayne Long's joint post at the time in DECIPHerCentre and CASCADE. Thanks to all involved.

Missed our latest ExChange Wales Podcast episode last week? 🎧 'Empowerment through Creativity: Maggie's Club' with Enireth & Alex is available to listen now! Listen: https://lnkd.in/e22cWmSz Hear from one of the parents about their child's experience with Maggie's Club 👇 #BeingSeen #BeingSeenHeardandValued #SocialCare #UCANProductions #MaggiesClub

Resource spotlight - Co-production & Asset Based Approaches (Podcast) ✨ Hear from experts by experience & professionalism as they discuss the important of co-production from different unique experiences. Speakers: Sian Davies, Mencap Cymru Mark John Williams, Disability Transformation Nicholas, expert by experience 🎧 Listen: https://lnkd.in/eFevSEDy Learning Disability Wales | Anabledd Dysgu Cymru Health and Care Research Wales Mencap Cymru #BeingSeen #BeingSeenHeardandValued

I’m pleased to share our new paper published in BMC Public Health, which investigates health and educational outcomes for care-experienced young people. This collaborative effort involved Prof Graham Moore, Dr Rebecca Anthony, Dr Sara Jayne Long and others. A summary below of our important messages ⬇ Study Overview: We analysed national administrative health, social care, and education data in Wales, focusing on over 30,000 children through SAIL Databank. We categorised them into four groups based on their social care intervention experiences: 1. No social care intervention 2. Identified as in need 3. On the child protection register 4. 'Looked-after' children Key Findings: - Care-experienced young people are more likely to struggle academically and have higher rates of emergency hospital admissions. - Children on the protection register had the highest risk of not achieving expected educational outcomes (4 times more likely), followed by those in need (2.5 times) and looked-after children (76% higher odds). - All groups with social care involvement showed increased likelihood of hospital admissions, including external causes and injuries. Implications: These results highlight the need for stakeholders to support all children involved in social care—not just those in out-of-home placements. The data also suggests that adverse childhood experiences, such as living with someone with mental health or alcohol problems, is associated with outcomes. This research was supported by ESRC: Economic and Social Research Council and involved collaboration across several institutions, including Swansea University, Cardiff University / Prifysgol Caerdydd, Wolfson Centre for Young People's Mental Health, DECIPHerCentre, Cardiff Metropolitan University, University of Aberdeen, and Public Health Wales. For more details, check out the full paper here: https://lnkd.in/gVYqbRn3. Or, if you want a quicker summary with some fancy animation see here: https://t.co/mvs8Miwj0t #Academia #Research #ChildreninCare