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Laura Fox

@laurajfox.bsky.social

Lecturer in Psychology in Education @york.ac.uk @uoyeducation.bsky.social Autism, Neurodiversity, Friendships, Inclusive Research Methods, Mental Health Currently co-producing inclusive data collection with learning-disabled people

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‘Step into her World’: Including the Voices of Learning-Disabled Children and Young People in Research - Diana Fields, Laura Fox, Kathryn Asbury, 2025 The voices of learning-disabled children and young people are rarely heard in qualitative research, particularly when they have complex communication needs. The...

Our paper exploring how to include the voices of children and young people with learning disabilities, and the skills researchers be an effective researcher in this area is now available open access 🎉 #learningdisabilities #researchmethods #qualitativeresearch

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11.07.2025 09:39 — 👍 7    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 1
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📣 New pre-print alert! 📣 Our paper exploring the friendship experiences of late-diagnosed autistic women is now available. The paper explores the experiences with support during school and the impact women believe receiving a diagnosis had on not only their friendships but also their self-identity.

27.03.2025 14:56 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Advancing mixed methods in mental health research In the mental health research field, there is a need for effective and robust methodological approaches that are able to address complexity. In this article, we reassert the importance of mixed method...

NEW PAPER: How do we advance mixed methods in mental health research?

doi.org/10.1136/bmjm...

Mixed methods are widely recognised as valuable in mental health research, but aren’t as embedded as we’d hope and there are a lot of challenges that individual researchers and teams must navigate… 1/

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There was a clear need for services that were tailored, flexible, and understanding to the complexities of supporting a child with SEND.

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Parents told us that the main contributing factor to their own mental health difficulties was the lack of appropriate care and support for children, describing that they have to fight for the support their children deserve.

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It’s been fight, fight, fight for three years: Mental health provision and the experiences of parents of children with SEND in York

Our report exploring the experiences of mental health support available to parents of children with SEND in and around the York area is now available!

#mentalhealth #SEND #support @york.ac.uk @uoyeducation.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/MFUoY

17.02.2025 13:47 — 👍 4    🔁 4    💬 1    📌 0

Word of the day is ‘apanthropy’ (18th century): a dislike of company and the desire to be left alone.

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I've just created a starter pack for Developmental Language Disorder. I am sure there will be lots of people I've missed so if you spot omissions (including yourself) then please let me know. #DevLangDis
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09.12.2024 19:06 — 👍 23    🔁 18    💬 6    📌 3
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JCPP Advances | ACAMH Child Development Journal | Wiley Online Library Adolescents' engagement with online mental health support may affect their engagement with traditional support in schools. Using coproduced qualitative methods, this study examined the interaction be....

✨ new paper alert ✨

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