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

 

 

 

 

 

 

Seminar 1: Scoping the Boundaries of participatory research

 

 

This first seminar was held on January 10th 2013 at Plymouth University

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Our speakers were asked to introduce seminar participants to the kind(s) of participatory research that they have been involved in and reflect on their experiences in order to draw out what they think the key issues are in advancing the use of participatory research in the future. The presentations reflected on some or all of the following questions:

 

·         What has been achieved so far with participatory research methods?

·         Where are the tensions and challenges and can they be addressed?

·         Are people with learning disabilities “boxed in” with regards to the kinds of participatory research they are expected or supported to undertake?

·         Are there limits to the participation of people with learning disabilities in research? Who or what influences these limits?

·         Can and should the boundaries of these limitations be pushed?

 

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

 

Programme

 

Speakers	Title	Timings
Jane Seale, School of Education, Plymouth University	Introduction and Overview of whole seminar series (click to load slides)	10.30-11.00
Jan Walmsley, Visiting Chair, Open University	Inclusive research – past and present	11.00-11.45
Carlisle People First research team with Rohhss Chapman, Manchester University	Researching Together: pooling ideas, strengths and experiences	11.45-12.30
Lunch		12.30-1.30
Dorothy Atkinson, Emeritus Professor, The Open University	Practical and emotional issues in co-researching.	1.30-2.15
Gordon Grant, Sheffield Hallam University	Participatory research - some thoughts on paradigms and partnerships	2.15-3.00
Group reflection and discussion of key issues followed by tea/coffee	Group reflection and discussion of key issues followed by tea/coffee	3.00-3.30