Roy McConkey
Roy is Emeritus Professor of Developmental Disabilities and formerly Professor Learning Disability at the University of Ulster; a post commenced in 1997 and jointly funded with the Health and Social Care Board of Northern Ireland. A psychologist by training and a native of Belfast, he has previously held posts at the University of Manchester, in Dublin with St Michael’s House and in Scotland with the Brothers of Charity Services.
He has undertaken many service evaluation and reviews for statutory and non-statutory service providers in Northern Ireland, Republic of Ireland and the Great Britain. Currently is a research adviser to Special Olympics International and to the Disability Database Division of the Health Research Board of Ireland.
Roy has acted as a consultant to a wide-range of United Nations agencies and International NGOs and has been an Honorary Professor at the University of Cape Town, South Africa and at Trinity College, Dublin. He was awarded an OBE by Queen Elizabeth in 2015.
His main research interests focus on the social inclusion of people with disabilities, the provision of support services to family carers, and the development and evaluation of new models of service provision, nationally and internationally.
Phone: +442890852537
Address: School of Nursing
University of Ulster
Jordanstown campus
Shore Road
Newtownabbey
Co. Antrim
BT37 0QB
He has undertaken many service evaluation and reviews for statutory and non-statutory service providers in Northern Ireland, Republic of Ireland and the Great Britain. Currently is a research adviser to Special Olympics International and to the Disability Database Division of the Health Research Board of Ireland.
Roy has acted as a consultant to a wide-range of United Nations agencies and International NGOs and has been an Honorary Professor at the University of Cape Town, South Africa and at Trinity College, Dublin. He was awarded an OBE by Queen Elizabeth in 2015.
His main research interests focus on the social inclusion of people with disabilities, the provision of support services to family carers, and the development and evaluation of new models of service provision, nationally and internationally.
Phone: +442890852537
Address: School of Nursing
University of Ulster
Jordanstown campus
Shore Road
Newtownabbey
Co. Antrim
BT37 0QB
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(Timothy P. Shriver, Chairman and CEO
The Communication Profile": aids the agreement of clear communication aims and expectations for intervention, which results in greater understanding, joint communication goal planning and cooperation from communication partners; is person-centred, time-efficient, and an inclusive and practical way of involving communication partners; consolidates communication assessments and the experiences of communication partners; can be used as part of a holistic speech and language therapy assessment, to identify training needs for communication partners, to provide individualised communication advice, to chart change in an individual's communication strengths and needs, to support transition (eg, from school, or into residential services) or in the community (eg, given to medical staff on hospital admission or to new employers), or as a screening tool.
Early chapters provide background information about the nature of supported accommodation in Northern Ireland; the extent of the social exclusion experienced by people living in various accommodation options and the reasons given for this. Chapter 5 is the heart of the Project’s work. This summarises the variations found on four measures of social inclusion across three time points and with people living in four different forms of supported accommodation. Chapters 6 to 9 explore four ways that were used to promote the social inclusion of people with a learning disability. The final chapter summarises the main conclusions and recommendations to emerge from the study.
See also: http://tinyurl.com/col7j6n
Papers by Roy McConkey
The document can be disseminated freely and shared with patients, clients and carers.
(Timothy P. Shriver, Chairman and CEO
The Communication Profile": aids the agreement of clear communication aims and expectations for intervention, which results in greater understanding, joint communication goal planning and cooperation from communication partners; is person-centred, time-efficient, and an inclusive and practical way of involving communication partners; consolidates communication assessments and the experiences of communication partners; can be used as part of a holistic speech and language therapy assessment, to identify training needs for communication partners, to provide individualised communication advice, to chart change in an individual's communication strengths and needs, to support transition (eg, from school, or into residential services) or in the community (eg, given to medical staff on hospital admission or to new employers), or as a screening tool.
Early chapters provide background information about the nature of supported accommodation in Northern Ireland; the extent of the social exclusion experienced by people living in various accommodation options and the reasons given for this. Chapter 5 is the heart of the Project’s work. This summarises the variations found on four measures of social inclusion across three time points and with people living in four different forms of supported accommodation. Chapters 6 to 9 explore four ways that were used to promote the social inclusion of people with a learning disability. The final chapter summarises the main conclusions and recommendations to emerge from the study.
See also: http://tinyurl.com/col7j6n