CeDAR - Our research
Current:
- BeST? Services Trial - Randomised Control Trial (RCT) of two model of care, for infants 0-5 yeas in foster care and kinship care. Aimed to increase a sense of safety and security by reducing the number of times they are moved before finding a permanent home.
- BRIDGE Project - RCT of two therapeutic interventions, for young people 14-25 years identified with early symptoms of Bipolar disorder. Aim: Improve identification and access to appropriate mental health support.
- COVID-19 Scottish Model for Safe Education
- Divergent Paths - A data driven 4 year project funded by the Wellcome Trust, which will utilise large scale routinely collected health data to explore the association between neurodivergence in childhood and multimorbidity in adulthood, as well as some of the potential pathways which might account for this.
- EFECT Feasibility Study in Clinical Practice (Effective, Fast, Effective, Clinical Tools) - Assessment of ESSENCE-D, a digital environment to enable neurodivergent screening. User interviews to establish if the tool supports early identification, holistic assessment and a diagnostic viewpoint.
- Neurodiversity in Scottish Schools (NISS) - Develops and evaluates whole-school interventions to foster neuro-affirming educational environments. A cross-college collaboration with Dr Melea Press, Senior Lecturer in Marketing, Dr Rebecca Wood, Senior Lecturer, (former teacher and autism education practitioner) and Dr Jo Inchley, co-lead of the Scottish School Health and Wellbeing Improvement Research Network (SHINE).
- Partnership for Change - Engages parents of children 0-5 years with a social worker in the design and co-production of parent led interventions to safeguard infant mental health, and reduce the risk of them coming into care. Aim: To foreground lived experience as a catalyst for collaboration and innovation.
- Relationships In Good Hands Trial (RIGHT) - To create an evidence base for the use of Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy (DDP) with children 5-12 years in adoptive and foster families. Exploring the value added against family time commitment and extra delivery costs.
- School Attachment Monitor (SAM) - Aim: Test a 'whole-school delivery' approach to SAM, a digital assessment too, by exploring its acceptability to children, parents and teachers as part of a routine mental health assessment; make technological refinements; and establish operational protocols.
- Therapeutic Assessment and Neurodevelopment Assessment (TANDA): Improving crisis care for neurodivergent young people - Aim: Collaboratively work with children and young people to transform approaches to crisis care for those presenting at Accident and Emergency after self-harm or suicidal ideation. We will foreground neurodivergent experiences, improving the accessibility of service responses.
In development:
- Child Mental Health in Education (CHiME) Study - Conducted with Glasgow City Council Education Services to determine social, emotional and behavioural difficulties in preschool and primary school children. Aim: to help teachers address individual support needs and improve class planning.
- Hearts & Minds. Stage 1- Understanding the Data. The study will employ an interdisciplinary holistic approach to identify biomarkers and stress calibration profiles of children who have experienced abuse and neglect, as a means of creating predictive markers for future mental health and wellbeing.
- SPARCLAR (Support for PARents of Children Living with ADHD - a Research Trial): Feasibility Study. Compared two different parent support programmes to determine which can offer better support and is most cost effective.
- STOP Suicide - Self-Harm, Trajectories, Origins and Prevention. Stage 1: Understanding Resilience. This study utilises our risk and resilience model to help identify and create interventions for those deemed most at-risk following experiences of childhood abuse and neglect.
- Young Scientists Workshops. Aim: to explore the process of consulting with children about the research approaches for undertaking a large-scale study to explore why abused and neglected children are at high risk of later physical (e.g. heart disease) and mental health problems. By working in partnership with a group of young scientists the aim is to gain a better understanding of how, for example, hair, blood and oxytocin secretion samples and MRI scans might be completed in a way that is sensitive to the needs of the young participants and their families. Therefore achieve improved communication of intent, process and outcome and a greater codification of the future study, for which these workshops were a catalyst. Latest diary of a Young Scientist - 15th January 2019.
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