Tuesday 8th September, 12-2pm
Co-Chairs: Adrian Spanswick, Professor Clare Allely and Phil Morris
Speaker: Dr Lucy Warner, Consultant Forensic Psychologist and Clinical Lead
The session is an opportunity for the two of the Association of Child protection Professionals Special Interest Groups to come together and reflect on research that will inform professional understanding of prevent and how autistic children are framed in this space. The SIG Chairs will jointly Chair this session.
Dr Lucy Warner who is Co Clinical Lead, Consultant Forensic Psychologist and Clinical Lead for East Midlands FCAMHS (Forensic Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services) will present at this session, which will allow time for debate and discussion.
This will enable participants to understand the current debate regarding autistic children within the Prevent space to challenge misconceptions in practice.
All AoCPP members are welcome, but specifically those in the Case Review SIG and the Neurodiversity and Child Protection SIG.
| Ticket Type | Price | Cart |
|---|---|---|
| PLR & ND: Exploring the needs of autistic children referred to Prevent- Non Member | £15.00 | |
| PLR & ND: Exploring the needs of autistic children referred to Prevent - Member | £0.00 |
Adrian is a Trustee of the AoCPP and Chair of the Practice Learning SIG Chair. Adrian qualified as a Registered General Nurse (1987), Cardiothoracic Nurse (1989) and Registered Health Visitor (1992) and has worked both in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland (LLR) and East Warwickshire. He has worked in the Safeguarding arena, initially as a Child Protection Nurse Specialist /Named Nurse for Child Protection and from 2004 -2020 as a Consultant/Designated Nurse for Safeguarding Children (incorporating Adult Safeguarding into role from 2011). Adrian managed the Leicester City Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) and hosted Safeguarding Team (working across LLR). As part of role worked with local safeguarding and has chaired a number of inter-agency subgroups, contributed and authored Serious Case Reviews, Adult Learning Reviews and a Domestic Homicide Review Co-Chaired the LLR Channel Panel for 6 years and worked with partners as a CCG prevent lead.
He is Honorary Principal Lecturer at De Montfort University (1999- 2015) School of Nursing and Midwifery. In April 2020 took on a new role and is currently Safeguarding Professional Lead for NHS England. The Midlands NHSE/I safeguarding team covers both East and West Midlands. Adrian is also a Parent Governor of a local school in Leicester.
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Phil Morris MSc LLB (Hons) PGCE is a consultant, trainer and former police officer, specialising in communication techniques and interviewing.
Phil retired from Greater Manchester Police in January 2016 after 30 years of service. Since 2002 he has delivered training in the fields of vulnerable witness interviewing, offender interviewing, sexual offence law and initial police action following the report of a sexual offence.
As a serving officer Phil trained both uniform and detective officers, military police investigators and social workers in accordance with the Home Office Guidance document, Achieving Best Evidence in Criminal Proceedings (ABE). Since leaving the police service he has delivered training and presentations throughout the UK and overseas.
Phil has a keen interest in the interviewing of Autistic people. He completed an MSc in Child Forensic Studies at the University of Leeds in 2010. This included a final dissertation focused on the quality of police training in relation to the interviewing of Autistic people.
In recent years Phil has enjoyed a lecturing role at the University of Central Lancashire and continues to teach police officers and social workers around the UK on best practice in interviewing vulnerable people.
Phil is a National Autistic Society (NAS) accredited trainer and has been a was a member of the NAS National Forum and the North West Criminal Justice Forum on Autism.
Clare Allely is a Professor of Forensic Psychology at the University of Salford in England and is an affiliate member of the Gillberg Neuropsychiatry Centre at Gothenburg University, Sweden. Clare is an Honorary Research Fellow in the College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences affiliated to the Institute of Health and Wellbeing at the University of Glasgow. She is also an Associate of The Children's and Young People's Centre for Justice (CYCJ) at the University of Strathclyde. Clare is a Chartered Member of British Psychological Society (CPsychol since 2013) and Associate Fellow of British Psychological Society (AFBPsS since 2013).
Clare acts as an expert witness in criminal cases involving defendants with autism spectrum disorder and contributes to the evidence base used in the courts on psychology and legal issues through her published work. She is author of the book “The Psychology of Extreme Violence: A Case Study Approach to Serial Homicide, Mass Shooting, School Shooting and Lone-actor Terrorism” published by Routledge in 2020 and author of the book “Autism Spectrum Disorder in the Criminal Justice System: A Guide to Understanding Suspects, Defendants and Offenders with Autism” published by Routledge in 2022.
My membership is something I value as I work in academia, my knowledge and expertise is enhanced by the AoCPP community itself and the Child Abuse Review journal. I enjoy and receive great benefit from the opportunity to attend conference events and Congress to "tap into" cutting edge research and evidence of best practice nationally and internationally, all of which benefit the students on my teaching programmes and my own research and publications