Welcome to the Childhood Autism Research Group Online - North East
The Childhood Autism Research Group Online - North East (CARGO-ne) is an online resource for families and health professionals that aims to provide up to date information on research projects for Children and Adolescents with Autistsm Spectrum Disorders (ASD) within Newcastle University and the University of Durham.
The Childhood Autism Research Group was set up in 2004 to connect researchers and doctoral students at Newcastle and Durham universities. Through regular meetings, the group offers opportunities for PhD and clinical students to meet each other, share ideas and discuss new research.
Autism research at Durham University Psychology Department is part of the Child Development Research Unit (CDRU). To find out more about research at Durham University please contact Dr David Williams and Dr Sophie Lind.
Autism research at Newcastle University is based in the Institutes of Health and Society and Neuroscience, through the Development and Disability research programme and the Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Trust Child and Adolescent Developmental Research: Autism and Mental Health programme. The research is led by Professor Ann Le Couteur, Professor Helen McConachie and Dr Jeremy Parr. Please click on the following link for the opportunity to view recent and ongoing studies - Index of studies.
For those studies still in the process of recruitment, there will be information on the individual study page which will provide you with details of who to contact if you would like to find out more about that particular study.
News
Autistica, the largest autism research funding charity in the UK, have supported Dr Jeremy Parr and Professor Helen McConachie in developing a UK wide autism family research database, ASD-UK.
Promoting Parent Participation. Jane Tilbrook is currently consulting parents to find out how we can best help people to take part and have a say in research. She is interested in your views about why people, particularly parents, do or do not take part in research advisory or steering group meetings. Jane wants to know what can be done to make participation easier, now and in the future. She would be very grateful if you could spend 10-15 minutes completing a short survey. You do not have to answer any questions you do not want to and all information will be anonymised in any written reports. https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/PPParticipation The results will be published in October 2012. Jane Tilbrook Newcastle University Tel: 0191 282 5966 Email: jane.tilbrook@ncl.ac.uk
Research into the Communication Development of Children with Motor Disorders September Newsletter
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A big Thank you to Richard Thomas who designed our lovely CARGO-NE Logo.
Also Thank you to the United Kingdom Mental Health Research Network (UK MHRN) who assisted with the development of CARGO-NE.