A research talk and an impending episode of civic engagement

On Monday 22^nd September 2014 I gave a brief research talk, `Parenting style and childhood adversity as antecedents of antisocial behaviour’, at the Newham Centre of Mental Health, which is part of the Unit for Social and Community Psychiatry at Newham University Hospital. The talk was one of 12 presented along the theme of `Mental Health Research – conducted and completed in Newham’. The event was attended by about 30 people. It was hosted by Professor Stefan Priebe who is Director of the Unit.

 

  As a result of this talk, I have been invited to speak on the 5^th November 2014 about my research on rebelliousness by the CEO of School-Home Support (SHS), Jan Tallis, an organisation which co-ordinates 76 practitioners working in 82 schools with children and families to `break the cycle of poor attendance, low attainment, antisocial behaviour, crime, low paid or no job, generation after generation’. SHS is based in Aldgate, east London. For more information about SHS please see: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5B6DBSibZg&feature=plcp . I will be speaking to in the region of 15-20 of the SHS staff at one of their regular communications events.

 

Mark McDermott