Unique Connections At The Table is a podcast dedicated to exploring the profound power of human connection.
Hosted by the team behind Unique Connections, who work with individuals with learning disabilities and autistic people who present with distress, this podcast dives into the heart of what it means to build meaningful informed relationships – including non-speaking individuals.
Each episode invites listeners to the table to share stories, insights, and strategies that highlight our shared humanity.
Because everyone is made for connection. No exceptions.
Join us at the table and discover how we can create a world where everyone belongs.
Re-thinking self-injurious behaviour – family systems, attachment and shared humanity
In this episode from our YouTube channel, we talk to Dr Caroline Roberts who brings both compassion and passion to her research with people with learning disabilities who self-injure.
Dr Roberts’ research is focused on interdisciplinary approaches for supporting people with learning disabilities who self-injure, and she brings to her research her own lived experience of being sister to her brother who has intellectual, sensory and developmental disabilities and a long history of self-injury.
Dr Roberts is a kindred spirit for us, in the way she understands non-speaking individuals as part of the fabric of humanity, with unique contributions, who need to be honoured and respected.
Dr Roberts is a researcher from the University of Minnesota, working alongside Dr Frank Symons, a renowned researcher in the field of self-injury.
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Introducing Jenny Cavendish and her work with Unique Conections
In this episode from our YouTube channel, Bev and Jen talk about the work of Unique Connections and some of the ethos and principles behind if.Jenny Cavendish is a nationally-recognised self-harm expert and an integrative psychotherapist.
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Churchill Fellowship Report #1: what’s the problem? Learning disabilities and trauma
In this new series of podcasts, Jen and I slowly walk back through the Churchill Fellowship Report, which explores trauma and learning disabilities and the sorts of interventions that Bev learnt about during her time in the US in 2024.
This episode starts with an exploration of what trauma is, how it presents for people with learning disabilities, and why it’s a bigger problem than we are currently recognising in the sector.
However, it is a problem that can be addressed, as trauma is essentially recoverable with the right context and support.
Join us for this discussion which explores our shared thinking and approach for our work with young people with severe learning disabilities who self-injure or are distressed.
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