Personal Development, Relationships and Staying Safe

Marie Walsh> is a registered psychologist with extensive experience in the area of intellectual disability. Marie currently works with both children and adults with intellectual disability who present with co-morbid conditions and behaviour that challenges. A long-time advocate for safeguarding vulnerable individuals with intellectual disability and the prevention of risks to vulnerable adults in various service settings, Marie strives to raise awareness of these issues with colleagues and organisations. It is the well-being of vulnerable adults that has motivated Marie to develop this training programme. Geraldine Cregg is a senior clinical psychologist who has worked in the field of Intellectual Disability since 1995. She has worked extensively with adult survivors of sexual abuse both with and without an Intellectual Disability and has worked primarily with service users who present with multiple and complex needs. Her heightened awareness of the vulnerability of those with the greatest levels of disability and high dependency needs led to her collaboration in the development of this training programme.