📢Recruiting #autisticadults with #livedexperience of #selfharm and/or #selfinjury, who live in the UK📢 Complete an online survey to help develop a better self-harm assessment tool with and for autistic adults. For more info/ to take part: tinyurl.com/58xrseta (or scan QR)

Are you a dance student interested in helping research to support dance students at risk of self-harm? Scan the QR code to take part in our study 🩰

Free workshop on self-harm for dance teachers - read the poster for more details 👇 'Understanding of Self-Harm in Dance Students Workshop and Evaluation' Contact details for the researcher: Name: Maria Kolitsida Email: [email protected]

After almost 5 years in planning, our The Lancet Commission on self-harm has now been published. Read the new Commission on self-harm here👉 hubs.li/Q02Sjh-80

Much needed study by Maria Kolitsida (she/her) Uni of Birmingham & One Dance UK, funded by the Economic and Social Research Council and supervised by Prof Jennifer Cumming @AnnaLavis & Erin Sanchez Hope as many students as possible will participate as this is an area of extreme importance for dance!

It’s been a pleasure presenting our research on dance teachers responses and support needs for safeguarding dance students who self-harm at IADMS Thank you everyone of the inspiring conversations and fueling my thinking further! Prof Jennifer Cumming @AnnaLavis Erin Sanchez

Professor Prof Jennifer Cumming presenting our SPRINT Project research on Safeguarding and Abuse Prevention in UK Dance Organizations at IADMS #IADMS2024 Dr Grace Tidmarsh Dr Georgia Bird Erin Sanchez

Congratulations to SPRINT Project member and PhD Student @EmmaM_Dance for winning the IADMS Poster Award, inspiring us all with the quality of her work! 🎉Prof Jennifer Cumming Dr Mary Quinton Sanna Nordin-Bates College of Life and Environmental Sciences LES_Postgraduate_Researchers University Graduate School (UoB)

Thank you to this group of people for always sharing their dance science wisdom with me and including me in so many relevant discussions and advancements for keeping dancers well and safe! Prof Matthew Wyon Erin Sanchez @EmmaM_Dance Dr Yanan Dang (Arrietty) Miko Gianola Fratnik IADMS #IADMS2024

If you are a UK-based dance student between the ages of 16-24 interested in helping us understand more about self-harm consider taking part in this survey by scanning the QR code.

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