Job Title
Assistant Professor (Research Focussed)
Department
Centre for Educational Development, Appraisal and Research
Email
Research Interests
Samantha's broad research interests are the mental health and well-being of children and adults with intellectual disabilities and their families, as well as the impact of physical illness/chronic health problems on the well-being of people with intellectual disabilities.
Biography
Samantha Flynn is an Assistant Professor in the Centre for Educational Development, Appraisal and Research (CEDAR). She is the Qualitative and Process Evaluation Lead for CEDAR and is experienced in qualitative methods including Thematic Analysis, Framework Analysis, Content Analysis, and Grounded Theory. She has expertise in Process Evaluations of Feasibility and Definitive trials, including Randomised Controlled Trials (RCTs) for complex interventions. As part of this work, she has experience in developing and refining Theory of Change and Logic Models. She also has expertise in systematic reviews. She is also the Director of Impact and Director of Teaching for CEDAR. Samantha is also the Assistant Editor for Social Media and Communications for the Journal of Intellectual Disability Research.
- 'Flynn, Samantha, 'Hatton, C., 'Hastings, Richard P., 'Hayden, Nikita, 'Caton, S., 'Heslop, P., 'Jahoda, A., 'Todd, S., 'Oloidi, E., 'Beyer, S., 'Mulhall, P., 'Taggart, L., 2022. 'Access to and use of health and social care services for people with learning disabilities during COVID-19 : a longitudinal study. Tizard Learning Disability Review, 27 (1), pp. 57-66
- Hatton, Chris, Bailey, Tom, Bradshaw, Jill, Caton, Sue, Flynn, Samantha, Gillooly, Amanda, Jahoda, Andrew, Maguire, Roseann, Marriott, Anna, Mulhall, Peter, Oloidi, Edward, Taggart, Laurence, Todd, Stuart, Abbott, David, Beyer, Stephen, Gore, Nick, Heslop, Pauline, Scior, Katrina, Hastings, Richard P., 2021. The willingness of UK adults with intellectual disabilities to take COVID-19 vaccines. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 65 (11), pp. 949-961
- Coulman, Elinor, Gore, Nick, Moody, Gwenllian, Wright, Melissa, Segrott, Jeremy, Gillespie, David, Petrou, Stavros, Lugg-Widger, Fiona, Kim, Sungwook, Bradshaw, Jill, McNamara, Rachel, Jahoda, Andrew, Lindsay, Geoff, Shurlock, Jacqui, Totsika, Vaso, Stanford, Catherine, Flynn, Samantha, Carter, Annabel, Barlow, Christian, Hastings, Richard P., 2021. Early Positive Approaches to Support (E-PAtS) for families of young children with intellectual disability : a feasibility randomised controlled trial. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 12
- Flynn, Samantha, Hatton, Chris, 2021. Health and social care access for adults with learning disabilities across the UK during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. Tizard Learning Disability Review, 26 (3), pp. 174-179
- Jess, Mikeda, Flynn, Samantha, Bailey, Tom, Hastings, Richard P., Totsika, Vasiliki, 2021. Failure to replicate a robust Down syndrome advantage for maternal well-being. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 65 (3), pp. 262-271
- 'Flynn, Samantha, 'Caton, Sue, 'Gillooly, Amanda, 'Bradshaw, Jill, 'Hastings, Richard P., 'Hatton, Chris, 'Jahoda, Andrew, 'Mulhall, Peter, 'Todd, Stuart, 'Beyer, Stephen, 'Taggart, Laurence, 2021. 'The experiences of adults with learning disabilities in the UK during the COVID-19 pandemic : qualitative results from Wave 1 of the Coronavirus and people with learning disabilities study. Tizard Learning Disability Review, 26 (4), pp. 224-229
- Hochard, K. D., Pendrous, R., Mari, T., Flynn, Samantha, 2020. Examining the relationship between autism traits and sleep duration as predictors of suicidality. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 50 (10), pp. 3575-3584
- Flynn, Samantha, Hastings, Richard P., Burke, Christine, Howes, Simon, Lunsky, Yona, Weiss, Jonathan A., Bailey, Tom, 2020. Online mindfulness stress intervention for family carers of children and adults with intellectual disabilities : feasibility randomized controlled trial. Mindfulness, 11, pp. 2161-2175
- Flynn, Samantha, Hastings, Richard P., Gillespie, David, McNamara, Rachel, Randell, Elizabeth, 2020. Trainer and support staff's experiences of engaging with the Who?s Challenging Who? challenging behaviour training course. Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 24 (3), pp. 367-380
- Flynn, Samantha, Hastings, Richard P., McNamara, Rachel, Gillespie, David, Randell, Elizabeth, Richards, Leisa, Taylor, Zac, 2019. Who's challenging who? : a co-produced approach for training staff in learning disability services about challenging behaviour. Tizard Learning Disability Review, 24 (4), pp. 192-199
- Vereenooghe, Leen, Flynn, Samantha, Hastings, Richard P., Adams, Dawn, Chauhan, Umesh, Cooper, Sally-Ann, Gore, Nick, Hatton, Chris, Hood, Kerry, Jahoda, Andrew, Langdon, Peter E., McNamara, Rachel, Oliver, Chris, Roy, Ashok, Totsika, Vasiliki, Waite, Jane, 2018. Interventions for mental health problems in children and adults with severe intellectual disabilities : a systematic review. BMJ Open, 8 (6)
- Hastings, Richard P., Gillespie, D., Flynn, Samantha, McNamara, R., Taylor, Z., Knight, R., Randell, E., Richards, L., Moody, G., Mitchell, A., Przybylak, P., Williams, B., Hunt, P. H., 2018. Who's challenging who training for staff empathy towards adults with challenging behaviour : cluster randomised controlled trial. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 62 (9), pp. 798-813
- Flynn, Samantha, Totsika, Vasiliki, Hastings, Richard P., Hood, Kerry, Toogood, Sandy, Felce, David, 2018. Effectiveness of active support for adults with intellectual disability in residential settings : systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 31 (6), pp. 983-998
- Flynn, Samantha, Hastings, Richard P., Gillespie, David, McNamara, Rachel, Randell, Elizabeth, 2018. Is the amount of exposure to aggressive challenging behaviour related to staff work-related well-being in intellectual disability services? Evidence from a clustered research design. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 81, pp. 155-161
- Flynn, Samantha, Vereenooghe, Leen, Hastings, Richard P., Adams, Dawn, Cooper, Sally-Ann, Gore, Nick, Hatton, Chris, Hood, Kerry, Jahoda, Andrew, Langdon, Peter E., McNamara, Rachel, Oliver, Chris, Roy, Ashok, Totsika, Vasiliki, Waite, Jane, 2017. Measurement tools for mental health problems and mental well-being in people with severe or profound intellectual disabilities : a systematic review. Clinical Psychology Review, 57, pp. 32-44
- Flynn, Samantha, Hulbert-Williams, Nicholas J., Hulbert-Williams, Lee, Bramwell, Ros, 2016. ?You don't know what's wrong with you? : an exploration of cancer-related experiences in people with an intellectual disability. Psycho-Oncology, 25 (10), pp. 1198-1205
| Title | Funder | Award start | Award end |
|---|---|---|---|
| Family Lives - Tender Bid | Family Lives | 01 Feb 2018 | 31 Oct 2025 |
| EOI: Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust (YEF) | Youth Endowment Fund | 25 Feb 2022 | 31 Jan 2025 |
| PosFam ? A positively-oriented, family systems intervention for families of children with developmental disabilities | Cerebra | 01 Jan 2021 | 31 Dec 2023 |
| Headsprout® Early Reading in Special Schools (EEF Framework) supplement to 62459 | Education Endowment Foundation | 19 Nov 2019 | 18 Jul 2023 |
| Establishing an international platform for developing or adapting psychological treatments for mental health problems in young people with intellectual disability. | Monash University | 09 Feb 2021 | 08 Feb 2023 |
| Coronavirus and people with learning disabilities study: UK Survey Wave 4 | National Institute for Health Research (NIHR DoH) | 01 May 2022 | 31 Jan 2023 |
| Headsprout® Early Reading in Special Schools (EEF Framework) | Education Endowment Foundation | 04 Nov 2019 | 29 Apr 2022 |
| The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on people with learning disabilities and factors associated with better outcomes | MRC | 01 Sep 2020 | 31 Aug 2021 |
| SEND evidence review | Education Endowment Foundation | 01 Mar 2019 | 01 Mar 2020 |
| Evaluating the effectiveness of Active Support: establishing the platform | National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), School of Social Care Research NIHR | 30 Sep 2016 | 30 May 2017 |