2:i undergraduate degree (or equivalent) in a related subject.

• Band A
• IELTS overall score of 6.5, minimum component scores not below 6.0.

There are no additional entry requirements for this course.

We are interested in hearing from people who are thinking of pursuing a PhD in areas of CEDAR’s expertise:

• Intellectual and developmental disabilities (including autism) across the lifespan
• Assessment and diagnosis
• Families, family adjustment, siblings of children with Intellectual and developmental disabilities and sibling relationships
• Mental health in children and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (including autism)
• Forensic mental health in adults with intellectual disabilities and/or autism
• Developmental psychology with children and adults with intellectual disabilities and/or autism
• School attendance
• Early intervention
• Early development of children with intellectual and developmental disabilities (including autism)
• Transition to adulthood
• Parenting skills and interventions
• Psychological and educational therapies and interventions for children, adolescents, adults and families of individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (including autism)
• Training of education, health and social care staff

Full details of our research interests are listed on the CEDAR web pages.

You can also read our general University research proposal guidance.

We are interested in hearing from people who are thinking of pursuing a PhD in areas of CEDAR’s expertise:

• Intellectual disability, autism, developmental disabilities
• Children and/or adults with developmental disabilities and/or special educational needs
• Families or carers of people with intellectual disabilities, autism, developmental disabilities, special educational needs
• Early intervention
• Children at risk of adverse developmental outcomes because of behaviour problems or communication difficulties
• Service delivery and development for the above, e.g. reconfiguring services
• Ethical dilemmas of professionals

We have expertise in mixed methods; evaluation methods; secondary data analyses of big data.

If you are interested in doing a PhD with us, you can look for and contact potential supervisors using our CEDAR Staff Directory.

For informal enquiries please contact please contact Professor Kylie Gray K dot Gray dot 1 at warwick dot ac dot uk, the Director of PhD Studies.

You can also see our general University guidance about finding a supervisor.