Hi Rachel

In 2001 I supervised Melanie Davies' study 'An Exploration into the
attachment experiences of adults with learning disabilities' which used
IPA and which she submitted for the doctorate in Clinical Psychology.
It is in the library here and the librarian is Kathy Chaney
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Good luck with your study and hope this helps

Anne

Anne Cooke
Director, Third Year and Lead for Service User Involvement
Doctoral Programme in Clinical Psychology
Salomons: Canterbury Christ Church University


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Hi Rachel
I'd second Penny's query about what exactly the problem your course
thinks it has.
There is a raft of research using qualitative methods with people with
intellectual disabilities, including some on user participation - check
out my name on google scholar - plus Mick Finlay and Charles Antaki and
the work coming out of Cambridge by Marcus Redley on the 'LD
parliament'- and none of it uses IPA (which, frankly, is not a research
method but rather an exercise in having your cake and eating it).
I have had a number of trainees use CA/MCA, EM/CA , DP very
successfully, both in UK and Australia.
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Mark


2008/12/17 Penny Priest <[log in to unmask]>


	HI Rachel
	I'd be interested to hear exactly what people think the problems
would be in using IPA - could you say more about this maybe? And I
wonder whether if the course has a problem with that, then maybe they'd
have problems with other qualitative methods on the same grounds.
	Penny
	
	----- Original Message ----- From: "Clarke, Rachel"
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	Subject: [COMMUNITYPSYCHUK] IPA and LD
	
	
	I am seeking advice and support from anyone prepared to provide
any!  I am currently a second year student on a doctorate community and
clinical psychology course.  I am in the middle of putting together my
research proposal.  I previously worked for a third sector provider
facilitating the participation of looked after children and care leavers
in the decisions affecting their lives - consequently I have a huge
commitment to meaningful user centred service user involvement.  I have
also seen the very worst sort of service user opportunities out there.
	
	Way back in the 80s I lived in a group home where people with
learning disabilities and students lived together, supporting each
other.  I have witnessed people who are not supposed to be capable (in
some people's view) of holding an opinion, learn the skills and
confidence to develop very clear individual opinions and be able to
express them.  I wanted to focus my research on meaningful service user
involvement, specifically on the meaning of it for the individuals
involved.
	
	Due to the lack of research on this issue I wanted to use
qualitative methodology to explore a 'thick' description of the meaning
in context. After much reading and thinking I felt the most appropriate
methodology was a focus group to help to develop the themes - having
already identified some themes from my reading (mostly informed through
community psychology and positive psychology reading) - and then to
facilitate semi-structured interviews and to analyse the data using IPA.
	
	The debate I am having with the course at the moment is whether
it is feasible to use IPA with a population with Learning Disabilities.
The particular subject group I am targeting the study on are people with
learning disability, currently and regularly involved with self advocacy
groups.  Does anyone out there have experience of using/supervising or
in any other way knowing about studies using IPA with people with
learning disabilities that have gone through the doctoral process?
Alternatively if you know of other qualitative methods that have been
used in a similar sort of study I would be hugely grateful for any
information.
	
	Thank you
	
	Rachel
	
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