Facilitated Practice-based Research (FPR) Training
with Dr Lesley Deacon - part of BASW's Expert Insights Series
A session designed and delivered by Dr Lesley Deacon online via MS teams, with limited class sizes to allow for a fully interactive experience.
In this interactive session you will be introduced to the concept of Facilitated Practice-based Research (FPR) (©University of Sunderland). FPR is a new approach to empower practitioners across a range of professions to engage in, and lead, practice research.
As well as learning about FPR, you will also have opportunities to reflect on (and share) your own knowledge and experiences of research. In addition, you will hear from practitioners about their experiences of the FPR programme and the findings from their research projects.
Participants will be supported to:
- understand the extent to which the language of academic research can act as a barrier for practitioners wanting to engage in research;
- begin the process of reframing their ‘practice’ skills as ‘research’; and
- learn about real examples of research conducted by practitioners for practice.
Trainer Bio :-
I am a Senior Lecturer in Social Work, Vice Chancellor's Research and Knowledge Exchange Fellow, NIHR ARC NENC Social Care Fellow, Senior Fellow AdvanceHE, and a registered Social Worker (Social Work England).
I describe myself as a neurodivergent, academic-based practitioner researcher. My areas of interest are neurodiversity and practice research.
I have developed a new approach to empower practitioners (across a range of professions) to engage in, and lead, practice research – Facilitated Practice-based Research (copyright University of Sunderland) (FPR). This model is neurodiverse and trauma-informed and consists of an intensive, facilitated, research programme in which a group of practitioners works together to co-design, co-construct and co-implement a piece of practice research relevant to current practice issues. Research findings are then implemented into practice and monitored for impact. It is linked to the module SWKM43 Reflexive Practice Research.
As a neurodivergent person, I combine my lived experience with research into creating spaces that are neurodiverse ie open and accessible, acknowledging all neurological diversity.