Signposts in Singapore

Wednesday, 24 June 2009

The Parenting Research Centre recently introduced the Signposts for building better behaviour program to an international audience at the International Association for the Scientific Study of Intellectual Disability (IASSID) 2nd Asia Pacific Conference. 

IASSID is an international and interdisciplinary scientific nongovernmental organisation with official relations with the World Health Organization. It promotes worldwide research and exchange of information on intellectual disabilities. The association was founded in 1964 and has sponsored eleven World Congresses.  IASSID is the first and only world-wide group dedicated to the scientific study of intellectual disability.

Associate Professor Jan Matthews, Director of Research and Practice presented at the conference with Christine Cameron, Manager for the Signposts program. Professor Matthews reported, ‘There was a lot of interest in our three papers which outlined the research on the development and dissemination of Signposts over the years. Our workshop was well received with participants from many countries, including Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Pakistan, New Zealand and Australia'.