Clare Harrop

Experience

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  Autism Society for Greater Manchester Area (ASGMA)

  Jan 2007 - Jan 2009

  Social Group Co-Ordinator

  • Volunteer with adolescents and adults with autism or Asperger’s Syndrome (often with accompanying learning difficulties or co-morbid conditions such as ADHD, depression and anxiety).• Supervise bi-weekly sessions and outings• Assist art and drama groups and drop in sessions• Deal with sensitive issues and risk

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  University of York

  Jan 2007 - Jan 2007

  Voluntary Laboratory Assistant

  • Ten week lab placement with Professor Graham Hitch• Responsible for piloting experimental stimuli, recruitment of participants, gaining ethics approval and design of consent and information sheets• Present findings and progress at weekly research group meetings• Produce lab placement diary and final report

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  University of Manchester

  Sept 2007 - Jan 2010

  Doctorate Student: Developmental Psychopathology

  • Member of Preschool Autism Communication Trial (PACT) study team; largest autism intervention trial internationally to date• Part of multidisciplinary team consisting of researchers, psychiatrists, psychologists, speech and language therapists, health economists and statisticians• Attending and contributing to multi site trial meetings• Dissemination at national and international conferences• Liaising with CAMHS and child development teams, local nurseries and parent groups to promote recruitment• Responsible for recruitment and retention of over 60 parent-child dyads as part of control sample • Conducting language and non-verbal assessments in children with and without autism• Development of computer based coding scheme to measure parent-child play, toy choice and restricted and repetitive behaviours• Global coding of parent-child interactions and attachment• Working with statistician to develop novel data analysis techniques for the analysis of interdependent variables• Maintaining up-to-date knowledge of the literature surround play and attachment in autism. • Databasing and reference managing using Excel and Endnote• Training undergraduate and postgraduate level staff for inter-rater reliability.• Extensive coding using Noldus Observer Voir moins

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  Self Help Services

  Jan 2009 - Jan 2010

  Computerised Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Co-Ordinator

  • Weekly sessions for local mental health charity that coordinates a computerised cognitive behavioural therapy service (cCBT).• Working with adults from Primary Care referrals with varying degrees of mental health problems such as addiction, post-traumatic stress, depression and anxiety.• Working directly with clients setting them up on the web-based systems and introducing them to principles of CBT.• Supervised sessions and dealt with risk and concerns that may arise• Administer questionnaires and psychological assessments to clients Voir moins

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  Rethink Mental Illness

  Jan 2010 - Jan 2011

  Research Officer

  • Coordinate research activity across two sites in the North of England• Liaise with Community Mental Health Teams and Adult Social Services to promote recruitment• Interviewing with a range of stakeholders, including clinicians, commissioners, carers and service users with severe mental illness about the personalisation of mental health services.• Working alongside local service user and carers groups to promote recruitment• Organising and coordinating the National Lived Experience Advisory Panel (LEAP) across four sites• Coordinating NHS ethical approval• Design and piloting of study materials • Coordinating interim reports to funders• Qualitative and quantitative research with adults with psychosis• Pilot and focus groups with carers and adults with severe mental illness• Extensive travel across the UK Voir moins

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  University of Manchester

  Jan 2011 - Sept 2012

  Research Assistant

  Trained to administer/code:o Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule o Mullen Scale of Early Learningo Pre-school Language Scaleso Brief Attachment Screening Questioningo Manchester Assessment of Parent-Infant Interactiono Coding of Attachment Related Parenting (for use with children with autism)o Vineland Adaptive Behaviour Scaleo Test for Reception of Grammaro Wechsler Abbreviated Scale of Intelligenceo Automated Working Memory Assessmento Raven’s Coloured Progressive Matriceso Improving Access to Psychological Therapies Questionnaireo Patient Experience Questionnaireo Patient Health Questionnaireo Generalized Anxiety Disorder Questionnaireo CORE-10o General Health Questionnaire 12o Abbreviated Empowerment Scaleo Adult Social Care Outcomes Toolkito Suicide Attempt Self Injury (SASI) Voir moins

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  University of Manchester

  Jan 2012 - Jan 2013

  Child and Adolescent Mental Health Researcher

  Intervention with the British Study of Infant Siblings (iBASIS): • Promoting and coordinating national recruitment of infant siblings of older children diagnosed with autism into randomised controlled trial.• Managing database of current and potential research participants.• Liaising with parent groups, local organisations and clinicians to promote recruitment and referrals to iBasis.• Representing study at meetings and conferences• Ensuring recruitment targets are met• Coordinating NHS ethical approval across national NHS trusts• Liaising and coordinating activities with national MHRN representatives. • Supporting affiliated projects.• Working with families in a sensitive way when approaching topic of prodromal intervention.• Coordinating cross site meetings. • Coordinating reports to funders and ethics.• Microanalytic and global coding and analysis of infant video data.• Maintain up-to-date recruitment figures for UK Clinical Trials Research Network.Self Harm Intervention Family Therapy (SHIFT):• Recruitment, assessment and retention of adolescents (11-17) who repeatedly self harm to NIHR portfolio study.• Promoting and coordinating recruitment into a three site randomised controlled trial (RCT) in 17 local Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS)• Managing a database of current recruitment and follow up schedules.• Liaising with families in a sensitive manner at times of crisis and need.• In-depth interviews and psychological assessment of adolescents with mental health conditions • Knowledge of CAMHS services offered to adolescents who self harm• Attending and contributing to cross site trial management meetings• Liaising with statisticians, clinical studies officers, trial coordinators and data management team.• Trained in lone working, safe guarding, risk assessment and disclosure.• Extensive travel across Greater Manchester and evening work Voir moins

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  UCLA

  Sept 2012 - Jan 2012

  Visiting Postdoctoral Research Fellow

  - Awarded a Manchester Biomedical Research Council International Scholarship to conduct collaborative research with Dr Connie Kasari at the Center for Autism Research and Treatment at UCLA.- Trained to administer a range of behavioural assessments used within CART- Worked across a range of intervention projects in the lab and within the community

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  UCLA

  Mar 2013 - Jan 2015

  Postdoctoral Research Scholar

  - Two years working as a postdoctoral research scholar across a range of autism interventions within Dr Connie Kasari's lab at the Center for Autism Research and Treatment.- Exploring potential biomarkers for children (12 - 21 months) at risk for developing an autism spectrum disorder with Dr Shafali Jeste's lab.- Analysis of existing and emerging data sets exploring gender differences and repetitive behaviours in children with an ASD- Administration of behavioural assessments with children with ASD in the lab and within community settings- Ongoing international collaborations in the field of ASD- Trained to administer * Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule (ADOS-2) * Mullen Scales of Early Learning * Preschool Language Scales * Early Social Communication Scales * Structured Play Assessment Voir moins

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  University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

  Jan 2015 - now

  • Associate Professor

    Jan 2024 - now

  • Assistant Professor

    Jan 2018 - Jan 2024

  • Postdoctoral Research Fellow

    Jan 2015 - Jan 2018