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Professor Karen Nankervis
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Karen Nankervis

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Overview

Availability

Professor Karen Nankervis is:
Available for supervision

Qualifications

  • Certificate, Sunbury School of Nursing
  • Certificate of Mental Health Nursing, Metropolitan and Eastern School of Psychiatric Nursing
  • Bachelor of Education, La Trobe University
  • Doctor of Philosophy, La Trobe University

Research interests

  • Positive Behaviour Support

    Assessment and development of quality of positive behaviour support plans, effective positive behaviour supports

  • Forensic disability

    Assessment, treatment and supports for people with intellectual disability who offend

  • Genomics and disability

    The ethical, legal and social issues of genomics for people with lived experience of disability

  • Relinquishment of children with disabilities

    The early identification and support for families at risk of relinquishing the care of their child with disability

  • Reduction and elimination of the use of restrictive practices

    Evidence-based approaches to the reduction and elimination of the use of restrictive practices with children and adults across settings, as well as safeguarding mechanisms

Works

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88 works between 2000 and 2025

81 - 88 of 88 works

2004

Conference Publication

Graduate capabilities as identified by key stakeholders in the disability sector

Nankervis, K, Muir, P and Phillips, A (2004). Graduate capabilities as identified by key stakeholders in the disability sector. HOBOKEN: WILEY.

Graduate capabilities as identified by key stakeholders in the disability sector

2004

Conference Publication

The <i>Signposts for Building Better Behaviour</i> program:: Training workers in the disability field

Hudson, A, Cameron, C, Gavidia-Payne, S, Matthews, J and Nankervis, K (2004). The Signposts for Building Better Behaviour program:: Training workers in the disability field. HOBOKEN: WILEY.

The <i>Signposts for Building Better Behaviour</i> program:: Training workers in the disability field

2004

Conference Publication

Factors affecting comprehension of the police caution

Leighton, DG, Hudson, AM and Nankervis, KL (2004). Factors affecting comprehension of the police caution. OXFORD: BLACKWELL PUBLISHING LTD.

Factors affecting comprehension of the police caution

2003

Journal Article

Evaluation of an intervention system for parents of children with intellectual disability and challenging behaviour

Hudson, AM, Matthews, JM, Gavidia-Payne, ST, Cameron, CA, Mildon, RL, Radler, GA and Nankervis, KL (2003). Evaluation of an intervention system for parents of children with intellectual disability and challenging behaviour. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 47 (4-5), 238-249. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2788.2003.00486.x

Evaluation of an intervention system for parents of children with intellectual disability and challenging behaviour

2001

Other Outputs

Power Sharing and Direct Care Staff Interaction with Residents of Disability Accommodation Services: Research Report

Nankervis, Karen, Hamilton, D. and Neville, C. (2001). Power Sharing and Direct Care Staff Interaction with Residents of Disability Accommodation Services: Research Report.

Power Sharing and Direct Care Staff Interaction with Residents of Disability Accommodation Services: Research Report

2000

Conference Publication

Development and trailing of a support package for parents of children with an intellectual disability and challenging behaviour

Nankervis, K, Gavidia-Payne, S and Hudson, A (2000). Development and trailing of a support package for parents of children with an intellectual disability and challenging behaviour. OXFORD: BLACKWELL SCIENCE LTD.

Development and trailing of a support package for parents of children with an intellectual disability and challenging behaviour

2000

Conference Publication

Teaching of skills to people with an intellectual disability in residential settings

Nankervis, K (2000). Teaching of skills to people with an intellectual disability in residential settings. OXFORD: BLACKWELL SCIENCE LTD.

Teaching of skills to people with an intellectual disability in residential settings

2000

Conference Publication

Prevention of sexual offending amongst adolescents with an intellectual disability: Identifying the risks

Nankervis, K, Smith, D and Phillips, AH (2000). Prevention of sexual offending amongst adolescents with an intellectual disability: Identifying the risks. OXFORD: BLACKWELL SCIENCE LTD.

Prevention of sexual offending amongst adolescents with an intellectual disability: Identifying the risks

Funding

Current funding

  • 2025 - 2026
    Sometimes I'm too safe. Exploring the dignity of risk with adults with intellectual disability.
    National Disability Research Partnership Ltd
    Open grant
  • 2023 - 2027
    Equity and Excellence: Behaviour review tools for Queensland State Schools
    Queensland Department of Education
    Open grant

Past funding

  • 2024 - 2025
    Keeping prep-aged students engaged at school: Creating a preventative pathway for eliminating school disciplinary absences and restrictive practices
    Education Horizon
    Open grant
  • 2023 - 2025
    The Right Direction - Strengthening participant and provider connections to improve behaviour support outcomes (administered by The University of Melbourne)
    University of Melbourne
    Open grant
  • 2021 - 2024
    Enabling Behaviour Support Practitioners to meet behaviour support practice standards and registration obligations (NDIS Quality and Safeguarding Commission grant)
    University of Melbourne
    Open grant
  • 2020 - 2023
    'We need to talk' : Genomics and disability
    MRFF Genomics Health Futures Mission, Project Grant administered by AusIndustry
    Open grant
  • 2019 - 2020
    The RAPID (Reducing Antipsychotics in People with Intellectual Disability) study
    Endeavour Foundation
    Open grant
  • 2016 - 2017
    An evaluation of the Early Response Tool for families at risk of Relinquishment
    Queensland Department of Communities Child Safety and Disability Services
    Open grant
  • 2014 - 2015
    Yooralla Partnership: Defining the role of the direct support worker, and Parental relinquishment of care
    Yooralla
    Open grant
  • 2011 - 2013
    Centre of Excellence for Behaviour Support (CEBS) Strategic Projects
    Queensland Department of Communities (Disability and Community Care Services)
    Open grant
  • 2011
    Interactions that facilitate positive life events for people with intellectual disability
    APEX Foundation for Research into Intellectual Disability Ltd (AFRID)
    Open grant

Supervision

Availability

Professor Karen Nankervis is:
Available for supervision

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Supervision history

Current supervision

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Active engagement of people with disability in genomic research: honouring their knowledge and perspectives in creating recommendations and evaluation framework for designing value enhanced participatory research.

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Professor Rhonda Faragher, Dr Maria Vassos

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Curriculum Connection - Outdoor Learning: school camps and experiences of students with Autism

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Professor Rhonda Faragher

  • Doctor Philosophy

    The effects of Tier 1 Positive Behaviour Interventions and Supports (PBIS) practices on student behaviour and achievement in Queensland primary schools

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Maria Vassos, Associate Professor Shiralee Poed

  • Doctor Philosophy

    An Appreciative Narrative Inquiry Capturing the Voice of Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder and the Views of their Teachers to Explore Engagement and Inclusion in Secondary Schools

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Professor Rhonda Faragher

  • Doctor Philosophy

    I Was Locked In: Lived Experience, Policy Failure, and the Case for Abolishing Seclusion and Physical Restraint in Australian Schools

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Associate Professor Shiralee Poed

Completed supervision

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