Lesley Jordan

Senior Research Fellow in Social Policy

Department: School of Health and Social Sciences

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Qualifications

BA MPhil

Research Interests

The (changing) position of disabled people in society. Disabled people and social policy/practice, in relation to older people, people of working age, children and young people.

Biography

Current areas of work

Secondary research on:

  • Growing up with risk: disability in childhood
  • Growing up with risk: disability in adolescence and young adulthood
  • Critique of Prime Minister's Strategy Unit (2005) 'Improving the life chances of disabled people' and subsequent policy developments

I am currently preparing research papers relating to other completed projects relating to:

  • communication and other work-based training in health social care agencies
  • work after stroke

Education

1965-68 University of York, Department of Social Science
1968-70 University of York, Department of Social Administration and Social Work

Employment

1998 - 2006 Principal Lecturer (0.5 to 0.7 Associate) in Social Policy
1979 - 1998 Senior Lecturer (0.5 Associate) Middlesex University/Polytechnic
1973 - 1979 Lecturer, then Senior Lecturer, (Full time) Middlesex Polytechnic
1972 - 1973 Principal Research Officer, Lancashire County Council Social Services Department
1970 - 1972 Research Officer, Lancashire County Council Children Department

Selected publications

Book:
Jordan, L. and Kaiser, W. (1996) Aphasia - A Social Approach, Stanley Thornes, Cheltenham

Research Report:
Jordan, L., Bell, L., Bryan, K., Maxim, J. and Axelrod, L. (2000) Communicate: Evaluation of a Training Package for Carers of Older People with Communication Impairments, Middlesex University / University College London, London

Journal articles:

  • Jordan, L. (2001) 'Volunteers: The Case for Training Revisited', ACQiring knowledge in speech, language and hearing, (Clinical Journal of Speech Pathology Australia) 3, 147-149
  • Jordan, L and Bryan, K (2001) 'Seeing the person? Disability theories and speech and language therapy', International Journal of Language Communication Disorders, 36 (Supplement), 453-458
  • Maxim, J, Bryan, K, Axelrod, L, Jordan, L and Bell, L (2001) 'Speech and language therapists as trainers: enabling care staff working with older people', International Journal of Language Communication Disorders, 36 (Supplement), 194-199
  • Bryan, K, Axelrod, L, Maxim, J, Bell, L and Jordan, L, (2002) 'Working with older people with communication difficulties: An evaluation of care worker training', Aging and Mental Health, 6(3), 248-254
  • Lock S, Jordan L, Bryan K and Maxim J (2005) 'Focusing on barriers and enablers to work: stroke survivors' perspectives'. Disability Society, 20(1), January, 33-47

Selected recent conference presentations:

  • Jordan L, Bryan K, Gambrel E, Lock S, Maxim J and O'Kelly D, (2003) Barriers and Enablers to Work: Stroke survivors' and employers' experiences. Paper presented at Inaugural Conference of the Disability Studies Association, Disability Studies: Theory, Policy and Practice, Lancaster University, September 
  • Jordan, L (2004) 'Disability Paradigms, Models and Professional Practice in Rehabilitation', Paper presented at Disability Studies Association Conference, Lancaster University, July
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