Dr Stuart Wark
Postdoc Fellow, School of Rural Medicine
Qualifications
BA (Hons), PhD, Diploma of Disability, Certificate IV in Training and Assessment
Contact
| Email: | swark5@une.edu.au |
| Room: | Professional Development and Leadership (N18) 5.4 |
| Phone: | 02 6773 3986 (or +61 2 6773 3986 overseas) |
Dr Stuart Wark, PhD, is a part-time Post-Doctoral Research Fellow in the Faculty of The Professions at the University of New England.
He is jointly employed by a rural Non-Government Organisation (NGO), The Ascent Group, as the Executive Manager of their Clinical Services Division.
Stuart has sat on state and national advisory committees, and is currently the Secretary of a Clinical Forum for rural Allied Health practitioners working in the field of disability.
Affiliations
Registered with the Australian Health Practitioners Regulation Agency (AHPRA No. PSY0001655073).
Founding Member of Disability Professionals New South Wales (DPNSW)
Founding Member of Australian Disability Professionals (ADP)
Member of the Australian Society for Intellectual Disability (ASID)
Member of the International Association for the Scientific Study of Intellectual Disabilities (IASSID)
Areas of Teaching
Public Health, Research Methods (Qualitative, Quantitative and Mixed Methods)
Research interests
Intellectual Disability, Ageing, Mental Health, Rurality, Counselling, Suicide
Conference Presentations
Wark, S., Hussain, R. & Edwards, E. (14 July, 2012). Ageing with an intellectual disability in rural areas. 2012 International Association for the Scientific Study of Intellectual Disabilities (IASSID) World Congress.
Wark, S. (15 March, 2012). Good health through internal practices and making the best of the health system (Keynote Presentation). NSW Council for Intellectual Disability (CID) Healthier Lives Conference.
Wark, S., Hussain, R. & Edwards, E. (9 March, 2012). Health implications for people ageing with an intellectual disability in rural NSW. 2012 Australian Association of Developmental Disability Medicine (AADDM) Conference.
Wark, S., Hussain, R. & Edwards, E. (31 March 2011). Ageing and Intellectual Disability: The Rural Perspective. 2011 Australian Association of Gerontology Rural Conference.
Wark, S., Hussain, R. & Edwards, E. (1 October 2010). Ageing and Intellectual Disability: Issues for Disability Service Provision. 45th ASSID Australasian Conference.
Wark, S., Hussain, R. & Edwards, E. (11 August 2010). Ageing and Intellectual Disability: The Emerging Health Crisis. Emerging Health Policy Research Conference.
Wark, S., Hussain, R. & Edwards, E. (18 November 2009) Ageing and Intellectual Disability: The Training Needs of Disability Support Workers. 9th Annual ASSID Conference for Disability Support Workers
Wark, S.(13 July 2009). A narrative approach for people with intellectual disabilities. 2nd Australasian Narrative Inquiry Conference.
Publications
Wark, S. (2011). Implications of Quality of Life Measurement on Ageing with Intellectual Disability. Intellectual Disability Australasia, 32(4), pp. 1-7.
Wark, S. (2012). Counselling Support for People with Intellectual Disabilities: The Use of Narrative Therapy. The Australian Journal of Rehabilitation Counselling, 18(1) (forthcoming).
Wark, S., Hussain, R. & Edwards, H. (under review). Rural and remote service provision for people ageing with intellectual disability, Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities.
Wark, S., Hussain, R. & Edwards, H. (under review). Ageing with an intellectual disability: The impact on family and friends. Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities.