Dr Niki Edwards
This person does not currently hold a position at QUT.
Personal details
Keywords
intellectual disability, development disability, dual disability/dual diagnosis, psychopharmacology, chemical restraint, restrictive practices, international social work, disaster management, gender, disability
Research field
Social Work, Policy and Administration, Public Health and Health Services
Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2008
Qualifications
- PhD (University of Queensland)
Professional memberships and associations
Australian Association of Social Workers
Australasian Society for Intellectual Disability Australian Relatives and Friends of People Living with Mental Illness (arafmi), Community Living Association
Queensland Advocacy Incorporated
National Association of Dual Diagnosis
European Association for Mental Health in Intellectual Disability
Teaching
Dr Edwards is the Coordinator of the Undergraduate Social Work Programs at QUT. She teaches into:
- SWH 202 Health Wellbeing and Social Work (Unit Coordinator)
- SWB 105 Human Rights
- SWB 306 People, Community and Disability
- SWH 311 Mental Health Social Work (Unit Coordinator)
- SWB221 Professional Practice Processes and Assessment
- SWN 005 Health, Wellbeing and the Human Condition (Unit Coordinator)
Publications
- Newcomb, M., Burton, J. & Edwards, N. (2017). Service user or service provider? How social work and human services students integrate dual identities. Social Work Education, 36(6), 678–689. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/108515
- King, J., Edwards, N., Correa-Velez, I., Hair, S. & Fordyce, M. (2016). Disadvantage and disability: Experiences of people from refugee backgrounds with disability living in Australia. Disability and the Global South (DGS), 3(1), 843–864. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/221765
- King, J., Edwards, N., Correa-Velez, I., Darracott, R. & Fordyce, M. (2016). Restrictive practices on refugees in Australia with intellectual disability and challenging behaviours: a family's story. Advances in Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities, 10(4), 222–232. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/221997
- Newcomb, M., Burton, J., Edwards, N. & Hazelwood, Z. (2015). How Jung's concept of the wounded healer can guide learning and teaching in social work and human services. Advances in Social Work and Welfare Education, 17(2), 55–69. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/91004
- Venville, A., Sawyer, A., Long, M., Edwards, N. & Hair, S. (2015). Supporting people with an intellectual disability and mental health problems: A scoping review of what they say about service provision. Journal of Mental Health Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 8(3 - 4), 186–212. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/100869
- Edwards, N., Alexander, W. & Mutch, A. (2014). Psychotropics and challenging behaviour in people with an intellectual disability [Letter]. Medical Journal of Australia, 200(8), 456. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/74769
- Edwards, N., Bain, C., Mutch, A., Dean, J. & Lennox, N. (2014). A multi-level ecological model of psychotropic prescribing to adults with intellectual disability. Advances in Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities, 8(1), 24–31. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/74770
- Edwards, N., (2008). Jane. Advances in Mental Health and Learning Disabilities, 2(2), 49–54. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/74773
- Jess, G., Torr, J., Cooper, S., Lennox, N., Edwards, N., Galea, J. & O'Brien, G. (2008). Specialist versus generic models of psychiatry training and service provision for people with intellectual disabilities. Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 21(2), 183–193. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/74771
- Edwards, N., Lennox, N. & White, P. (2007). Queensland psychiatrists' attitudes and perceptions of adults with intellectual disability. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 51(1), 75–81. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/74772
QUT ePrints
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Supervision
Completed supervisions (Doctorate)
- "It's the People's Radio": People with Disability in Australian Community Radio (2019)
- Birds Dying in the Sky: Older Transgender Women's Constructions, Understanding and Experiences of Ageing in Thailand (2018)
- Recognising resilience: Understanding how childhood adversity impacts undergraduate social work and human services students (2018)