Professor Gwynnyth Llewellyn
PhD, Med, BA, Grad Dip ContEd, Dip OT
Professor, Family and Disability Studies
Director, Centre for Disability Research and Policy
Director, Australian Family and Disability Studies Research Collaboration
C43A - Jeffrey Miller Admin Building Cumberland Campus
The University of Sydney
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Biographical details
My commitment is to develop health and social policy and practice solutions to enable disabled individuals and their families to fully participate in our societies.
Professor Gwynnyth Llewellyn is an occupational therapist and international leading authority on family and disability and who has lead graduate programs in developmental disability and supervised honours and doctoral candidates from many disciplines. Gwynnyth was lead author and co-editor on the recent international publication on parents and parenting with intellectual disabilities titled Parents with Intellectual Disabilities. Past, Present and Futures - published by Wiley-Blackwell in 2010. It is the first international publication to bring together the latest research on the lives of parents with intellectual disabilities and their children. Professor Llewellyn is Director, Centre for Disability Research and Policy. This University Centre produces evidence based policy briefings on the social and economic participation of people with disabilities. Professor Llewellyn is currently Associate Editor for the Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities and Consulting Editor for the Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research and is an editorial board member of several international journals.
Research interests
Gwynnyth's current research addresses: Audit of Disability Research funded by Disability Policy and Research Working Group under the National Disability Agreement; Disability and ability: How young people with impairments make the transition to adulthood (ARC Discovery); The transition from secondary school to adulthood: Experiences and life outcomes for youth with an intellectual disability and their families funded by ARC Linkage Grant and headed up by Dr Helen Leonard, University of Western Australia. Gwynnyth is Lead Investigator on the University of Sydney and Parenting Research Centre Victoria, Healthy Start National Strategy funded 2005-2014 by FACHSIA.
Teaching and supervision
- Supervision of doctoral students in family and disability studies and disability and development
- Disability theory in Master of Health Sciences (Developmental Disability)
Selected grants
2013
- NSW Government Audit of Disability Research in Australia; Kavanagh A, Llewellyn G, Bleasdale M, Emerson E, Madden R, Smith-Merry J, Gilroy J, Veitch C; Department of Ageing, Disability and Home Care (NSW)/Research Grants Program.
2012
- The longitudinal examination of the developmental outcomes of children with mothers with intellectual disabilities and the associated risk and protective factors Using population databases; Llewellyn G; National Health and Medical Research Council/Scholarships: Public Health Postgraduate Scholarship.
- Social inclusion of children and youth with disabitities in Canada; McConnell D, Llewellyn G, Emerson E; University of Alberta/Shared Research Support.
- Childrens perspectives on their social world An examination of the family school and community factors that influence social inclusion for children whose parents have intellectual disabilities; Llewellyn G; National Health and Medical Research Council/Scholarships.
2011
- Healthy Start; Llewellyn G; Parenting Research Centre/Research Support.
- University of New England � CRN for Mental Health and Well-being in Rural Regions; Duncan A, Llewellyn G, Parmenter T; Department of Industry, Innovation, Science, Research and Tertiary Education (Federal)/Collaborative Research Networks.
- Disability and ability: how young people with impairments make the transition to adulthood; Wedgwood N, Shuttleworth R, Shuttleworth R, Llewellyn G; Australian Research Council (ARC)/Discovery Projects (DP).
2010
- Sino-Australian Symposium: Sports and Rehabilitation Science; Brennan P, Llewellyn G, Refshauge K, Ao Y, Ke Y; Australia China Council/General Funding Grants.
- Indicators of well-being for young people with mental illness; Emerson E, Emerson E, Honey A, Llewellyn G, Hancock N, Hickie I; Schizophrenia Fellowship of New South Wales inc/Research Support.
2009
- Health and well-being indicators for children and youth with disabilities; Llewellyn G, Leonard H, Emerson E, Madden R, Mason J, Bundy A, Honey A, Hindmarsh G, Mathur S, Blackmore A; Australian Research Alliance for Children & Youth (ARACY)/Research Support.
- Improving the life chances of young disabled Australians; Llewellyn G, Emerson E, Honey A; Australian Research Council/Discovery Projects (DP).
- The transition from secondary school to adulthood: experiences and life outcomes for youth with an intellectual disability and their families; Llewellyn G; Australian Research Council/Linkage Projects (LP).
- Healthy start: a national strategy for children of parents with learning disabilities; Llewellyn G; Parenting Research Centre/Research Support.
2007
- Achieving better health outcomes for youth with chronic health conditions: A pan disciplinary approach; Schneider J, Llewellyn G, Honey A, Mayes R, Wedgwood N; Australian Research Alliance for Children & Youth (ARACY)/Research Grant.
2006
- Linkage 2005 Round 2 - "The transition of care from ageing parents: achieving flexible relationships; Balandin S, Llewellyn G, Ho A; Spastic Centre/Project Support.
- The transition of care from ageing parents: achieving flexible relationships between adults with cerebral palsy, their siblings and service providers; Llewellyn G, Balandin S; Australian Research Council (ARC)/Linkage.
2005
- Healthy Start:a national strategy for children of parents with intellectual disability - Source funding from Commonwealth Dept Family & Community Services through Victorian Parenting Centre Inc; Llewellyn G, Singh N, Singh N, Matthews J; Dept Family & Community Services (Via- Victorian Parenting Centre Inc)/BLO Project.
- Optimising participation by women with disabilities in mammography screening; Llewellyn G, Poulos A, Balandin S; National Breast Cancer Foundation/Research Grant.
- Volunteering for workers with disabilities post-retirement; Llewellyn G; University of Sydney/Research & Development.
- Maintaining family-based placements for children and young people with disabilities; McConnell D, Llewellyn G, Monteiro M; Australian Research Council (ARC)/Linkage.
2003
- Review of DADHC info-line; Llewellyn G, Scobie M; NSW Department of Ageing, Disability and Home Care/BLO Project.
- Multiple risk families : the first year of life; Llewellyn G; NSW Dept of Health via Western Sydney Area Health Service/Research Grant.
2002
- Expectant mothers with intellectual disability: prenatal service use and birth outcomes; Llewellyn G; South West Sydney Area Health Service/Research Grant.
- Parent and worker expectations and experiences of early childhood services when families have special needs; Llewellyn G, Knight E, McFarlane H, Turvey K, Butterfield N; NSW Department of Ageing, Disability and Home Care/BLO Project.
- Classifying support needs of people with disabilities; Llewellyn G, Parmenter T; Australian Research Council (ARC)/Linkage.
- Inclusion of young children with disabilities in mainstream early childhood services; Llewellyn G, Schoonen R; Australian Research Council (ARC)/Linkage.
2001
- Human services and parents with a disability: Working cooperatively in the best interests of the chi; Llewellyn G, McConnell D, Le Nevez C, Samuel R; Australian Research Council (ARC)/Spirt Grants.
- Parents with a disability and the NSW Childrens Court: a prevalence and outcomes study; Llewellyn G; Law and Justice Foundation of New South Wales/Grant Series.
2000
- NSW Parent-Child Health and Wellbeing Project; Llewellyn G; BLO Research Partners/NSW Ageing and Disability.
- Service pathways for ageing caregivers of adults with intellectual disability; Llewellyn G, Gething L, Cant R, Kendig H; NHMRC/GRANTS.
- Supporting families: Averting out-of-home placement of children with disabilities; Llewellyn G; Australian Research Council (ARC)/Spirt Grants.
- Assessing parents support needs: Theory and practice; Llewellyn G, Heard R; Australian Research Council (ARC)/Spirt Grants.
Selected publications
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Parents with Intellectual Disabilities: Past, Present and Futures (Wiley-Blackwell Publishing,2010)
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Supporting Families : Family well-being and children with disabilities (School of Occupational and Leisure Sciences, University of Sydney,2003)
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