Nursing and Human Sciences

Biographical Details:

MSc in Education and Training Management, RNID, RCNT, RNT, Cert. Ed.,Dip in Counselling, Dip in Sociology, Reflexologist. Therese Danaher is a lecturer within the School of Nursing and Human Sciences at Dublin City University. Chairperson of Nursing Network in Intellectual Disability in Ireland (NNIDI) and one of the founder members of the group. Teaching students on all years of the BSc in nursing programme and coordinating two modules on the MSc in Nursing / Health Care Practice with a specific focus on nursing people with intellectual disability. Further teaching input includes working as a member of a teaching team on a module called ¿Improving Service with Cooperative Learning¿ which is contributing to improvements and changes within services for people with intellectual disability. Practice links are with the Daughters of Charity, St Joseph¿s Intellectual Disability Services, Portrane and ¿Walk With You¿ Association.

Research Interests:

A member of an EU funded supportive employment project with Walk with You with a particular role of ensuring links with the third level sector. Other initiatives include coordinating contact for practice nurses interested in sharing information on people who have intellectual disabilities and epilepsy. Research interests, include people with intellectual disabilities and mental health problems, epilepsy and intellectual disabilities, preceptoring undergraduate student nurses in practice, play and the child with intellectual disabilities, pre, peri and post natal development of the child.

Selected Peer Reviewed Journals

• Ms Therese Danaher. .
• Stenson A and Danaher T. 2005. Continence issues for people with Intellectual Disabilities. Learning Disability Practice, Vol. 8, Issue: 9, pp10-14.

Reviews

• Danaher T. 2005. . The Frontline Of Learning Disability, pp29-29.

Selected Non-peer Reviewed Journals

• Corby, D., Danaher, T. Jackson R. and Pierse. B. 2012. Influencing service improvement and change through education. 88, pp18-19.
• Doody O. and Danaher T. 2012. Developing Support for Intellectual Disability Practice. Nursing Network in Intellectual Disabilities, Ireland (NNIDI). 88, pp36-37.
• Corby D & Danaher T. 2011. Congress Report Joint Congress for the European Association for Mental Health in Intellectual Disability and IASSID Challenging Behaviour and Mental Health SIRG 2011. The Frontline of Learning Disability, pp6-.
• Danaher T. 2005. Issues surrounding caring for People with severe Intellectual Disabilities and epilepsy. The Frontline of Learning Disabilities, pp26-27.

• Corby, D., Danaher, T. and Jackson. J., Service Improvement and Change through Education, In: Therese Danaher, Chairperson NNIDI ed.Nursing Network in Intellectual Disabilities, Ireland 2012 Conference, 26-SEP-12 - 26-SEP-12, Stewarts Care, Palmerstown, Dublin, Ireland
• Danaher T & Corby D, Empowering Nurses in Practice through Education, Joint Congress of the European Association for Mental Health in Intellectual Disability and IASSID Challenging Behavioiur and Mental Health SIRG, 01-SEP-11 - 03-SEP-11, Manchester
• Danaher T, Irish Perspective: New Initiatives within Intellectual Disability Nursing, In: Rick Robson and Debbie Styles 28th National Learning Disability Nurses' Conference (NNLDN) ed.Reasonable adjustment to care - from rhetoric to reality, 19-JUL-10 - 20-JUL-10, York University
• Danaher T, A blueprint for an intellectual disability nurse for the next 50 years., In: Rick Robson and Debbie Styles National Learning Disability Nurses Conference (NNLDN) ed.NNLDN National Conference Reasonable adjustment to care - from rhetoric to reality, 19-JUL-10 - 20-JUL-10, York University
• Danaher Therese, Psychosocial issues and people with epilepsy - conference feedback, In: IENG committee ed.Irish Epilepsy Nurses Group, 15-JUN-09 - 15-JUN-09, Dublin Neurological Centre, 57 Eccles St
• Danaher Therese, An exploration of Intellectual Disability student nurses' experiences of rostered practice placements., In: Chris Beasley CNO of NNLDN ed.Transforming Learning Disability Nursing Practice to address Health Inequalities - The UK National Network for Learning Disability Nurses, 23-JUN-08 - 24-JUN-08, School of Nursing, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2
• Danaher Therese, People with Intellectual Disabilities and Epilepsy - Integration into the community, In: Denise Cunningham,Chairperson of Irish Epilepsy Nurses Group ed.National Epilepsy Nurses Conferences, 24-MAY-08 - 24-MAY-08, Tullamore, Co Offally
• Danaher T, Accessing Mental Health Voluntary Organisations for people with Intellectual Disabilities, National Intellectual Disabilities Conference,, 05-MAY-05 - 05-MAY-05, Maynooth Co Kildare
• Danaher T, An exploration of student nurses expectations of tutorials¿, International Research Conference, Trinity College Dublin., 20-OCT-02 - 20-OCT-02, Trinity College Dublin