Caroline Roberts, a PhD candidate in the Department of Educational Psychology’s special education program, was recently featured on The Psychology of Self-Injury: Exploring Self-Harm & Mental Health podcast. The podcast is hosted by Dr. Nicholas Westers, a clinical psychologist at Children’s Health and Associate Professor at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center.

During the podcast episode, Self-Injury in Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities (IDD), with Caroline Roberts, Roberts speaks about bridging the perception gap between self-injurious behavior (SIB) and nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI), including self-harm among individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). Roberts discusses how SIB and NSSI are often thought of as exclusive and shares her vision of an interdisciplinary study of self-injury that emphasizes their similarities to help identify individuals’ needs.

Check out the podcast to hear more from Caroline on this topic.