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Conference:

'Children with special needs: Coordinating education, health and social care'

Tuesday 24 May 2005

Venue: Athol Riddell Lecture Theatre, Southmead Centre for Medical Education, Southmead Hospital, Westbury-on-Trym, Bristol

Aims: This one-day conference, organised by the Royal Society of Medicine, will present ways in which children’s agencies might collaborate, thus ensuring that physical and mental difficulties are identified at an early stage. Proposals for adopting optimum care and educational strategies for children and parents will be discussed.

Who should attend? This conference will be of interest to General Practitioners, Paediatricians, Health Visitors, Practice Nurses, Social Workers, School Teachers, PCT Officers, Local Authority Officers and Counsellors.

TOPICS INCLUDE:

•         The infant and young child and their problems

•         Exclusions - a step too late

•         Young offenders - a further cause for concern

•         A parent’s view - the struggle as things are

•         The real world of the classroom

•         The importance of therapists

•         The multi-agency approach and model

•         The role of a health professional

•         The parent as the expert - self-efficacy approaches

•         The impact of the Hall Report

•         The way forward

For further information please contact:

Anke Müller, Academic Department, Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole Street, London, W1G 0AE.

Tel: +44 (0) 20 7290 2980. Email: mailto:anke.muller@rsm.ac.uk

Alternatively you can visit our website at www.rsm.ac.uk/academ/810_special_needs.htm