Sunfield
Professional Development Centre
proudly presents a EUROPEAN CONFERENCE on
EARLY CHILDHOOD INTERVENTION
National
Developments & European Perspectives
The ICC, Birmingham, U.K. / 28th & 29th November 2005
There
are major policy and practice initiatives in the UK, in Early
Intervention. This Conference will share those initiatives
and stimulate a dialogue between the UK and European Early Intervention
Services and will conclude with Europe considering
its role internationally in Early Intervention
This event is being sponsored by:
Sure
Start / Early Support / West Mids. SEN Regional Partnership /
Mencap
The
Mental Health Foundation & The Foundation for People with
Learning Disabilities
The
Home Farm Trust / RNIB / I CAN / Downs Syndrome Association
European
Agency / The National Deaf Children’s Society
University College Worcester
/ Contact a Family
Autism
West Midlands / Napier University / NASS
For further information on how to register and the
full conference programme visit:
www.sunfield-school.org.uk/eci/conference.htm
SPEAKERS
& PRESENTERS
·
Professor
Barry Carpenter OBE, Chief Executive, Sunfield
·
Dr
Michael Guralnick, President, International Society on Early Intervention
·
Jacques
Schlosser, Secretary, European Association on Early Intervention
·
Captain
Guy Brocklebank, Royal Navy, Trustee of Sunfield
·
Dr
Philippa Russell CBE, Disability Rights Commissioner
·
John
Ford, Director, Early Support Programme
·
Lesley
Campbell, National Children’s Officer, Mencap
·
Susan
Daniels, Chief Executive, National Deaf Children’s Society
·
Naomi
Eisenstadt, Director, Sure Start
·
Dr
Patricia Champion, Founder Director, The champion Centre, New
Zealand
·
Victoria
Soriano, European Agency for the Development of Special Needs
Education, Belgium
·
Professor
Franz Peterander, Ludwig-Maximillian University, Munich
·
Peter
Limbrick, Chair, Interconnections
·
Jill
Davies, Research Officer, Foundation for People with Learning
Disabilities
·
Sheila
Davies, Paediatric Project Officer, Contact a Family
·
Elizabeth
Attfield, Training Officer, Autism West Midlands
·
Tracie
Linehan, Learning for Life Manager – Early Years, SCOPE
·
Kim
Bevan, Director of Training, Early Support
·
Susan
Daniels, Chief Executive, The National Deaf Children’s Society
·
Dave
Hewett, Freelance Trainer & Consultant
·
Iain
Chatwin, TEACCH Trainer
·
Sally
Conway, Family Services Coordinator, Sunfield
PROGRAMME
DAY ONE / Monday 28th November 2005 (May be subject
to change)
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9.15 |
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Registration & Coffee
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10.00 |
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Welcome
& Introduction |
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…
for the Conference Organisers
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Professor Barry Carpenter OBE, Chief
Executive, Sunfield (UK
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… for the International
Society on Early Intervention |
Dr.
Michael Guralnick, President, International Society on Early
Intervention (USA)
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… for the European Association
on Early Intervention |
Jacques
Schlosser,
Secretary, European Association on Early Intervention (Luxembourg)
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for the Trustees of Sunfield |
Captain
Guy Brocklebank, Royal Navy (UK)
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10.20 |
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Opening
Address (speaker t.b.c.)
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10.35 |
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Keynote Address
National Developments
in Early Childhood Interventions - An Overview
Dr
Philippa Russell CBE, Disability Rights Commissioner/National
Children’s Bureau
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11.15 |
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Coffee
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11.45
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Early Childhood
Intervention – New Horizons: Future Directions
The Early Support
Programme
John Ford, Director,
Early Support Programme (UK)
A
National Centre for Early Childhood Intervention: Outcomes
of the Feasibility Study
Lesley
Campbell, National Children’s Officer, Mencap (UK)
Universal New Born Hearing Screening
Susan
Daniels, Chief Executive, National Deaf Children’s Society
(UK)
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12.45 |
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Lunch &
Exhibition
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14.00 |
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Vulnerable Children:
The Development of Sure Start
Naomi Eisenstadt,
Director, Sure Start
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14.40 |
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European Showcase
A choice of
1, from 6 parallel sessions led by speakers from the European
Association on Early Intervention
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15.45 |
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Tea
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16.10 |
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European Showcase
A choice of
1, from 6 parallel sessions led by speakers from the European
Association on Early Intervention
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17.15 |
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Plenary
The Challenge
from the Children to Early Childhood Intervention
Dr
Patricia Champion, Founder Director, The Champion Centre
(New
Zealand)
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18.00 |
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Close
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PROGRAMME
DAY TWO / Tuesday 29th November 2005 (May be subject
to change)
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| 1.10 |
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| 1.30 |
Workshops –
National Initiatives
A choice of
1 from parallel sessions detailed below
‘Team-around-the
Child’: Collaborative or Transdisciplinary Teamwork and
the Multi-agency Keyworker
Peter
Limbrick, Chair, Interconnection
First
Impressions Project (Foundation for People with Learning
Disabilities)
Jill
Davies, Research Officer, FPLD (UK)
Portage:
Current Developments
A
representative from the National Portage Association
(UK)
Parents
and Paediatricians Together Project
Sheila
Davies, Paediatric Project Officer, Contact a Family (UK)
Developing Communication, Play & Social Skills for Young
Children with ASD
Elizabeth Attfield, Training Officer, Autism West
Midlands (UK)
The
National Schools for Parents Network & the Face2Face
Network
Tracie
Linehan, Learning for Life Manager – Early Years,
SCOPE (UK)
Early
Support
Kim
Bevan, Director of Training, Early Support (UK)
Newborn
Universal Hearing Screening Programme
Susan
Daniels, Chief Executive, The National Deaf Children’s Society
(UK)
Early
Intervention
Dave
Hewett, Freelance Trainer & Consultant (UK)
TEACCH
in the Home; Strategies for Families
Iain Chatwin, TEACCH Trainer, & Sally Conway, Family
Services Co-ordinator, Sunfield (UK) |
| 2.30 |
Lunch &
Exhibition |
| 3.45 |
Workshops – national initiatives repeat (as listed above) |
| 4.45 |
European Showcase
– Interactif
A
series of interactive dialogues with colleagues from Eurlyaid:
the European Association on Early Intervention |
| 5.45 |
Tea |
| 6.10 |
Plenary
The Agenda for
Early Childhood Intervention: An International Perspective
Dr Michael Guralnick,
President, International Society on Early Intervention (USA) |
| 7.00 |
Conclusion &
Closing Address
The Voice of
the Family in Early Childhood Intervention
Professor Barry
Carpenter OBE, Chief Executive, Sunfield |
| 7.30 |
Close |
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