Interconnections Multi-Disciplinary Information Service

5. Team Around the Child (TAC) Seminar – London

Tuesday 14^th November, 2006 – 9.45 a.m. to 4.00 p.m.

Regent’s College Conference Centre, Regent’s Park, London, NW1 4NS

This seminar has presentations by Councils, Primary Care Trusts, Child Development Centres, etc. who are successfully using Team Around the Child (TAC) at the heart of their support for children and their families. These early support services find that TAC –

§                put parents at the very centre of decision-making
§                fits multi-disciplinary interventions into a coherent, co-ordinated and seamless system
§                treats the child as a whole child and integrates separate interventions
§                provides a support system for the Keyworker or Lead Professional
§                makes work more satisfying and productive for practitioners
§                provides practitioners who are unfamiliar with complex needs with a supportive team

Programme: Four successful TAC projects are presenting their work at this Seminar. Though each presentation has some emphasis on a particular aspect of the TAC approach, delegates will be able to learn about each project in general terms and will have project contact details for future reference.

Delegates will receive the paper ‘Principles and practices that define the Team-Around-the-Child (TAC) approach’ by Peter Limbrick when their place is confirmed.

9.45	Peter Limbrick, Chair for the day	Welcome and introduction to the Seminar
9.50	Linda Fisher, Early Support Programme Co-ordinator. Essex County Council.	*TAC in action in Essex: Effective support for children and families*
	Jane Ryder-Richardson, Principal Educational Psychologist Essex County Council.	*Strategic planning & support for TAC*
10.50	Break & refreshments
11.30	Team from Walsall Child Development Service	*The Keyworker (or Lead Professional) in TAC: Role, training and support*
12.10	Carole Campbell, Children’s Disability Lead, Sanderson Child Development Service, Medway & Swale.	*Parent involvement & empowerment in integrated services*
12.50	Lunch
1.40	Peter Limbrick, author of ‘Early Support for Children with Complex Needs: Team Around the Child and the Multi-agency Keyworker’	*The Primary Interventionist and integrated programmes for children who require multiple therapy & education interventions*
2.20	Hazel Denman Locality Manager, Epsom and Ewell Pam Quilter Service Co-ordinator, SW Surrey Team Around the Child	*TAC within a Social Care Team* *and Report of Thomas Coram research into integrated assessment* (for which SW Surrey TAC was used as an exemplar).
3.00	Comfort break
3.05	Refreshments available. Plenary and/or small group discussions	Format and topics to be decided during the seminar
4.00	Seminar closes	(Note: The room will remain open till 5 p.m. for any continuing informal discussions.)

It is our intention to present the programme as advertised but we reserve the right to make necessary alterations

Costs to include lunch: Services and projects are invited to send a group of delegates. In support of this we are offering a sliding scale of charges. Group bookings can, of course, include parents.

1 place: £180 + VAT (at 17.5%). 2 places at £165 + VAT each. 3 places at £150 + VAT each. 4 places at £135 + VAT each

For programme and booking form:

E-mail: p.limbrick@virgin.net Tel/fax: 01497 831550.

This information and booking form is also available on our website: www.icwhatsnew.com