Children
and Young People with Disabilities & Special Needs:
Ideas
into Action
Interconnections
UK Conference
Wednesday 10th
September, 2008
Regent’s College
Conference Centre, Regents Park, London, NW1 4NS
A
conference for multi-disciplinary workers from all agencies and
organisations in all parts of the UK and Ireland.
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Programme |
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9.15 |
Reception
and refreshments |
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9.45 |
Chair - Introduction
to the day |
|
10.00 |
Peter
Limbrick
Independent
Consultant, author, originator of the Team-Around-the-Child
(TAC) approach, and Editor of Family-Centred Support
for Children with Disabilities and Special Needs,
Interconnections, 2007.
Visit:
http://www.icwhatsnew.com/services/publications/index.htm
Presentation:
Making sense of complex service
provision: Can we replace the ‘scatter-gun’ response to
infants who have multiple needs with a more helpful and
cost-effective approach? |
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10.45 |
Break |
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11.30 |
Anna Kennedy
Mother of
two autistic sons, activist and author of Not
Stupid, Published by John Blake, 2008.
Visit:
http://www.blake.co.uk/e-store/product.php?productid=5583
Presentation:
Fighting for the right to education
and care. |
|
12.15 |
Jenni
Thomas, OBE
Founder and
President of the Child Bereavement Charity
Visit:
http://www.childbereavement.org.uk/
Presentation:
When a child dies. |
|
1.00 |
Lunch |
|
1.50 |
Jane Fraser
Trainer and
Consultant in SRE for young adults with learning disabilities
and founder of Bodysense to create innovative teaching
resources.
Visit:
www.bodysense.org.uk/
Presentation:
Communicating with
children on growing up, relationships and sexuality issues. |
|
2.30 |
Sue Davies
Early
Childhood Intervention Consultant in Australia and Editor
of Team Around the Child: Working together in early
childhood intervention, Kurrajong Waratah, 2007.
Visit:
http://www.kurrajongwaratah.org.au/default.aspx?d=286497
Presentation: Team Around the
Child in Rural Australia: Transdisciplinary teamwork in
a hub and spoke structure. |
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3.15 |
Break |
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3.30 |
Discussion
Groups |
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4.15 |
End of
day. |
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Costs
(including lunch) - All
prices subject to VAT at 17.5%
1
place: £135. 2 places: £240 (£120 each). 3
places: £315 (£105 each). 4 places: £360 (£90 each). |
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Book online at
www.icwhatsnew.com
Or contact Interconnections
for an order form to be sent to you –
p.limbrick@virgin.net
Interconnections, Parks Farm,
Clifford, HR3 5HH. Tel/fax: 01497 831550 |
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