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Working internationally to share information, help build knowledge and support teamwork around babies, children and young people who are disabled, marginalised or vulnerable

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Helping parents of disabled children with sleep: 2-day workshop with Julie Sutton, Manchester, UK. June 22nd and 23rd 2016

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This Interconnections workshop is facilitated by Julie Sutton. It provides a sound knowledge of sleep theory and equips professionals with the specialist skills to support families of disabled children.


The topics to be covered are:

  • Mechanisms of typical sleep, for example, sleep phases and cycle
  • Different categories of sleep disorder commonly seen in disabled children
  • Partnership working with families of disabled children
  • How complex health needs associated with disabled children impact on sleep
  • Understanding the role of medication in tackling sleep disturbance
  • Preventing sleep problems and developing positive sleep habits
  • Assessing sleep problems using diaries and questionnaires
  • Understanding how different strategies for change work and knowing how to apply them

The training is specifically designed for frontline professionals who work with families of disabled children including health visitors, community children's nurses, doctors, child development centre staff, school nurses, family support workers and psychologists. This is an opportunity to gain practical skills and develop best practice in sleep work with these families. The course is in English.

The cost is £280 per person to include lunches and refreshments. We do not provide accommodation but we will provide information about local hotels.

The venue is Redbank House, 4 St. Chads Street, Cheetham, Manchester, M8 8QA.

The dates are Wednesday 22nd and Thursday 23rd June, 2016.

Times: Day 1 – 10.00am to 4.30pm. Day 2 – 09.30am to 4.30pm

[ Venue Website: https://www.redbankhouse.com ]  

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As a Learning Disability Nurse with over 20 years’ practice experience, Julie has a special interest in sleep interventions designed to meet the needs of children with disabilities and regularly delivers training focused in this area. She is also a Research Capacity Building Corporation (RCBC) Wales Scholar having been awarded a studentship to undertake doctoral research developing sleep hygiene education interventions for children with developmental disorders, at Bangor University. Julie is also an experienced freelance trainer and associate member of the Higher Education Academy (HEA) of teaching fellows.

Julie has worked alongside Peter Limbrick since 2008, developing the Sleep Practitioner initiative and run a successful stream of courses training care professionals in the assessment and treatment of children’s sleep problems. Course evaluations are exemplary and positive feedback from participants is regularly received post attendance evidencing high training impact. Alongside two day Sleep Practitioner training events, Julie has delivered sleep training on a consultancy basis, at seminars and conferences commissioned by organisations such as Action for Children, NHS and local Authority providers in the United Kingdom and Eire.

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Growing together: from grassroots initiatives to national strategies in early-childhood intervention - EASPD conference April 2016 in Chisinau, Moldova

easpd80The European Association of Service Providers for Persons with Disabilities (EASPD) in cooperation with the Alliance of Organisations for People with Disabilities from Moldova (AOPD) and with the support of EurlyAid, Zero Project, Inclusion Europe, Unicef Moldova and SOIR Moldova is organising, the 21st-22nd April 2016, an international conference in Chisinau, Moldova on the state of play of early childhood intervention in Europe.

 

The early childhood period is considered to be the most important developmental phase which determines the well-being, quality of health, learning and social-emotional behaviour across the life span. Extensive research has shown that high quality early childhood intervention (ECI) services can change a child’s developmental trajectory and improve outcomes for children, families, and communities at large. At the same time, ECI is likely to be more effective and less costly for national governments when it is provided at an earlier stage than later on in the lifetime.

 

In order to comply with the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with

Disabilities, national governments have the obligation to develop and put in place age-appropriate support for children with disabilities to enable their full enjoyment of rights on an equal basis with other children.

 

Developing quality community-based ECI services requires a variety of elements: policies that support the set-up of sustainable ECI programmes and services at local, regional and national level; well-trained professionals; innovative services and therapies rooted in biomedical and behaviour research; family-focused support, so on and so forth.

Visit: http://www.easpd.eu/en/growing-together-moldova

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Caring for Country Kids – conference in Alice Springs, Australia, April, 2016

alice80This unique Conference will showcase innovations, models, programs and activities that enhance the health and wellbeing of infants, children and young people in rural and remote Australia.

The two-day event, will offer learning and networking opportunities to a wide cross-section of public and private sector healthcare providers, consumers, policy makers and researchers involved with the health and wellbeing of children in rural and remote areas.

Visit: http://www.countrykids.org.au/

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Prenatal Alcohol Exposure: Diagnosis, behavioural and mental health implications – conference in London, UK, February 2016

nofasCPD accredited and organised by NOFAS-UK  

London, Tuesday, 9th February 2016 - 10am-4.30pm 

For Health Professionals including paediaticians, psychiatrists, psychologists, GPs, geneticists, neonatologists, physicians, nurses, workers in children services and in child care Teams. 

Speakers: Dr Ges Gregory, Dr Raja Mukherjee, Dr Neil Aiton, Prof Peter Hammond, Susan Fleisher and Joanna Buckard 

Registration Fee: £25  

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or call NOFAS-UK on 020 8458 5951

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