The Hub: Theatre 2

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Learn practical strategies and approaches which can make a positive difference in the Hub Theatre 2.

Just some of the presentations you will find here include: Positive behaviour support: improving quality of life, health and wellbeing; Managing the transition to adult services; Using symbols to support communication and more; The safespace: challenging behaviours, sensory processing and sleep disorders; Navigating the SEN maze: entitlement, provision and appeals; PDA…What can we do to help these children navigate through the mainstream school to achieve their potential?; and Protecting vulnerable beneficiaries.

The Hub: Theatre 2 has a seating capacity of 80 and sound is relayed to the audience through wireless headsets to reduce noise levels in the hall.

Places are offered on a first come, first served basis, so please arrive as early as possible before the session you wish to attend to save disappointment.

TimePresentation TitleSpeaker
9.50 - 10.10Listening to children and young people with SENDAnna Trethewey, Deputy Director of Cross Remit Education, and Adam Sproston, His Majesty’s Inspector, Specialist Adviser for SEND and alternative provision at Ofsted
10.20 - 10.40Changing cultures of care: Why this is so important to the CQC; highlighted findings from our recent reports; what we are doing differently; and some practical questions for you and your service

Stefan Kallee, Interim Deputy Director for People with a Learning Disability and Autistic People, and Caroline Mulhall, Senior Specialist for People with a Learning Disability and Autistic People, at the Care Quality Commission
10.50 - 11.10Benefits and practical use of multi-sensory equipment in a school settingCiara Collins, MSE Consultant at SpaceKraft
11.20 - 11.40Positive behaviour support: improving quality of life, health and wellbeingAnna Selby-Wells, Marketing Manager at Home From Home Care
11.50 - 12.10Navigating the SEN maze: entitlement, provision and appealsNicole Lee, Senior Solicitor at SEN Legal
12.20 - 12.40Using Widgit Online to personalise the new and comprehensive Widgit Autism Support PackSue White, Senior Education Specialist at Widgit Software
12.50 - 13.10Adaptions and creativity in supporting autistic individuals (psychological therapy and behavioural support)Jake Needle and Jenna Clifford, Assistant Psychologists at Beechwood College, part of Ludlow Street Healthcare
13.20 - 13.40The safespace: challenging behaviours, sensory processing and sleep disordersAmanda Farrell, Senior Product Advisor at Safespaces
13.50 - 14.10Managing the transition to adult servicesJo Lourmpa, Group Lead Specialist Support Manager, and Julie O’Donovan, Specialist Support Practitioner, at Lifeways
14.20 - 14.40Language acquisition through motor planning – giving non-speaking, autistic individuals a means to express themselves with spontaneity and independence Emily Gabrielle, AAC Education and Resources Clinical Co-Ordinator at Liberator
14.50 - 15.10My journey to diagnosis…at age 45!Jane McNeice, Founding Director and Trainer at Mind Matters
15.20 - 15.40Using symbols to support communication and more: where do I start?Alice Langley, Training and Events Manager at Tobii Dynavox
TimePresentation TitleSpeaker
10.20 - 10.40Co-production and kindness, a wonderful combinationStephen Adamson, Health and Sports Ambassador, at Unity Advocacy Group and Michael Fullerton, Director of Wellbeing and Collaboration at Achieve together
10.50 - 11.10PDA…What can we do to help these children navigate through mainstream school to achieve their potential?Emma Griffiths, Senior Autism Consultant and Managing Director at North West Autism & SEND Consultancy
11.20 - 11.40Benefits and practical use of multi-sensory equipment in a school settingCiara Collins, MSE Consultant at SpaceKraft
11.50 - 12.10Protecting vulnerable beneficiariesPaul Dodsworth, Managing Director of Estate Planning Solutions
12.20 - 12.40Navigating the SEN maze: entitlement, provision and appealsNicole Lee, Senior Solicitor at SEN Legal
12.50 - 13.10The Power of finding purpose in the early yearsDiane King, Founder of Teachers 2 Go
13.20 - 13.40Managing the transition to adult servicesJo Lourmpa, Group Lead Specialist Support Manager, and Julie O’Donovan, Specialist Support Practitioner, at Lifeways
13.50 - 14.10Spectrum Clubs: helping to reduce social isolation in autistic adultsStephane Guidon, Senior Branch Engagement Officer - Wales at the National Autistic Society
14.20 - 14.40Sensory seekers versus sensory avoidersDeborah Tolley, Founder and Owner of Ali's Sensory Boxes
14.50 - 15.10The safespace: challenging behaviours, sensory processing and sleep disordersAmanda Farrell, Senior Product Advisor at Safespaces
15.20 - 15.40How to understand assessing autism with ADOS 2 and the NICE guidelinesLinus Dignam, Clinical Lead at Autism ADHD Test

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