Tuesday 6th October 2009 - 10 am to 4.00 pm, Alcuin Research Resource Centre, University of York

A Deaf Children, Young People and Family Service Conference in collaboration with the British Society for Mental Health and Deafness. A one day conference for mental health professionals, Teachers of the Deaf, Deaf Children and Youth Workers, Equality and Diversity Officers, parents and carers and all professionals with an interest in social and emotional development in deaf children.

Presentations

Speech to Text AM 1

Speech to Text AM 2

Social and emotional outcomes for children – setting the scene.– Constanza Moreno, Clinical psychologist, Children Young People and Family Service.

The Hearing Outcomes Project – design and language related outcomes. – Colin Kennedy, Professor in Neurology and Paediatrics at the University of Southampton.

The Hearing Outcomes Project – social and emotional outcomes. – Jim Stevenson, Emeritus Professor of Psychology, University of Southampton

The Hearing Outcomes Project – next stages. – Colin Kennedy.

Social and emotional issues for parents: parent centred interventions and professionals’ responses to family needs. – Arlene Brown, Consultant for Intervention and Education Programs, Marion Downs Hearing Centre, Boulder, Colorado, USA.

Workshops

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1. Materials from the Hearing Outcomes Project – Colin Kennedy and Jim Stevenson
2. Useful strategies to Engage Parents – Arlene Brown
3. Healthy Minds – promoting good practice and preventative strategies in developing emotional health and well being for deaf children and young people. – Caroline Docherty and Pauline Walker, National Deaf Children’s Society

Question Time with a Panel of Speakers

Conference Chairs – Jonathan Isaac, General Secretary, BSMHD and Barry Wright, Consultant Child Psychiatrist at the Deaf Children, Young People and Family Service.