Free Seminars

Throughout the day of the exhibition there will be a timetable of FREE CPD seminars. Seminars are presentations on a wide range of interests to families with disabled children and those who work with them, ending with a question and answer session.

This year seminar rooms are once again located on the 2nd floor in the Lion of Vienna Suite and the Hall of Fame. Both rooms can be accessed by using the lift in the main registration area or by the staircase located through the main reception area to the right and are clearly signposted.

Seminar Room 1

Time	Title	Description	Speaker
10.30am - 11.15am	Meeting multisensory needs	All children are multisensory and all children enjoy playing and learning better when we understand and meet their multisensory needs. Some children can only play and learn when we get these needs absolutely right. Find out more about how well children can play and how long they can engage in learning through play when we set them up to succeed.	Lyndsay Brewster Scope

11.30am - 12.15pm	Sleep problems with children with special needs	Common issues that children with special needs have with sleep and common techniques to try and help explain sleep to the parents.	Moira Draper Cerebra

12.30pm - 1.15pm	Personal Perspective	Michael talks about his life experiences on how he’s gone from not walking until the age of 3 to winning gold	Michael McKillop, Paralympian 800m gold medal holder. Sponsored by Leckey

1.30pm - 2.15pm	Assisting children to move: theory and practice	We will review new guidance about ways of helping children to move and consider some practical case studies	Elizabeth Hallows, Physiotherapist, chartered physiotherapist MCSP LPC (Back Care Management) Expert Witness Certificate

2.30pm - 3.15pm	Inclusive Adventurous outdoor Activities	An introduction into the work of the ‘Calvert Trust’. This seminar aims to explore the benefits of adventurous outdoor activities and how they can be inclusive for people with disabilities	Aidie Jones, Calvert Trust, Kielder.


Seminar Room 2

Time	Title	Description	Speaker
10.30am - 11.15am	Children and the use of bed rails – reducing risks in the sleeping environment	The seminar will review guidelines, discuss assessment issues and identify some solutions when considering sleeping environments for children with disabilities	Sally Schofield, Occupational Therapist.

11.30am - 12.15pm	Assisting children to move: theory and practice	We will review new guidance about ways of helping children to move and consider some practical case studies	Elizabeth Hallows, Physiotherapist, chartered physiotherapist MCSP LPC( Back Care Management) Expert Witness Certificate.

12.30pm - 1.15pm	Managing bowel problems		Julie Vickerman, Research Occupational Therapist,PromoCon, Disabled Living

1.30pm - 2.15pm	Common toileting difficulties in children with autism		National Autistic Society

2.30pm - 3.15pm	Challenging the state: securing care and support for the vulnerable		Richard Copson, Pannone LLP