Seminar Room 1
FREE, CHILDREN WELCOME
Located in the Jaguar Suite
10.30am – 11.15am
Toileting issues
This seminar will cover identifying toilet training readiness and how to introduce basic toilet training programmes and will include an introduction to the range of products and equipment available.
June Rogers MBE, Paediatric Continence Advisor, Team Director, PromoCon and Julie Vickerman, Specialist Occupational Therapist, PromoCon
11.30am – 12.15pm
Including children in sports activities
This session will provide you with a range of strategies and resources to iinclude disabled children in sports activities.
Professor Philip Vickerman – Faculty of Education Community and Leisure, Liverpool John Moores University
12.30pm – 1.15pm
Children’s Community Equipment
This session will provide a national overview in relation to children’s equipment.
Jacqueline Naylor – Head of Ill and Disabled Child Team
Department of Health
1.30pm – 2.15pm
Toileting issues
This seminar will cover identifying toilet training readiness and how to introduce basic toilet training programmes and will include an introduction to the range of products and equipment available.
June Rogers MBE, Paediatric Continence Advisor, Team Director, PromoCon and Julie Vickerman, Specialist Occupational Therapist, PromoCon
2.30pm – 3.15pm
Scope Early Years
Jackie Logue, Training Manager, Scope Early Years, Scope |
Seminar Room 2
FREE, CHILDREN WELCOME
Located in the Jaguar Lounge
10.30am – 11.15am
Individual Budgets
This Session facilitated by representatives of In Control will provide an overview of Individual Budgets and Self Directed Support for Children and young people.
Rita Brewis – Director for Health, In Control,
Jo Fitzgerald – Parent, In Control.
11.30am – 12.15pm
Sleep Issues facing children with learning disability
Sleep is a biological enigma - we do not fully understand why we need it, but we know it is essential to the body, mind and general wellbeing of the whole family. The talk is aimed at promoting good sleep hygiene, and to look at some basic strategies for you to use.
Marion Miller – Cerebra Sleep Counsellor (South)
12.30pm – 1.15pm
The Dynamic Movement Orthosis How can it help my child?
This session will provide an overview of how the Dynamic Movement Orthosis works and enable you to experience for yourself how it feels. In addition you will see videos of how children with several different presentations of Cerebral Palsy have benefitted from Dynamic Movement Orthoses.
Kathryn Fisher MSc MCSP, D M Orthotics
1.30pm – 2.15pm
Children’s Community Equipment
This Session will provide a national overview in relation to children’s equipment.
Jacqueline Naylor – Head of Ill Disabled Child Team Department of Health
2.30pm – 3.15pm
Including children in sports activities
This session will provide you with a range of strategies and resources to include disabled children in sports activities.
Professor Philip Vickerman – Faculty of Education
Community and Leisure Liverpool John Moores University
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Seminar Room 3
FREE, CHILDREN WELCOME
Leisure & Activity Area within the main exhibition arena
10.30am – 11.15am
Learning, teaching and assessment strategies for including children with special educational needs (SEN) in Physical Education and Sport
This presentation will provide an overview of a range of strategies to assist you in including children with SEN in a range of practical activities. A key focus of the session will be to demonstrate to you how all children can achieve in practical activities if teachers and coaches are ready to modify and adapt their practices.
Professor Philip Vickerman;
Liverpool John Moores University
11.30am – 12.15pm
Children with Developmental Co-ordination
Disorder (DCD) and its relationship to sport and
Physical Education
This presentation will introduce to the term DCD (also
known as dyspraxia) and its relationship to children’s
movement in sport and Physical Education.
Charikleia is a trained Physiotherapist and will also
discuss the relationship of her profession to multi
disciplinary approaches to supporting childrens’
physical educational development.
Dr. Charikleia Sinani; Leeds Metropolitan University
12.30pm – 1.15pm
Healthy living for children with disabilities
This session will introduce how to lead a healthier
lifestyle, demonstrate government initiatives such
as ‘Change for Life’ and show how children with
disabilities can equally access health, diet and
nutritional programmes.
Mr Andrew Quigley and Mr Andrew Davies;
Liverpool John Moores University
1.30pm – 2.15pm
Movement and Multi-Schools Pathways in early
years, primary, secondary and Special Educational Needs Schools
ESP specialise in the design, installation and
support of the playground as a context to deliver
improvements across the whole school. The heart of
ESP’s strategy is born from a Movement/Multi-skills
pathway through the use of specifically designed
playground markings and a structured nationally
accredited CPD training programme.
Dr David Morley; Education and Special Projects (ESP)
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Activities
- Leisure & Activity Area
Activities & demonstrations
Area 1
The Association of Wheelchair Children’s mission is to enable wheelchair-using children throughout the UK to reach their full potential. Throughout the day they will be running various activities including:- wheelchair skills, wheelchair dance, wheelchair games, wheelchair basketball,
wheelchair life skills.
Area 2
There will be various activities and demonstrations taking place throughout the day in this area including:
- Multi Skills – Liverpool John Moores University
- Demonstration and activities - England and
Wales Cricket Board (ECB)
- Boccia – Liverpool John Moores University
- Lord Silkin School/Stirchley Paralympic Sports
Club demonstrating a range of sports activities |
