Half Day Conference
Good Inclusive Practice:
Professionals & ParentCarers Working Together
Thursday 12 June 2014, 9.00am– 1.00pm
DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel, Sheffield
The Children and Families Act 2014 and the anticipated new SEN Code of Practice
emphasise the importance of schools and other services working in partnership with
parents and carers. This is positioned as critical to the enabling of high quality
educational provision for children and young people with special educational needs. This
conference will identify the structures that need to be in place to make working in
partnership an empowering reality rather than empty rhetoric. Presenters include parents
and carers, researchers and those working in schools. Together we will explore what
works in partnership, what does not and how we can improve on current practice. This
conference will be useful for all those who want to improve the quality of educational
experience for pupils through developing more effective partnerships.
Keynote Speakers:
Dr Katherine Runswick-Cole & Dr Nick Hodge:
You Say…I Hear
Amanda Willcox/Garry Devine, Sheffield Parent Carer Forum:
Working Together With Parents/Carers - Building Effective Working Relationships
Dr Pippa Murray, IBK Initiatives:
Putting The Child’s Voice at the Centre of the Relationship between Parents &
Professionals
For more information about the
work of the
FUSION Teaching School Alliance contact:
acostello@talbot.sheffield.sch.uk
Conference Prices
Professionals
£75
Students
£25
ParentCarers
£5
(Lunch not included)
Good Inclusive Practice
Conference Programme
8.30am
Registration & Refreshments
9.00am
Amanda Costello, Fusion Teaching School Alliance
Welcome
9.15am
Dr Katherine Runswick-Cole
Senior Research Fellow in Disability Studies and Psychology
Manchester Metropolitan University
&
Dr Nick Hodge
Reader in Education, Childhood and Inclusion
Sheffield Hallam University
You Say…I Hear
This presentation will give some examples of communications between professionals and
parent/carers that strain the relationship between them. We will then reflect on why these might
occur and how they could be avoided.
Making Partnerships Work: Exemplary Practice In Schools
10.00am
Alison Priest, Stocksbridge Nursery & Infant School
10.20am
Michelle Bates & Mary Callaghan, Newfield School
10.40am
Anne Robson, Deputy Head Teacher, Hinde House
&
Fiona Wood, Lead Teacher, SEN & EAL Interventions, Hinde House
11.00am
Refreshments
11.30am
Amanda Willcox/Garry Devine, Sheffield Parent Carer Forum
Working Together With Parents/Carers - Building Effective Working Relationships
This presentation will focus on the caring experience as a parent feels it. We will talk about the
reality of caring for a child with special educational needs and being multiple service users. The
focus will be on the additional stresses and strains on the family unit. We will argue that an
appreciation of this is a prerequisite to building positive working relationships and fostering
effective communication between professionals and parent/carers.
12.15pm
Dr Pippa Murray, Ibk Initiatives
Putting The Child’s Voice At The Centre Of The Relationship Between Parents &
Professionals
This presentation will focus on the importance of listening to and learning from our children in
order to help us overcome barriers and move beyond traditional ways of relating to each other.
Concentrating on the voice of your children can help us strip things back to basics in order to
find ourselves focussing on our collective purpose and common humanity.
1.00pm
Close
Booking Form
Good Inclusive Practice Conference
Thursday 12 June 2014, 9.00am– 1.00pm
DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel, Sheffield
Professionals: £75, Students: £25, Parents: £5
Name:
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To reserve a place for this event please return your booking form to:
Emmeline Samoluk, FUSION TSA, Talbot Specialist School, Lees Hall Road, Sheffield, S8 9JP
E: esamoluk2@talbot.sheffield.sch.uk, T: 0114 2507394 F: 0114 2507857
CANCELLATION POLICY
Please note there will be no refund of costs and the course charge will remain applicable if your reservation
is cancelled within the 10 working days before a course. Substitutions may be made up to the day before
the event. If you wish to cancel your reservation please let us know in writing as soon as possible by
emailing esamoluk2@talbot.sheffield.sch.uk