UK Study Days and AGM

AGM and Educational Study Day

Date:    Saturday 16 November 2013
Time:    09:00 – 17:00
Venue:   NCVO, Society Building,
8 All Saints Street,
London
N1 9RL
Study Day Cost:   £45 Members / £25 Regional Reps and Specialist CIMIs / £55 Non-Members
AGM Cost:   Free

Agenda

09:00 – 09:30 Registration and refreshments
09:30 – 11.00 Welcome and IAIM UK Annual General Meeting
11:00 – 11.30 Mid-morning Refreshments
11:30 – 12:45 Morning Presentation
12:45 – 13:45 Lunch Break
13:45– 15:00 IAIM Stroke Refresher Session
15:00 – 15:30 Afternoon Refreshments
15:30 – 16:45 Afternoon Presentation
16:45 – 17:00 Round Up & Ami Tomake

MORNING PRESENTATION

Helping babies communicate – from day one by  Sioban Boyce, Communication/Behaviour Specialist

Communication is not just about talking. In this presentation Sioban will explain how non-verbal communication develops in babies and the impact of not developing these essential skills. The talk includes how the following important skills impact on the development of how babies learn to participate in conversations:

• Facial interest & body language
• Importance of using signs
• Interaction
• Anticipation of events to promote calmness
• Prediction so that the child knows what to do, say, think and feel
• Self-awareness
• Nursery rhymes – copying body language, intonation and rhythm
• Structure of activities, including identifying the beginnings and ends through non-verbal clues.

About Sioban Boyce

Sioban qualified as a Speech & Language Therapist in 1978 and has more than thirty years experience of working with children’s communication problems, within the NHS and independently. She devised a new method of assessing and treating communication problems in children. The efficacy of this intervention has been proven over sixteen years through work with more than three hundred children. She is now imparting her knowledge and expertise to others through books, lectures and training on the causal connection between poor non-verbal communication development and social, educational and emotional problems in children. Working with Consultant Psychiatrist Dr Richard Fry, Sioban has undertaken some case studies for the Not Just Talking intervention programme, for publication, demonstrating the efficacy of the intervention method. They now aim to undertake a double blind study to provide further evidence of the effectiveness of Not Just Talking’s assessment and intervention methods.

AFTERNOON PRESENTATION

Title to be confirmed by Stella Acquarone, International Consultant to Institutions at Parent Infant Centre; Adult, Child and Parent-Infant Psychotherapist

For over 30 years Dr Stella Acquarone has been working as an adult and child psychotherapist and specialising in early intervention with Autism. Stella founded IPAN in 2006 to offer services to families who could not afford intervention treatment and to raise awareness of early signs of Autism.

To download a booking form please click here.

Please note: Non-members can only attend as the guest of a current full Member.

Educational Study Day 2014

Date:    Friday 4 April 2014
Time:    09:00 – 17:00
Venue:   The Centre in the Park, Norfolk Heritage Park, Guildford Avenue,
Sheffield S2 2PL
Cost:     £45 Members / £25 Regional Reps and Specialist CIMIs / £55 Non-Members

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