Day One - Thursday 2nd November 2006
We explored multi disciplinary working to support the holistic needs of children and young people with medical and mental health problems.
Conference Chair - Lizzie Yauner, Governor of The Children's Hospital School, GOSH and UCH
Lectures
Welcome from Hospital Organisation of Pedagogues in Europe (HOPE) President Gerd Falk Schalk, Uppsalla, Sweden, & introduction to "Every Child Matters" from Janette Steel, Principal, Chelsea Children’s Hospital School, London, UK.
Richard Wilkins, UK Minister For Inspiration The Ministry of Inspiration
"The Big Change"
Dr Andrew Curran, Consultant Paediatrician, Liverpool, UK
The effects of a medical condition on the emotional and educational development of the child
Professor Dr Necate Baykoc Donmez & Res. Aass.Tugba Bac Karaaslan (Ankara, Turkey)
A study on the hospitalised child's drawings and their choice of facial expression
Workshops
'Siblings' The impact of the illness on siblings and educational strageies for getting them better (Olga Lizasoain, Pamplona, Spain)
On the foundations of learning post ABI. Ships Project (Sian Rees, Bath Univeristy, UK)
Research into returning children with mental health problems to school. A multi disciplinary approach. (Amanda Thomson, Maria Marinho & Janette Steel, London, UK)
Working with Refugees (Wendy Solesbury, The Red Cross)
Using Art and Music with mental health patients (Ronny Nordenjack, Sweden)
The effectiveness of Teaching Young People with a mental health diagnosis in a group context and the impact of a Learning Mentor (Beth Silvey, Bristol, UK)
"They don't understand" Improving the school experience for adolescents with chronic fatigue syndrome and chronic pain syndrome (Catherine Stott)
Multi-Agency Working – an innovative approach (Alison Boyd, Hertfordshire, UK)
Mental Health and the Community Team (Grant Wheatley, Western Australia)
Creating educational activities to allay a child’s fear of hospital (Michele Capurso, Perugia, Italy)
Stimulating the healthy development of children and young people (Zeljka Vucinic & Tomislav Goll, Slavonski, Brod, Croatia)
Adapted Sport in the Hospital (Vanja Kiswarday & Metoda Leban Derisevic, Comenius Project, Ljubljana, Slovenia)
Patient and Prisoner (Bronwen Jones, Bethlem and Maudsley Psychiatric Unit, London, UK)
Haemodialysis Patients and Education (Mojca Topic & Sinja Jancar, Lujubljana)
Health & Education in Greece (Marianthi Papadimitriou, Greece)
East Meets West (Chrstine Walser, Switzerland)