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The future for disabled learners in the changing post-16 landscape

The landscape of post-16 learning is definitely changing. The raising of the participation age and machinery of government changes will affect all learners, but this conference gives delegates the opportunity to consider the impact on disabled learners and how can we ensure that provision and services are not only maintained but improved. Skill’s conference will also focus on what these changes will mean for the half a million learners with learning difficulties and/or disabilities in further education and training who do not have higher support needs but whose additional needs should not be overlooked.

Delivering Life-enhancing Services for Vulnerable People: adding value to supported housing and related care through innovation and aspirational approaches

This conference aims to inspire and motivate senior managers from supported housing and related care to develop new, aspirational services that deliver added value and person-centred outcomes - essential elements of success and survival within a competitive commissioning environment.

Sex and Relationships Education for Young People with Physical Impairments, 6 & 7 November 2008, London

The National Children’s Bureau has come together with fpa and Contact a Family to deliver a two-day training course to enable practitioners and advisors who work with young people with physical impairments, to develop practical and sensitive approaches to meeting their
needs in relation to Sex and relationships Education (SRE).

By the end of the course, participants will:

Understand the key issues relating to Sex and Relationships Education and young people with physical impairments

Have explored social, personal and professional values and attitudes in relation to SRE and how these affect working with young people with physical impairments

Have learnt ways to implement Sex and Relationships Education with young people with physical impairments

Afasic's work with 16-25 yr-olds with speech and language/communication impairments: a dissemination event of work funded by City Parochial. Basically there will be a series of short presentations between 9.30 and 12.15 covering the Youth Project, work on UK Youth Achievement Awards, our one-year Moving On Project which we ran for members reaching the upper age limit of the youth project, our girls' group and our ongoing Person Centred Planning pilot with young people in transition to adulthood and young adults.

Tackling bullying involving children and young people with SEN and disabilities

Thursday 13 November 2008
12.00pm to 4.45pm
The Under-Globe, Shakespeare's Globe, London

Children and young people's learning and well-being are profoundly affected by bullying. Children with special educational needs (SEN) and disabilities are particularly vulnerable. This free national conference to mark the start of Anti-Bullying Week 2008 will draw together senior practitioners from schools and local authorities along with parents and young people, to provide an opportunity to hear directly from government and leading agencies. Delegates will also be able to discuss good practice with experts and each other to understand the issues and identify ways forward. The conference will be chaired by Peter White, the BBC's Disability Affairs Correspondent.

For further information, email [email protected], telephone 020 7843 6042 or visit www.ncb.org.uk/conferences

Positive Activities for Young People:
new approaches for commissioners and providers

This conference is about great ideas for working with young people on projects that build awareness of risk, encourage tolerance, support participation, and develop leadership for positive peer influence - and that make use of new techniques and technologies for engaging and motivating young people.

The conference presents clear objectives and principles for taking forward the government's 10-year youth strategy and implementation plan for Aiming high for young people and for designing and delivering initiatives that improve lives in neighbourhoods and communities.

'Lost in transition? A Home of My Own'

Dimensions are holding their second national conference on transition, where they will be highlighting best practice for moving young people with a learning difficulty into a home of their own.

You'll also be the first to hear the key findings from, and receive your free copy of, their new research report - 'A Home of My Own' - that will be launched at the conference.

Investing in Teenage Health – Policy through to Practice
Thursday 15th January 2009, London

This one-day, high level conference focuses on the health needs of young people and will explore the key messages from the Children and Young Peoples Health Strategy and the implications for those who plan and commission services.

Adolescence is a key transition point between childhood and adulthood. It is a distinct developmental stage in its own right characterised by dramatic physical and neurological changes and emotional development. The particular needs of young people require a distinct response. The government has committed to:

Providing more personalised young peoples health services
Improve support that helps young people make healthy choices
Enhance the evidence base to inform policy and practice
Provide more targeted support for vulnerable young people

The day will include evidence from the DH innovative programme ‘Teenage Health Demonstration Sites’ and an introduction to the ‘You’re Welcome’ quality criteria for providing young people friendly health services. There will be concurrent sessions based on the experiences of the four Teenage Health Demonstration Sites to help local areas develop action plans to implement the Strategy.

Key speakers include, David Nicholson CBE, NHS Chief Executive and Dr Sheila Shribman, National Clinical Director for Children, Young People and Maternity.

For further details contact:
[email protected]