A Joint Conference by the Tavistock Clinic and The Nurture Group Network
Friday 7 November 2008
Fee: £150 (£130 for The Nurture Group Network members)
Venue: Tavistock Centre
Much of the education policy and practice in the UK seems set in conflict with what we know children need to support their learning and growth, and with the well established principles for nurturing healthy development and stimulating positive attitudes to learning.
Jointly organised by the Tavistock Clinic and The Nurture Group Network, “Has Education Lost Its Way?” will explore the challenges of the title through a combination of keynote speakers and active workshops in which participants will be encouraged to reflect upon and discuss the issues raised.
During the conference there will opportunity to see the recent Teachers TV programme “Ready to Learn: The Experiment” which reports on an online experiment, involving over 78,000 children from 682 schools, examining the role that diet, exercise and sleep have on children’s readiness to learn. Sue Rendall and Sadegh Nashat, from the Tavistock Clinic, were the academic leads for this research and will be available to answer questions about the programme and the project.
This is a conference for educational psychologists, headteachers, SENCOs, teachers, learning mentors, learning support assistants, nurture group teachers and professionals working in child and adolescent mental health services, youth justice and social care.
Speakers:
Nathan Mikaere-Wallis is a lecturer in Early Childhood Teacher Education at the University of Canterbury, in Christchurch, New Zealand. He has a special interest in the neuro-science of child development and the importance of nurturing experiences for healthy child development. He is actively involved in setting up nurture groups in New Zealand.
Sadegh Nashat is a Consultant Clinical Psychologist and Child and Adolescent Primary Mental Health and Education Training Lead, in the Child and Family Department at The Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust
Sue Rendall is a Consultant Child and Educational Psychologist and Director of Educational Psychology Training at The Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust
Biddy Youell is Head of Child Psychotherapy at the Tavistock Clinic, with an interest in education. Her book, The Learning Relationship looks at the origins of learning in children's early relationships and at factors which help and hinder the educational process in later childhood and adolescence.
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Further information
Vicky Harrison
Tel: 020 8938 2548
Fax: 020 7447 3837
events@tavi-port.org
