Every family matters: Disability, pregnancy and parenthood
Thursday 19 June 2008
Venue: The Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole Street, London, W1G 0AE
A joint meeting with the Intellectual Disability Forum A joint meeting with Intellectual Disability Forum
Enabling health and social care practitioners to respond effectively to the needs of disabled parents and parents of disabled children
Registration Details:
Fellow: £60
Person with a disability: £30
Associate: £60
Student Members: £35
Trainee - Fellow: £45
Non-Fellow: £150
Student: £45
Allied Health Professional: £85
Voluntary & Statutory Sector staff: £30
Meeting ref: MB-E10-4
CPD: 5 credits
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The Department of Health is sponsoring British Sign Language interpreters for this event and has also given money for subsidised places to be available to those with a disability and also to student health professionals. |
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9.30 am |
Registration, tea and coffee |
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Disabled Parents: The issues and challenges |
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10.00 am |
Introduction |
| Dr Jane Verity, Department of Health | |
| Chair: Dr Jane Verity, Department of Health | |
10.10 am |
Disability and Parenthood: the context |
| Jackie Topp, disabled parent, advocate and researcher | |
10.30 am |
To catch the vision: setting up a service |
| Jackie Rotherham, disability advisor and Specialist Midwife at the Liverpool Women's Hospital, NHS Foundation Trust Disability Service | |
10.45 am |
Empowerment: practical examples of midwife care for parents with additional needs |
| Patricia Fairlamb, Midwife (Special Needs), Milton Keynes Maternity Unit, Milton Keynes General NHS Trust | |
11.00 am |
Education: Preparing midwives to meet the needs of disabled women during their childbirth experience |
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Zita Killick - Senior Lecturer Midwifery, Faculty of Health & Social Care Anglia Ruskin University, Chelmsford |
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11.15 am |
Putting theory into practice |
| Julie Williams, Midwife, Basildon, Hospital | |
11.30 am |
Tea and coffee |
11.50 am |
Working for change - influencing maternity services as a disabled parent |
| Isabella Devani, East Kent Maternity Services Liaison Committee user representative, disabled parent | |
12.10 pm |
DPPI: Supporting disabled parents and examples of accessible information for parents with sensory impairments |
| Shanta Everington and Krishna Ramamurthy, Information Officers at Disability, Pregnancy and Parenthood International | |
12.30 pm |
Discussion with panel of speakers |
1.00 pm |
Lunch |
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Getting it right for people with intellectual disabilities, their parents and children - their experiences, issues and concerns |
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2.00 pm |
'Every family matters' - The right to a family life? New deal for carers |
| Dr Philippa Russell CBE, National Children's Bureau, London | |
2.20 pm |
Empowering learning disabled parents |
| Ruth Conley, Rosalind Gallon and Clare Arnold, Community Disabilities Team, North Shields | |
2.40 pm |
Supporting parents with learning disabilities and their children |
| Working together with parents network | |
3.00 pm |
Shaping the future learning from the past - parents sharing experiences with health professionals |
| LD Caring Solutions, London | |
3.20 pm |
Tea and coffee |
3.40 pm |
Informing parents, educating midwives |
| Harbinder Kaur-Forde, Midwifery Sister, St George's Hospital | |
4.00 pm |
Completion of evaluation forms |
4.05 pm |
Getting it right for people with learning disabilities |
| Death to Indifference | |
4.10 pm |
Discussion with panel speakers |
4.30 pm |
Close of meeting |
4.40 pm |
Annual General Meeting of the Maternity & Newborn Forum |
