Disability: Sex, relationships and pleasure
Friday 13 November 2009
Venue: The Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole Street, London, W1G 0AE
A joint meeting with Sexual Health and Disability Alliance (SHADA)
Disability, sex, relationships and pleasure. Some answers to the questions every Health and Care Professional working with people with disabilities needs to ask.
Please note that members of SHADA are invited to register at the "Special Rate"
Registration Details:
Fellow: £90
Associate: £50
Trainee - Fellow: £50
Student Members: £35
Non-Fellow: £150
Trainee: £80
Student: £50
Voluntary Sector: £50
Therapists: £60
Special Rate: £90
Meeting ref: SE-J10-1
9.30 am |
Registration, tea and coffee |
| Chair: Dr Sris Allen, Past President of the Sexuality and Sexual Health Section and Helena Barrow, Registered Manager, The Chaseley Trust, Eastbourne | |
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Open Plenary |
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10.00 am |
Welcome and introduction |
| Dr Sris Allen, Past President of the Sexuality and Sexual Health Section | |
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Opening address |
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| Dave Thompson MBE, Founder and Chair of Warrington Disability Partnership | |
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Setting the historical context |
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| Simon Parritt, Chartered Counselling Psychologist | |
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A registered care home manager's experience |
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| Helena Barrow, Registered Manager, The Chaseley Trust, Eastbourne | |
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A doctor's experience in learning disabilities |
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| Dr Daniel Atkinson | |
11.15 am |
Tea and coffee break |
11.45 am |
First set of workshops |
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The Law |
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| Dr Belinda Brooks-Gordon, Reader in Psychology and Social Policy, Birkbeck College, Claire De Than The City Law School, and Mary Foster, MSI Education Consultant at Sense | |
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Policy development |
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| Dr Graham Jowett, Director of Education, Treloar College | |
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New model of practice for staff In disability services |
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| Lorna Couldrick, Senior Lecturer School of Health Professions, University of Brighton | |
12.30 pm |
Repetition of workshops |
1.15 pm |
Lunch and exhibition |
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Performances |
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| Chair: Dr Tuppy Owens, Director of The Outsiders Trust | |
2.00 pm |
What they never taught me at the spinal injuries unit: The multi sensory experience |
| Dominic Webb and Sue Newsome | |
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"Dancing in the dark" |
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| Solitaire, Jimmy and Jonathan Lucia-Wright | |
2.30 pm |
Sex workers as enablers |
| Sue Newsome and Thierry Schaffauser | |
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Plenary - Narratives supporting change |
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| Chair: Dr Petra Boynton, Lecturer in International Health Services Research, Division of Open Learning, University College London | |
2.50 pm |
Introduction to EBP |
| Dr Petra Boynton, Lecturer in International Health Services Research, Division of Open Learning, University College London | |
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Disabled people speak about their lives and what would help |
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| Michelle Donald, John Gillett, James Warham | |
3.45 pm |
Tea and coffee |
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Closing Plenary |
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| Chair: Helena Barrow, Registered Manager, The Chaseley Trust, Eastbourne | |
4.00 pm |
Completion of evaluation forms |
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A panel of speakers to answer questions from the day |
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SH&DA |
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| Dr Tuppy Owens, Director of The Outsiders Trust and Shital Shah, Counsellor/Psychotherapist and Trainer | |
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Closing statement |
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| Dr Tuppy Owens, Director of The Outsiders Trust | |
4.30 pm |
Close of meeting |