Parent Child 2008 - Getting it right for families?

The Family and Parenting Institute's international conference

What every family and parenting practitioner, researcher and policy maker needs to know about family wellbeing and the dynamics of family relationships

Thursday 13 and Friday 14 November 2008
Church House, Dean's Yard, Westminster, London SW1P 3NZ

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WORKSHOP PROGRAMME: WHAT CAN WE DO TO SUPPORT FAMILIES?

Thursday morning workshops
Thursday lunchtime poster sessions
Thursday afternoon workshops
Friday morning workshops
Friday lunchtime poster sessions
Friday afternoon workshops
Participation in workshops

THURSDAY MORNING - WORKSHOP SESSION a

1a - Denise Burke, Head of Childcare, London Development Agency and Dr Mariano Sanchez, Professor of Sociology, University of Granada and Co-ordinator of the Spanish Intergenerational Network: Working across the generations - a Spanish model (REPEATED)

2a - Dr Sebastian Kraemer, FRCP FRCPsych FRCPCH Honorary Consultant, Tavistock Clinic, London Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist Whittington Hospital: Getting it right? Working with families where that seems impossible (REPEATED)
3a - Susanna Abse, Director/Couple Psychotherapist and Clinical Lecturer with Leezah Hertzmann, Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist and Clinical Lecturer, The Tavistock Centre for Couple Relationships: 'Parenting Together' - Reducing conflict and enhancing collaboration - a new intervention to strengthen the parenting alliance (REPEATED)
4a - Roger Stanbridge, Consultant Family Therapist and Frank Burbach, Consultant Clinical Psychologist, Somerset Partnership NHS Foundation Trust: Developing family inclusive mainstream adult mental health services - a staff training programme
5a - John Hills, Family and Systemic Psychotherapist, Ali McLewin, Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist, Elaine Leigh and Eileen Bill, Community Mental Health Team members, Kent and Medway NHS Partnership Trust: 'Sanity, Madness and the Family' Revisited, 50 years on: mental health team working and the collaborative dialogue with families (REPEATED)
6a - Alan Cooklin, MBChB, FRCPsych, Consultant in Family Psychiatry, Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust, and Hon. Senior Lecturer, University College, London: Being seen and heard: meeting the needs of children of parents with mental illness (REPEATED)
7a - Anne Kazimirski, Research Director, National Centre for Social Research: Reaching disadvantaged families… achieving effective outreach processes for parents of young children (REPEATED)
8a - Rebecca Goldman, Senior Research Analyst and Marie Diggins, Practice Development Manager, Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE): The challenge of the evidence base in producing guidelines on parental mental health problems
9a - Katherine Ashby, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, School of Oriental and African Studies: Separate financial entities? Exploring the meanings and practices behind unmarried cohabitants' independent financial arrangements
10a - Rebecca Hale, PhD Student, Keele University: The experiences of parents whose children are being bullied
11a Debate, Should parents be expected to protect their children from commercial pressures?
  • Philip Davies MP for Shipley (Conservative) and member of the select Committee on Culture Media and Sport
  • Sally Gimson, Director of Communications, FPI
  • Dr Agnes Nairn, Professor of Marketing, EM-Lyon Business School
  • Colin Walker, Food Campaigner WHICH ?

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THURSDAY LUNCH TIME POSTER SESSIONS

Richard Shircore M.Sc. FRSH , Supporting parents of children in trouble - the use of evidence in supporting parents to respond to their children's needs

Alan Wilson,Every Family Matters, Whole Family Coaching - creating personal empowerment within the family

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THURSDAY AFTERNOON - WORKSHOP SESSION b

1b - Denise Burke and Dr Mariano Sanchez -See workshop 1a for details

2b Dr Sebastian Kraemer, FRCP FRCPsych FRCPCH Honorary Consultant, Tavistock Clinic, London Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist Whittington Hospital: [link=/item/document/1969]Getting it right? Working with families where that seems impossible (REPEAT 2a)
3b - Susanna Abse, Director/Couple Psychotherapist and Clinical Lecturer with Leezah Hertzmann, Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist and Clinical Lecturer, The Tavistock Centre for Couple Relationships: 'Parenting Together' -Reducing conflict and enhancing collaboration -a new intervention to strengthen the parenting alliance (REPEAT 3a)
4b - Arlene Healey ,Consultant Family Therapist, Manager of the Family Trauma Centre, Belfast Health and Social Care Trust: The impact of trauma on children and families: how can family therapy make a difference
5b - John Hills, Family and Systemic Psychotherapist, Ali McLewin, Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist, Elaine Leigh and Eileen Bill, Community Mental Health Team members, Kent and Medway NHS Partnership Trust: 'Sanity, Madness and the Family' Revisited, 50 years on: mental health team working and the collaborative dialogue with families (REPEAT 5a)
6b - Alan Cooklin, MBChB, FRCPsych, Consultant in Family Psychiatry, Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust, and Hon. Senior Lecturer, University College, London: Being seen and heard: meeting the needs of children of parents with mental illness (REPEAT 6a)
7b - Anne Kazimirski ,Research Director, National Centre for Social Research: Reaching disadvantaged families… achieving effective outreach processes for parents of young children (REPEAT 7a)
8b - Clarissa White, Analysis and Research Division, Families and Children Directorate, Department for Children, Schools and Families: How well are Family Intervention Projects (FIPS) working? (FIPs were set up as part of the Respect Action Plan)
9b - Eleanor Ireland, Senior Researcher, National Centre for Social Research and Caroline Bryson, Social Science Schemes Programme Manager, The Nuffield Foundation: Getting it right for separated families. What do parents think of the changes to the child support system?
10b - Ivana La Valle, Director of the Families and Children Research Group, National Centre for Social Research: Have government policies helped hardworking families?

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FRIDAY MORNING - WORKSHOP SESSION c

11c - Honor Rhodes, Director of Development, Family and Parenting Institute: Working with families who trouble us (REPEATED)

12c - Professor Margaret Rustin, School of Social Science, Media and Cultural Studies, University of East London and Head of Child Psychotherapy, Tavistock Clinic, London and Dr Martina Klett- Davies, Research Fellow at the Family and Parenting Institute: Do sibling relationships matter? A multi-disciplinary look at sibling relationships and family support (REPEATED)
13c - Kate Green OBE, Chair of the London Child Poverty Commission: Child poverty in a rich city - how we can work together to end it
14c - Professor Hilton Davis, Emeritus Professor of Child Health Psychology: Centre for Parent and Child Support, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust and King's College London/Institute of Psychiatry: Working in partnership with families: the ingredients of successful intervention (REPEATED)
15c - Penny Mansfield, Director, One plus One with colleagues Dr Lester Coleman, Head of Research, Justine Devenney, Head of Dissemination and Policy and Jan Mitcheson, Head of Practice Development: How can we get it right for families without a strategy for supporting couple relationships? (REPEATED)
16c - Judy Corlyon and Dione Hills, Principal Researchers, The Tavistock Institute: The evaluation of the Parenting Fund: bringing services to parents through an innovative model of funding
17c - David Bartlett, Services Manager, Fatherhood Institute and Nicola Ellis, East Staffordshire Children's Centre:Hit the ground crawling: peer support for new dads
18c - Mary Connor, Business Development Manager-ADHD, Barnardo's and Carol Belk: The parent factor in ADHD: supporting parents to support their children
19c - Elizabeth van Acker, Department of Politics and Public Policy, Griffith University, Nathan, Queensland, Australia: Family structure, marriage initiatives and children's wellbeing in the United Kingdom and the United States >
20c - Parenting Fund – 3 presentations: Beyond fathers: what dads do and how we can help them do it best

21c – Debate chaired by Dr John Coleman,Senior Research Fellow, University of Oxford and FPI Trustee
Can parents be expected to solve youth crime?
  • Councillor Nasim Ali , London Borough of Camden
  • Bob Ashford , Head of Youth Justice Strategy , Youth Justice Board for England and Wales
  • Dr Marc Griffin, Neighbourhood Beat Manager, Redruth North and Town, Devon and Cornwall Constabulary
  • Dr. Ann Hagell PhD, Programme Director, Adolescent Mental Health, The Nuffield Foundation
  • Clem Henricson, Director of Research and Policy FPI

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FRIDAY LUNCH TIME POSTER SESSIONS

Helen Mason Consultant occupational therapist and Rosemary Kingham Consultant systemic psychotherapist, Animation in therapy - Dare to dream; using animation as a therapeutic tool with children and families who have mental health needs.

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FRIDAY AFTERNOON - WORKSHOP SESSION d

11d - Honor Rhodes, Director of Development, Family and Parenting Institute: [link=/item/document/1947]Working with families who trouble us (REPEATED)

12d - Professor Margaret Rustin, School of Social Science, Media and Cultural Studies, University of East London and Head of Child Psychotherapy, Tavistock Clinic, London and Dr Martina Klett- Davies, Research Fellow at the Family and Parenting Institute: Do sibling relationships matter? A multi-disciplinary look at sibling relationships and family support (REPEATED)
13d - Parenting Fund- 4 presentations. Parents, partners and doing it differently
  • Race Equality Foundation: Parents with Learning Disabilities : Beverly Thomson and Helen Atanda.
  • Family Action, Slough: The benefits of holistic family support Rachel Axtell and Heather Dillon
  • NCOPF: Partners and parents from hard-to-reach BME communities Rose Snow
  • SPAN: Partnerships with schools and Parents Annie Oliver

14d - Professor Hilton Davis, Emeritus Professor of Child Health Psychology: Centre for Parent and Child Support, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust and King's College London/Institute of Psychiatry: Working in partnership with families: the ingredients of successful intervention (REPEATED)
15d - Penny Mansfield, Director, One plus One with colleagues Dr Lester Coleman, Head of Research, Justine Devenney, Head of Dissemination and Policy and Jan Mitcheson, Head of Practice Development: How can we get it right for families without a strategy for supporting couple relationships? (REPEATED)
16d - Chris Pond, Director of Financial Capability, FSA: Well-being and financial capability in families
17d - Councillor Rita Krishna, Cabinet Member for Children's Services and Nick Pendry,Clinical Manager Children and Young People's Service London Borough of Hackney: >Corporate parenting and the concept of 'think family' in the London Borough of Hackney
18d - Mary O'Neill, Family Worker in Custody Youth Justice Agency, Northern Ireland: Working with families with children in the youth justice system
19d - Anastasia de Waal, Head of Family and Education at the think tank Civitas: Addressing the relationship between family instability and low-income in the UK
20d Parenting Fund- 4 presentations: Living different lives: parents and adversity

Workshop presentations

Delegates will have the choice of attending one workshop before and one after lunch on each day. Workshop sessions will be allocated on a first-come-first-served basis and numbers will be limited and varied for each session. Please tick which session you would like to attend on the booking form to help us select the most appropriate room. This choice does not commit you to attend or guarantee you a place at the selected workshop .

"REPEATED" after a workshop means this workshop will be presented twice: once before lunch and once after lunch on the stated day.

Last updated: 3rd December 2008 at 01:12:27