Important date change for Phil Christie online seminar on Awares

May 30, 2008

Hello all,

www.awares.org/conferences

Just to let you know that there has been a slight change in the date of the

Awares online seminar with Phil Christie. This event will now open at

12.01am British time next Thursday, June 5, 2008, and not June 6. However, I

will almost certainly be extending the seminar for a second day, until June

6, in any case to allow as many people as possible to take part.

Just a reminder that Phil Christie is a leading British educationalist in

the field of autism. He is presenting a paper on early education at the

seminar but is happy to answer questions about many different aspects of

educating autistic individuals.

Phil is Director of Sutherland House Children's Services, part of NORSACA (a

regional autism charity). This includes retaining an advisory and strategic

role for Sutherland House School, of which he was Principal for more than 20

years. Sutherland House is a non-maintained special school for 84 pupils

and students with autism between the ages of 3 and 19. The school has

recently been awarded specialist status and was judged to be outstanding by

OFSTED in 2007.

Phil is closely involved with the diagnosis of children with disorders of

communication and development at the Newson Centre, where he leads

a team of Consultant Child Psychologists. The centre has a particular

specialism in Pathological Demand Avoidance syndrome, a condition first

described by Newson and increasingly being recognised as a

sub-group within the autism spectrum.

The centre carries out a range of other activities such as training and

research, which included an action research project on early diagnosis and

intervention with 2-3 year olds with autism. This project refined an

approach known as 'Frameworks for Communication', which prompted the

development of the Early Communication and Autism Partnership, a

multi-agency service in Nottinghamshire.

For a number of years, Phil was a team leader on the Autism Services

Accreditation Programme, reviewing the quality of services for children with

autism throughout the UK. He was one of the two the founding Chairs of the

Confederation for Service Providers for People with Autism and held this

position in the school's section from 1990-95. Phil is an Associate Editor

of 'Good Autism Practice' and previously undertook the same role for

'Autism: International Journal of Research and Practice'. Phil has been

involved in training sessions and presentations on a range of topics related

to autism across the UK and also in South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Holland,

Finland, Belgium and Greece.

The seminar will open at 12.01am British time on June5, 2008, to allow

delegates from overseas to enter their questions. Phil will be available to

respond to questions from 1pm GMT on June 5 and the seminar will run until

11.59pm GMT that day.

Don't miss this unprecedented opportunity to put your questions to Phil

Christie on June 5, 2008.

You can register right now for this exciting event at

www.awares.org/conferences

Best wishes,

Adam Feinstein

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Adam Feinstein

http://www.lookingupautism.org

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Adam Feinstein

http://www.lookingupautism.org

May 30, 2008

Important date change for Phil Christie online seminar on Awares

> Dear Martha Moyer

>

> www.awares.org/conferences

>

> Just to let you know that there has been a slight change in the date of

> the Awares online seminar with Phil Christie. This event will now open at

> 12.01am British time on Thursday, June 5, 2008, and not June 6. However, I

> will almost certainly be extending the seminar for a second day, until

> June 6, in any case to allow as many people as possible to take part.

>

> Just a reminder that Phil Christie is a leading British educationalist in

> the field of autism. He is presenting a paper on early education at the

> seminar but is happy to answer questions about many different aspects of

> educating autistic individuals.

>

> Phil is Director of Sutherland House Children's Services, part of NORSACA

> (a regional autism charity). This includes retaining an advisory and

> strategic role for Sutherland House School, of which he was Principal for

> more than 20 years. Sutherland House is a non-maintained special school

> for 84 pupils and students with autism between the ages of 3 and 19. The

> school has recently been awarded specialist status and was judged to be

> outstanding by OFSTED in 2007.

>

> Phil is closely involved with the diagnosis of children with disorders of

> communication and development at the Newson Centre, where he

> leads a team of Consultant Child Psychologists. The centre has a

> particular specialism in Pathological Demand Avoidance syndrome, a

> condition first described by Newson and increasingly being

> recognised as a sub-group within the autism spectrum.

>

> The centre carries out a range of other activities such as training and

> research, which included an action research project on early diagnosis and

> intervention with 2-3 year olds with autism. This project refined an

> approach known as 'Frameworks for Communication', which prompted the

> development of the Early Communication and Autism Partnership, a

> multi-agency service in Nottinghamshire.

>

> For a number of years, Phil was a team leader on the Autism Services

> Accreditation Programme, reviewing the quality of services for children

> with autism throughout the UK. He was one of the two the founding Chairs

> of the Confederation for Service Providers for People with Autism and held

> this position in the school's section from 1990-95. Phil is an Associate

> Editor of 'Good Autism Practice' and previously undertook the same role

> for 'Autism: International Journal of Research and Practice'. Phil has

> been involved in training sessions and presentations on a range of topics

> related to autism across the UK and also in South Africa, Spain, Sweden,

> Holland, Finland, Belgium and Greece.

>

> The seminar will open at 12.01am British time on June5, 2008, to allow

> delegates from overseas to enter their questions. Phil will be available

> to respond to questions from 1pm GMT on June 5 and the seminar will run

> until 11.59pm GMT that day.

>

> Don't miss this unprecedented opportunity to put your questions to Phil

> Christie on June 5, 2008.

>

> You can register right now for this exciting event at

> www.awares.org/conferences

>

> Best wishes,

>

> Adam Feinstein

>

> ________________________________________

>

> AWARES Conference Centre

> http://www.awares.org/conferences

>

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