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2008
November

Trust-ed Conference - A New Sense of Self
Coping with the social and behavioural changes following ABI in childhood and adolescence
One Day Annual Conference
Monday 10 November 2008, 9am - 5pm
East Midlands Conference Centre, Nottinham

We are delighted to welcome leading international practitioners in the field.
Conference chair:
Dr Jonathan Punt Barrister, No 5 Chambers, Birmingham, Bristol and London
(formerly consultant & senior lecturer in paediatric neurosurgery, University of Nottingham)

Speakers:
Sense of self: redefining ourselves after ABI
Dr Ron Savage Ed.D. Executive Vice President, North American Brain Injury Society.
Editor-in-Chief, 'Brain Injury Professional', USA

Where are my friends?
Exploring friendship issues and effects on family relationships.
Marilyn Lash MSW, Partner, Lash and Associates Publishing/Training, Inc., North Carolina, USA

Understanding contributions to behaviour dysfunction involving brain injury
Dr Harvey Jacobs PhD, Clinical psychologist and behaviour analyst, Richmond, Virginia, USA

ABI, mental health and mental ill-health in young people
Professor Greg O'Brien Professor of Developmental Psychiatry, Northumberland, UK

All of me stew
Exploring therapeutic group work with adolescents after ABI
Anne O'Loughlin Principal Social Worker, National Rehabilitation Hospital, Co. Dublin

Sexuality Issues for Children and Adolescents after ABI
PhD, NHMRC Health Professional Research Fellow, affiliated to the Rehabilitation Studies Unit, University of Sydney, Australia.

David's Journey
From childhood injury to teenage years
Donna Rusling (Learning Centre Supervisor), Jenny Garber (Brain injury case manager),
Robyn Holmes (clinical psychologist), plus family members and support worker

Further information


13 November

Bury Neuro Support
Greater Manchester Neurological Alliance

‘Bury PCT Patient Advice and Liaison Service (PALS)’
Speakers: Marion Lampert and Jackie Rothwell
Followed by refreshments and relaxation time

4-6pm, Bishop Ashton Room
Bury Parish Church Hall, The Wylde Bury
(Some parking available in the church grounds)

Transport is available for this meeting
If you are not a regular user of our disabled-friendly minibus and you require transport to the meetings, please contact Marie on 01204 594004 a week beforehand.

Greater Manchester Neurological Alliance C/o The Stroke Association, 6th Floor St
James’s House, Pendleton Way, Salford M6 5FW Tel: 0161 742 7485 Tel: 0161 742
7486, Fax: 0161 745 9595 Website: www.gmneuro.org.uk/
Email: info@gmneuro.org.uk


Planning for the Future Events

If someone in your family or someone you care for has a learning disability. You can take steps now to ensure their finances are well looked when you are no longer around. Mencap have organised some FREE information sessions where you can find out more about setting up wills and trusts for the benefit of someone with a learning disability

Mencap would like to invite you to one of the sessions:

Thursday 20th November, 12.30pm – 2.30pm
The Banqueting Suite, Lancaster Town Hall, Dalton Square, Lancaster
Friday 21st November, 12.30pm – 2.30pm
Main Hall, Quakers Friends Meeting House, 6 Mount Street, Manchester
Monday 24th November, 12.30pm – 2.30pm
Room B, Macclesfield Library, 2 Jordangate, Macclesfield, Cheshire
Wednesday 26th November, 12.30pm – 2.30pm
The Eden Suite, The Sands Centre, The Sands, Carlisle
Thursday 27th November, 12.30pm – 2.30pm
The Lounge & Seminar Room, NeuroSupport Centre, Norton Street, Liverpool
Friday 28th November, 12.30pm – 2.30pm
Eagle Rooms 1 & 2, All Saints Church Centre, Vicarage Road, Hoole, Chester
Booking Form for dates 20 November - 28 November

Regular Meetings in Northampton

SUPPORT FOR RELATIVES OF PEOPLE WITH BRAIN INJURY

Kemsley, Northampton, Meetings 7-9pm, 3rd Thursday of the month

Help and information can be difficult to obtain when a family member sustains a brain injury. For example, following a road traffic accident, assault, or illness. At Kemsley, National Centre for Brain Injury Rehabilitation, specialised rehabilitation for people with a brain injury has been provided for the past 25 years. Alongside this, staff have worked with family members and partners to share knowledge and offer opportunities for support. We are now able to offer support to family members from Northampton and the surrounding area in the form of a monthly meeting held at Kemsley. Between 7 and 9pm it offers an opportunity to meet other people in a similar position to yourself, that is, following a brain injury to a family member. In addition, expertise from professionals in rehabilitation, for example, Neurology, Neuropsychology, Physiotherapy, Speech and Language Therapy, Social Work and Occupational Therapy can be made available to offer information and insights about life after brain injury and ideas to improve coping.

Kemsley, National Centre for Brain Injury Rehabilitation
St Andrew's Hospital
Billing Road
Northampton
NN1 5DG

For further details and to confirm attendance telephone: 01604 616767


2009
January

Thursday 22 January

Encephalitis Professional Seminar – Plugging the Gaps

Speakers:
Julia Granerod - Health Protection Agency Study - The epidemology and aetiology of Encephalitis in the UK
Prof Tom Solomon - Diagnoitic and Management Algorithum
Dr Sally Stapley - The Social Consequences of Enccephalits

Neurosupport, Norton Street Liverpool

Leaflet with booking form

February

20 February

Friday Night In with the Girls at the Aztec Hotel and Spa, Bristol

Grab a girlfriend and come and join us at the Aztec Hotel and Spa in Bristol to have some fun…….and beat those winter blues…...

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March

4 March

The Meningitis Trust 2009 Conference
After Meningitis – Living with the impact of meningitis and meningococcal septicaemia
British Library, London

Conference Programme

Formore information please contact
info@meningitis-trust.org or call 01453 768000
Registered Charity Number 803016 (England &Wales) SC037790 (Scotland)


4 March

Child Brain Injury Trust's
Changing Futures
Annual Conference & Exhibition
NEC Birmingham

Key note speakers: Dr Sarah-Jayne Blakemore of UCL & Dr Andrew Curran

Further information: www.cbituk.org email: conference@cbituk.org


Last modified: 17 October 2008