Jeremy Millar of the Scottish Institute for Residential Child Care has informed us that SIRCC is running a seminar on December 3rd, 2010. The theme of the event is
Research into Practice, focussing on residential child care, looked-after children and related policy and partnership working in areas such as health, mental health, and education.
The venue is the Merchant's Hall, Edinburgh EH2 2EP.
The aim of the seminar is to disseminate research into practice and to ensure that information is passed on to the field and to all those who have the opportunity to influence policy and/or implement practice. The focus of the seminar will be research carried out about residential child care, looked after children, and policy and partnership working in areas such as health, mental health and education.
Speakers include Dr. Jim Goddard and Moyra Hawthorne.
Specific sub-themes of the conference will include :
· Trauma and Behaviour
· Specialist and Therapeutic Interventions
· Improving Outcomes
· Social Pedagogy
· Disability
The seminar will be of interest to managers, practitioners, academics, students and policy makers involved with children who are looked after away from home.
A conference flier with further details is available at http://www.sircc.org.uk/sites/default/files/Research%20Seminar%20Flier.pdf or telephone SIRCC Events on 0141 950 3572
(First posted at http://www.goodenoughcaring.com/ on October 1st, 2010
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