Sense & Sensibility, Responding to deaf people with intellectual disability Conference

Monday 10th May 2010 

East Midlands Conference Centre, University of Nottingham. 

Neil Glickman, the international expert on working with deafness and intellectual disability, is making a rare visit to the UK this summer. He will deliver a keynote address at our one-day conference: Responding to deaf people with language and learning challenges. This unique conference examines the issues that services for deaf people who have intellectual (learning) disabilities should consider and affords a rare opportunity for people involved in this field to network. Sign language interpreters will be present.

Conference Speakers:
Sally Austen - National Deaf Mental Health Service, Birmingham & Solihull Mental Health Foundation Trust.
Sue O’Rourke - Clinical Director, St George’s Healthcare Group.
Sara Rhys-Jones - Learning Disability Service, Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Health Board, Cardiff.
Jennifer Clegg - Associate Professor & Honorary Consultant Clinical Psychologist, University of Nottingham.
Kevin Baker - Learning Disability Service, Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust & National Deaf Mental Health Service, Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health Foundation Trust.

To register for a place at the conference please contact:

Susan Hooper
Division of Rehabilitation & Ageing,
B Floor, Medical School,
Queens Medical Centre,
Nottingham. NG7 2UH
susan.hooper@nottingham.ac.uk
0115 8230426