Transforming Troubled Lives:
The Programme
After a pre-conference day of workshops presented by leading UK practitioners, Rob Long, Jenny Mosley and George Matthews (Tuesday 14th September - for details click here), a three day event is scheduled (Wednesday 15th to Friday 17th September, 2010). The main conference will offer a mixture of keynote addresses and a choice of parallel sessions, consisting of three to four presentations in each session. For more details of the planned timetable click here.
The keynote presenters
Professor Paul Cooper
School of Education, University of Leicester, UK
For many years Paul was editor of 'Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties' and has an impressive record as researcher, book editor and writer on SEBD, including the key text 'Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties:Theory to Practice' (with Smith and Upton, Routledge, 1994)' and the reader 'Understanding and Supporting Children with SEBD' (Jessica Kingsley, 1999).He recently co-authored 'Nurture Groups in School and at Home: Connecting with Children with SEBD (Jessica Kingsley, 2007)
Professor Harry Daniels
Department of Education, University of Bath, UK
Internationally known for his works on Vygotsky and socio-cultural theory, Harry has also led many major research projects on SEBD, school exclusions and mental health difficulties in children. He has published widely, including editing 'Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties in Mainstream Schools' (with Visser and Cole, JAI/Elsevier, 2001). Harry is President of SEBDA and editor of the SEBDA international research journal 'Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties'
Professor Susan Hallam
Institute of Education, University of London, UK:
Susan is Dean of the Faculty of Policy and Society at the London IoE. Once a professional musician, she joined the IoE in 1991 and has conducted a range of projects sponsored by the English government and leading funding bodies, relating to attendance and behaviour in school, exclusion from school, school-home links and the effects of music on behaviour and studying. She is a former Chair of the Education Section of the British Psychological Society. Her most recent book (with S. Rogers, Open University Press, 2008) is called 'Improving behaviour and attendance at school.'
Professor Carol Hayden
Institute of Criminal Justice Studies, University of Portsmouth:
Carol is well known for her impressive research record into children excluded from school, comparing disaffection in English and French schools, behaviour management programmes, youth offending and violence in childhood and children. Recently she has been examining restorative justice and children in residential care as well as surveying young people's perceptions and experiences in "Staying Safe and Out of Trouble" (2008). Her many publications include Children in Trouble. Reviewing the role of families, schools and communities (2007, Palgrave/MacMillan)
Professor Diane Marcotte
Department of Psychology,University of Quebec at Montreal:
Diane has expertise in a range of mental health issues. Her published research has focused on school dropouts, transitions to high school and depression in children and adolescents related to gender. Her work shows that while boys present a similar rate of depressive symptoms to girls prior to adolescence, girls become more depressed during their teenage years.
Professor Egide Royer
Faculté des Sciences de l'Education, University of Laval, Quebec, Canada:
Egide has an international reputation as a researcher, lecturer and writer on SEBD. He is Director of the Canadian Observatory on School Violence Prevention. His recent reserach includes investigating classroom interventions that lead to student success. He is Associate Editor of 'Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties'
John Visser
PhD, Associate Professor, School of Education, University of Birmingham, UK:
John has been prominent in the SEBD field in the UK for many years as a lecturer, trainer of professionals who work with children with SEBD and researcher. His many publications include 'Effective Schooling for Pupils with EBD' (with Cole, Upton, 1998), 'Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties in Mainstream Schools' (with Daniels and Cole, JAI/Elsevier, 2001). He has been involved in many research projects for English government bodies, including the 2003 -2005 Ofsted investigation into challenging behaviour in schools. In 2008 he started a new national survey of SEBD provision in England. He is Education Officer for SEBDA.