ISP prides itself on a commitment to ongoing research and engagement with the wider childcare community of which our work is a part. As part of this, representatives of ISP regularly attend high-profile conferences and papers given are included below.
ISP's commitment extends to organising our own conferences. Details of forth-coming events will appear here.
Please note that all the papers and reports listed below will open in a new window as an Adobe Acrobat PDF file.
Actions Speak Louder
than Words?: Melanie Cross, Pat Blake, Nicola
Tunbridge and Tricia Gill
This is a case study of a student who had
emotional and behavioural problems and learning difficulties. Simon also
had previously undetected communication problems. This case study details how
Simon's teacher, foster carers, psychotherapist and speech and language
therapist worked together to help Simon develop his communication skills as well
as to achieve his potential in other areas.
FICE Presentation: Therapeutic Child Care
FICE (The International Federation of Educative Communities) recently invited ISP's Managing Director, John Whitwell and Head of Development, Jim Hamil to speak at this international conference. Click the link to read John's paper.
FICE: The Provision of Food
Click the link to read Jim Hamil's paper for the FICE (The International Federation of Educative Communities) international conference.
ISP Conference Presentation:Play
At ISP we believe that play is important. So much so that we hosted an entire conference dedicated to this important topic. Get a feel for the key messages from these presentation notes.
IFCO Presentation:
Transitions
Read ISP's presentation at the IFCO Conference in August 2005.
I CAN conference;
Communication difficulties as risk factors for mental health issues. How
does it affect the children and young people we work for?
Presentation, a keynote at the national sebda conference, given by Melanie Cross
in her capacity as Professional Advisor for I CAN, although her clinical work is
at ISP.
Why do we have speech and language therapy at ISP?
Read a brief presentation from one of our therapy teams.
Holding the
looked after child through reflecting dialogue: John Hills
The story of being 'looked after': William Gilroy and John Hills
