trust-ed conference is hailed as a success
TRUST-ED CONFERENCE IS HAILED AS A SUCCESS
The inaugural trust-ed conference has been a great success.
Organised and supported by Freeth Cartwright, the event was held at the East Midlands Conference Centre, Nottingham on Monday.
The conference, entitled Education after acquired brain injury: The Way Forward helped to raise awareness and understanding of the long-term education need of children and young people with acquired brain injuries.
Jane Goulding, a personal injury specialist at Freeth Cartwright, commented: “The conference was a great event, with many people commenting on how important it was to finally have a forum where issues could be examined.
“It was a ground-breaking conference because it focused on the concept of education as rehabilitation, emphasising the need for the provision of short and long term education and assessment facilities to help young people with acquired brain injuries fulfil their potential and putting the family central to the success of that rehabilitation.”
The conference chairman was former University of Nottingham consultant Dr Jonathan Punt, a specialist in paediatric neurosurgery and now a barrister at No 5 Chambers. Speakers also included Roberta DePompei PhD, a professor and director of speech-language pathology and audiology at the University of Akron, Ohio, and an acknowledged expert in the field of acquired brain injury and author of many respected publications.
Some of the delegates had the opportunity to be pictured with Notts County footballers Lawrie Dudfield and Gary Silk, who were at the conference to help launch an art exhibition being held apart of the conference.
ends - 12 September 2007