A Sense conference featuring world-renowned Professor Jan van Dijk

Professor Jan van Dijk has influenced the deafblind field over many decades as a practitioner, writer, and researcher. He is perhaps best known for his work assessing children with multi-sensory impairments and has published materials on deafblindness that are used the world over.

Sense is delighted to invite him to the UK to take part in two conferences.  He will be joined on the day by UK researchers and practitioners to share a range of perspectives on practice.

Plenary sessions (featuring Professor Jan van Dijk)

• Approaches to assessment
• Stress and the limbic system

Workshops

• How vulnerable are deafblind people?
• Get out there – an innovative project for young people
• Joint Attention in Deafblind Children: Developing a shared sense of the world
• Top of the apps – using tablets and touch technology with children
• The impact on self identity of the diagnosis of Usher Syndrome
• Social Haptic Communication

Dates and venues

29 November 2012 - Millennium Centre, Cardiff
30 November 2012 - Jury’s Inn, Birmingham

Registration for the conference is now closed.