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Johansen Sound Therapy is the only auditory integration training which routinely uses CDs which have been customised to the individual’s own hearing curve in order to organise and enhance auditory processing skills. It is inexpensive and easy to implement. Click the 'More...' link below to view PDF for course details, or visit the website: http://www.johansensoundtherapy.com/

Thursday, May 15 BRENDA SMITH MYLES Author, Associate Professor, Department of Special Education, University of Kansas The Hidden Curriculum Friday, May 16 CATHERINE FAHERTY TEACCH therapist, Author of Asperger’s...What Does It Mean To Me? Finding Meaning: Laying the Groundwork for Future Self-Advocacy Friday, May 16 JOHN SIMPSON One Year of Employment: Problems and How to Overcome Them

Jeans for Genes funded weekend for families with newly identified deaf children - weekends available in Surrey and Exeter.

All of the NDCS events are now free to attend for members of NDCS (membership is also free).  Events are extremely popular so please book early to avoid disappointment. 

For more information contact - NDCS - 0121 234 9820 - or see www.ndcs.org.uk/whatson

A two day course for teachers and therapists. View the PDF below for more information.

South Manchester Twins Club, Playbarn at Saracen's Head, Paddock Lane, Warbuton. 1.30pm - 4.30pm.  There will be an outside playground and cake!

Please contact www.tamba.org.uk for more information.

This workshop combines the rigour of the Harvard Law School approach to successful negotiation with the insights available from the Graves Values Model (sometimes known as Spiral Dynamics).  It will enable you to… 

• Enhance your competence in all forms of negotiations and conflict resolution – business and personal, short-term and long-term.
• Get beyond surface problems to work with deeper seated issues, especially those involving clashes of beliefs and values.
• Increase your awareness of the key elements that exist within a relationship and your ability to move complex situations towards win/win/win outcomes i.e. a win for you, a win for the other party and a win for the bigger system
• Understand the background, attitudes and mental approach of the different parties, so you can feel more in control of what is happening and therefore have more choice of action.

(for more information please see: http://www.vievolve.com/)

Primary Care 2008 returns for another year as the UK's leading conference and exhibition for primary and community health care professionals.  With its outstanding conference programme, excellent line up of speakers and comprehensive exhibition, it provides unrivalled learning and networking opportunities, allowing you to refresh your knowledge, skills and professional role.

For more information see - www.primarycare2008.co.uk

One multi-millionaire entrepreneur has studied what made him successful (and what caused his failures) and has developed these insights into a two day intensive seminar where he shares them with real illustrations from his own life.

The Glasgow Xscape activity day is available for children between the ages of 8 and 16 years old.

All of the NDCS events are now free to attend for members of NDCS (membership is also free).  Events are extremely popular so please book early to avoid disappointment. 

For more information contact - NDCS - www.ndcs.org.uk/whatson

The Liverpool Watersports Day is suitable for children between the ages of 8 and 16 years old.

All of the NDCS events are now free to attend for members of NDCS (membership is also free).  Events are extremely popular so please book early to avoid disappointment. 

For more information contact - NDCS - 0121 234 9820 - or see www.ndcs.org.uk/whatson

The Midlands outdoor activity day in Bromsgrove is suitable for children between the ages of 8 and 16 years old.

All of the NDCS events are now free to attend for members of NDCS (membership is also free).  Events are extremely popular so please book early to avoid disappointment. 

For more information contact - NDCS - 0121 234 9820 - or see www.ndcs.org.uk/whatson

Spiral Dynamics offers profound systemic insight into individuals, organisations and cultures - why they do what they do - what is the nature and direction of the next step to be taken - what is the best way to influence and lead a particular person or group of people at a particular time. It presents a comprehensive map of the different values and thinking systems that are the basis upon which people, (and organisations); make their decisions and choices.

In this 1 day introduction we will look at the sequence in which these values levels emerge and why and how they can change. Each level has a particular way of thinking, different motivational “hot buttons”, different beliefs; different learning styles and requires a different approach in management or coaching. “A superb foundation…provided the answer to a heck of a lot of questions”. IS Senior Manager.

Our Introductory Days give a full and practical overview of Spiral Dynamics as a framework for thinking about human nature.  Spiral Dynamics maps the various deep value systems found in individuals and human culture that impact motivation and decision-making and describes the dynamics and direction of change. 

Spiral Dynamics’ focus is not on what we are thinking about (content) but how we are thinking about that content.  It is at this deeper level that Spiral Dynamics offers its unique and broad scoped contribution.  Understanding the model can help answer the questions, “Change from what to what”? and “How is it best to manage (or lead or teach) whom, to do what when”?  It has applications at the individual, team, organisational and cultural level and is being applied in business, education, coaching and social initiatives.

More information, including booking details can be found on www.thebeyondpartnership.co.uk and also www.spiraldynamics.org

Created from the research of cognitive scientists and linguists, Charles will present a new linguistics for NLP grounded in our bodily experience - a somatic syntax found in the elements of our everyday experience, that makes submodalities a coherent system, simplifies Sleight-of-Mouth Patterns and explains change as simple emergent properties of meaning making.

An Introduction to Counselling, Thursday 12 June 2008, 10am – 4pm

Following the enormous success and popularity of the counselling courses that we have been running in partnership with Kristina English and David Luterman, we are delighted to programme in this extra course in our summer education programme, facilitated by Sue Archbold and Suzanne Harrigan.

A high degree of specialist technical knowledge is essential nowadays when supporting children with hearing losses. However professionals also need emotional intelligence to support the families as they come to terms with the identification of deafness in their child. And this often means that we are called upon to use counselling skills on an almost daily basis.

This one day course does not claim to train you to be a counsellor; instead we aim to explore the skills and strengths needed for non-professional counselling. Using resources developed with The Ear Foundation by some of the worlds leading experts in this field, this day will help you reflect upon and finely tune your current practice.

For all professionals working with deaf children and their families

Cost: £80 including lunch and refreshments

To register and book your place please click on the following link http://www.earfoundation.org.uk/courses/articles/361

The NDCS family fun day and exhibition in Crewe is open to all ages and will have a wealth of activities.  Fun for all!

All of the NDCS events are now free to attend for members of NDCS (membership is also free).  Events are extremely popular so please book early to avoid disappointment. 

For more information contact - NDCS - 0121 234 9820 - or see www.ndcs.org.uk/whatson

This 1-day workshop is an Introduction to NLP and its applications, giving a taste of NLP’s potential for getting results and bringing about change. During the day we will present: - An overview of NLP, - An insight into some of the key NLP concepts - Examples of personal and organisational applications “Thanks again for a great day, I thoroughly enjoyed it. Great delivery and superb expertise.” PK, Managing Partner. “Thanks so much for the taster day yesterday. It was excellent.” DN, Marketing Executive

This workshop explores the current best practice in using NLP processes to move towards achieving a culture where coaching is normal – where people give and receive feedback willingly and easily.  In addition we also explore models of excellence in coaching and ways of building very resourceful states for ourselves and others, anabling you to become your own best coach. Overall it will enable you to…

Significantly increase your confidence and competence in dealing with deeper, values based coaching situations.
Handle all types of coaching situations – from ad hoc ‘coffee machine’ coaching to longer, more formal sessions.
Further develop your ‘second position’ skills in order to gain insights into the coachee’s internal state/’map of the world’ and help you decide the most effective next step.
Refine your linguistic and questioning skills in order to…

• Be clear about your desired outcome for a question before you ask it
• Frame questions in such a way as to make it most likely that you will achieve your outcome 

(for more information please see www.vievolve.com)

For Paediatric Speech and Language Therapists and Teachers, a versatile and practical approach, applicable to children with a wide range of complex communication challenges from three years old upwards-  featured in this April's 'Special Children' magazine. A weekend course with Louise Coigley MRCSLT HPC (reg) At Artemis School of Speech and Drama ,West Hoathly Road, East Grinstead, West Sussex RH19 4NF

Following the introduction of Newborn Hearing Screening worldwide, implantation in the first year of life is now accepted management of profoundly deaf children. It brings parents and professionals alike new challenges, as well as new opportunities. What is the reality how is our experience growing?

We will cover:

Auditory assessment in the first few months
Parental perspectives and adjustment
Medical and surgical issues
Monitoring progress in the first year of life
Professional challenges – multi-agency working

This conference will explore these issues with a faculty of international experts, and bring together current practice and knowledge in the area with input from a range of experienced professionals and parents who will provide a personal perspective.

Speakers include: Jeroen Briaire; Leo De Raeve; Paul Govaerts; Margaret Harris; Anke Lesinski-Schiedat; Gerry O’Donoghue; Susan Waltzman; Peter Watkin

Cost: £135 including lunch and refreshments

A draft programme will be available shortly and will be uploaded onto our website.

To register for this conference please click on the following link to our website.

http://www.earfoundation.org.uk/courses/articles/331

The Annual Clinical Negligence Conference (ACNC) returns to Brighton on 27-28 June 2008.  The ACNC is the seminal event that brings the clinical negligence and medical law community together to learn about and discuss critical medical and legal issues and developments.  Around 500 clinical negligence and medical law specialists are expected in Brighton for this, the 20th ACNC, brought to you by the charity specialising in this field, Action against Medical Accidents (AvMA).  If you would like further information please see www.avma.org.uk

The Outdoor activity weekend at Aviemore is suitable for children between the ages of 8 and 16.

All of the NDCS events are now free to attend for members of NDCS (membership is also free).  Events are extremely popular so please book early to avoid disappointment. 

For more information contact - NDCS - 0121 234 9820 - or see www.ndcs.org.uk/whatson

Details of the day are as follows:-

• Session 1 – High Performance Coaching with NLP

10.00 am – 1.00 pm

Whether in the context of performance management, career coaching, mentoring, or a 3 minute ‘coffee machine conversation’ with a colleague seeking help, the ability to coach effectively is widely recognised as a core skill in today’s business environment

This session will provide an opportunity to review and practise some of the key NLP tools that make this possible…

Questioning and listening

Calibration

Values elicitation, etc.

Whatever your current level experience, this will be an invaluable opportunity to participate in a master class session, to share ideas and develop your expertise.

Cost: £35 +vat per person (*)

• Session 2 – NLP in Practise

2.00 pm – 5.00 pm

This will be more of an ‘open forum’ session, providing the opportunity to explore the practical applications of NLP and discuss the benefits, advantages and potential pitfalls of doing so in your own lives (professional/personal).

Cost: £35 +vat per person (*)

(*) – Attend both sessions for just £55 +vat per person

A weekend for families with a deaf child with additional needs, in Newcastle, open to all ages.

For more information contact - NDCS - 0121 234 9820

The Plymouth Watersports day is open to children between the ages of 8 and 16 years old.

All of the NDCS events are now free to attend for members of NDCS (membership is also free).  Events are extremely popular so please book early to avoid disappointment. 

For more information contact - NDCS - 0121 234 9820

Spiral Dynamics offers profound systemic insight into individuals, organisations and cultures - why they do what they do - what is the nature and direction of the next step to be taken - what is the best way to influence and lead a particular person or group of people at a particular time. It presents a comprehensive map of the different values and thinking systems that are the basis upon which people, (and organisations); make their decisions and choices.

In this 1 day introduction we will look at the sequence in which these values levels emerge and why and how they can change. Each level has a particular way of thinking, different motivational “hot buttons”, different beliefs; different learning styles and requires a different approach in management or coaching. “A superb foundation…provided the answer to a heck of a lot of questions”. IS Senior Manager.

Our Introductory Days give a full and practical overview of Spiral Dynamics as a framework for thinking about human nature.  Spiral Dynamics maps the various deep value systems found in individuals and human culture that impact motivation and decision-making and describes the dynamics and direction of change. 

Spiral Dynamics’ focus is not on what we are thinking about (content) but how we are thinking about that content.  It is at this deeper level that Spiral Dynamics offers its unique and broad scoped contribution.  Understanding the model can help answer the questions, “Change from what to what”? and “How is it best to manage (or lead or teach) whom, to do what when”?  It has applications at the individual, team, organisational and cultural level and is being applied in business, education, coaching and social initiatives.

More information, including booking details can be found on www.thebeyondpartnership.co.uk and also www.spiraldynamics.org

The principles of horse whispering and the horses we work with demonstrate in the most extraordinary way what partnership means, what it takes to be a leader worth following and reflect back to us the meaning of our communication. Working with horses, participants come face to face with their personal challenges of leadership and communication. Personal coaching, both in the ring and outside; watching others and group discussion, clarifies the principles and lessons for effective leadership in theory and in personal practice. The work with horses is on the ground; no riding is involved. Linda Ruffle is one of the leading horse whisperers in this country and works closely with Monty Roberts, the originator of this approach. “The sceptics may think this has no relevance to the workplace but having participated I can assure you quite the opposite is true. The course is rich in examples that translate to the workplace and leading people”. KT, Director

Most people agree that for the foreseeable future a significant degree of uncertainty and change is inevitable, both at an individual and organisational level.  Therefore, the people who will maintain or increase their influence and effectiveness beyond the short-term will be those that are:

• Agile in their thinking and able to handle complexity and ambiguity
• Flexible in their actions, with a willingness to be the one to change first
• Continually learning, and developing ways of sharing those insights with each other.

This workshop will enhance your ability to initiate powerful, sustainable change in yourself and others ,thereby increasing your influencing and leadership skills. Specifically, it will enable you to:

• Communicate direction and vision to others in a way that they find compelling and motivating
• Gain deeper understanding of the impact of value systems and hidden motivations on the effective implementation of change processes.
• Recognise and overcome personal barriers to change that may have previously limited the results you achieve
• Think more ‘systemically’ i.e. the ability to understand the bigger picture, the interdependent elements within that bigger picture, and potential cause/effect/consequence chains that may be critical to success.

Now in its second year, Beyond Boundaries Live will be pushing the limits even further, offering even more challenging activities from sports, the arts, holidays, work and recruitment, mobility with test driving and hand cycling, rock climbing, falconry and even has an online meeting service through our website called ‘ Meet at the Bar’.

Plus we’ll be hosting more inspirational talks from celebrities and personalities who have overcome their disability in order to achieve amazing feats of endeavour. We are also working with two leading associations in order to deliver a groundbreaking conference.

This is an evening to remember. Each activity is carefully chosen and facilitated to explore the fears and blocks in our life that stop us becoming and being all we can be. “If somebody wants to challenge and to learn more about themselves – in a variety of different ways – to push their own boundaries in an environment which feels safe, friendly, caring, supportive and non-pressured, then this is a fabulous way to do it…..quickly and enjoyably. There is always the choice to trust your own instincts and choose not to do something and to know that’s OK too.”

We know The Map is not the Territory - one of the greatest distortions of the maps we create occurs when we allow fear to become our master instead of our servant. In this Masterclass Marie will utilise NLP techniques and models and draw upon the work of others outside of NLP to explore some of the core fear patterns that drive our behaviour in everyday life.

Attend all four Masterclasses and be part of an on-going group to build on the Masterclass experiences and explore current challenges, development and issues - plus other extras!

Being a great trainer or presenter is much more than developing good skills; it is about finding one’s identity and authentic expression. It is about taking your ego out of the way and becoming “an empty flute”.

This training is designed for NLP Master Practitioners who already have some training or facilitation experience and who want to make a step change in their ability to work with and lead groups and become an excellent NLP trainer. It is a 20 day modular training running over 6 months. Participants will have plenty of opportunity to present and receive feedback during the modules and will be set tasks and assignments throughout the programme and will have the opportunity to model guest trainers.

The training is carefully designed to enable you to become fluent in essential training skills and group dynamics and to find your authentic expression as a trainer.

The principles of horse whispering and the horses we work with demonstrate in the most extraordinary way what partnership means, what it takes to be a leader worth following and reflect back to us the meaning of our communication.

Working with horses, participants come face to face with their personal challenges of leadership and communication. Personal coaching, both in the ring and outside; watching others and group discussion, clarifies the principles and lessons for effective leadership in theory and in personal practice.

The work with horses is on the ground; no riding is involved. Linda Ruffle is one of the leading horse whisperers in this country and works closely with Monty Roberts, the originator of this approach. “The sceptics may think this has no relevance to the workplace but having participated I can assure you quite the opposite is true. The course is rich in examples that translate to the workplace and leading people”. KT, Director

A two day course for teachers and therapists. View the PDF below for more information.

This 1-day workshop is an Introduction to NLP and its applications, giving a taste of NLP’s potential for getting results and bringing about change. During the day we will present: - An overview of NLP, - An insight into some of the key NLP concepts - Examples of personal and organisational applications “Thanks again for a great day, I thoroughly enjoyed it. Great delivery and superb expertise.” PK, Managing Partner. “Thanks so much for the taster day yesterday. It was excellent.” DN, Marketing Executive

A 7 day certificated training from the foremost authorities on Gravesian Theory (from which Spiral Dynamics was derived) and the essentials of Spiral Dynamics. This Certification will provide you with the most thorough and up-to-date training you will find in this work. The training will take participants beyond the simplistic interpretation of Spiral Dynamics into the subtleties of the theory and its application. After certification participants will be authorised to use the various Spiral Dynamic profiling tools. Chris Cowan, co-originator of Spiral Dynamics and Natasha Todorovic are engaging trainers with a style that is open and conversational, encouraging questioning, challenge and debate. See www.spiraldynamics.org for more information on Spiral Dynamics. “The breadth and depth of the material is impressive…Chris and Natasha’s style of delivery is excellent”. JA, Senior Manager, Financial Services

This 1-day workshop is an Introduction to NLP and its applications, giving a taste of NLP’s potential for getting results and bringing about change. During the day we will present: - An overview of NLP, - An insight into some of the key NLP concepts - Examples of personal and organisational applications “Thanks again for a great day, I thoroughly enjoyed it. Great delivery and superb expertise.” PK, Managing Partner. “Thanks so much for the taster day yesterday. It was excellent.” DN, Marketing Executive

Drawing on Frank Farrelly’s Provocative Therapy Sue will present a provocative approach to coaching and initiating change, in which warm-hearted humour in its varied forms is one of the main tools to implement change. Bandler and Grinder modelled Farrelly’s ability to take people to that place of “truth”, get them to laugh at themselves, and find more freedom.

This 1-day workshop is an Introduction to NLP and its applications, giving a taste of NLP’s potential for getting results and bringing about change. During the day we will present: - An overview of NLP, - An insight into some of the key NLP concepts - Examples of personal and organisational applications “Thanks again for a great day, I thoroughly enjoyed it. Great delivery and superb expertise.” PK, Managing Partner. “Thanks so much for the taster day yesterday. It was excellent.” DN, Marketing Executive

Our advanced programme is an NLP based journey of learning and development over 6 months where skills and experiences are weaved in such a way as to create an environment of challenge and support on the path to being all you can be, personally and professionally. Practitioner skills are the foundation stones on which we build what we call 3-dimensional NLP. We use modelling as a fundamental process for realising your potential and taking your NLP skills to the next level.

We apply modelling to two major projects, one individual and one organisational that will support your personal alignment and integrity. You will learn through mapping patterns and systems and working with beliefs, values, leverage points and advanced NLP based change agent skills. A very special addition is the opportunity to demonstrate your leadership and reveal some of your patterns through an experience of Horse Whispering.