Future Events.. Future Events.. Future events

 25th January
2000
 The Centre for Residential Childcare in Scotland is putting on a day seminar on Young Parenthood in Residential Care, an under-researched subject with few guidelines on best practice. The effectiveness of different approaches will be discussed. The seminar will be held on Tuesday 25th January 2000 at the In-Service Suite on the Jordanhill Campus of the University of Strathclyde. For more information telephone 0141 950 3683 or fax 0141 950 3681 or E-mail t.a.leckenby@strath.ac.uk  


27-29th April
2000
 Youth Support Italia is running a conference on traumatic stress suffered by children, including anxiety and stress caused by natural disasters such as earthquakes as well as war, violence and abuse. The conference is on 27 - 29 April (presumably 2000, though the details do not make this explicit) and will be held in the Janus Hotel, Fabriona, Ancona, Italy. Abstracts for presentations are still welcome up to the end of February 2000. For further information, contact the conference administration on 020 8325 8162 Fax 020 8325 8647 E-mail Conference@youthsupport.org

19-21th May
2000
 A World Congress on Psychomotor Education and Therapy in a Society of Change on the Threshold of the Third Millennium is due to be held on 19 - 21 May 2000 at the Palais de la Musique et des Congres in Strasbourg in France under the auspices of three bodies - Organisation Internationale de Psychomotrice et Relaxation, Federation Francaise des Psychomotriciens and Forum Europeen de la Psychomotricite - and under the "supreme patronage" of Jacques Chirac. The aims of the Congress are to give professionals involved in psychomotor education and therapy and researchers the opportunity to exchange views and information, focusing in particular on different life-stages in education, health and rehabilitation. There appear to be no British contributors to the Congress and no British participants among the contributing bodies. Further information is available from the Congress Secretariat FFP/5, rue Copernic, F-75116 Paris. Tel 00 33 1 45 05 12 77. E-mail congres@psychomotricite.com

19-20th October
2000
 The British Society for Adolescent Health and Welfare is hosting an International Conference on Adolescent Health entitled Youth and the Promise of a New Millennium? on 19 - 20 October 2000. The speakers are a mixture of people from the United Kingdom with people drawn largely from North and South America. For more information, contact the Conference Secretariat, 13 High Street, Penge, London SE20 7HJ Tel 020 8325 8162 Fax 020 8325 8647 E-mail lisa@youthsupport.org Website http://www.youthsupport.com

6-9th June
2001

AIEJI (otherwise known as L'Association Internationale des Educateurs Sociaux) is holding its Fifteenth World Congress from 6 - 9 June 2001 at Barcelona in Spain. The working languages for the Congress will be English, French, Spanish (the three official AIEJI languages) and Catalan.

The theme is Ethics and Quality in Socio-educational Work, and the aims of the Congress are to look at the conditions essential to enable social educators to do a good job, to consider the diversity of values found in most cultures, and to consider the role of ethics in socio-educational practice.

AIEJI Congresses take place every four years and they tend to attract several hundred people involved in the care and education of children and young people, including quite a few delegates from developing countries in Africa and Central and South America as well as those involved more frequently in such events from Europe and North America. The United Kingdom is very badly represented in most AIEJI events, and there is much that delegates from this country could learn from participation.

Early registration is recommended before 1 January 2001. That may sound a long way off, but anyone interested in running a workshop should get in touch now. The Congress Secretary is to be found at : Suport Serveis, Calvet 30-32, 08021 Barcelona, Spain. Tel. 0034 93 2017571. Fax 0034 93 2019789. E-mail suport@deinfo.es

And, by the way, the prices are all in Euros.




 10-13th May 2000

FICE CONGRESS 2000. In co-operation with EUSARF. THE CENTURY OF THE CHILD
Changes in views on Residential Child and Youth Care Retrospect and Perspectives. The title is taken from a book published a hundred years ago surveying the experience of children in the 19th Century and predicting that the 21st Century could be "the century of the child." FICE is an international childcare organisation which has held congresses every two years since its inception in 1948. They are typically attended by 300 - 400 workers from 30 - 40 countries, and provide an excellent opportunity for networking and picking up ideas, even when the formal programme is weak. This year, the Dutch National Section is organising the Congress. They are a strong section, highly professional and well organised, and the Congress promises to be particularly well run. We don't see congresses of this quality in this country very often - (except for those run by the Scottish Residential Child Care Centre) - a trip to Maastricht in May is recommended.

Dates: 10 - 13 May 2000 in the Maastricht Exhibition and Congress Centre, Netherlands. Further details and application forms from Conference Agency Limburg, PO Box 1402, 6102 BK Maastricht, Netherlands.

Telephone 00 31 43 361 9192. Fax 00 31 43 361 9020. E-mail cal.conferenceagency@xs.nl

 January 2000
 Leadership and Management. Kibble Education and Care Centre is exploring the idea of preparing an application to the National Lotteries Charities to develop a virtual campus of leadership and management for residential care staff working with children and young people. It held a two day working seminar in Cardiff on 15/16 November 1999 and will be holding further discussions in January.

The focus of the initiative will be on providing a range of training resources for senior managers and their staff on the Internet. It is anticipated that these resources will be of particular value to small voluntary organisations running residential facilities who may not have the capacity to second staff on more formal courses.

Further information is available from Lesley Fuller, Kibble, Goudie Street, Paisley PA3 2LG. Telephone 0141 889 0044. Fax 0131 887 2781.

 15th March 2000
 Looking Forward to the Future. The National Children's Bureau is promoting a comferfence in "Looking forward to the Future" in London on Wednesday 15th March 2000.

Speakers include David Lane, Brian Corby, Roger Morgan, Sue Clifton and Roy Grimwood.

Further information and application forms are available from NCB Conferences and Events Department, 8 Wakley Street, London EC1V 7QE. Telephone 020 7843 6042. Fax 020 7843 6039.

 30th March 2000
 Missing Children. The Aberlour Child Care Trust in association with Childline Scotland and the Centre for Residential Child Care are promoting a conference on "Children who run away from home" in Glasgow on 30th March 2000.

It will feature the results of new, large-scale research into children who run away.
Further information and application forms are available from Tracy Wilson at the Centre for Residential Child Care. Telephone 0141 950 3683.

 17-20th September 2000
 Meeting Children's Needs. The opportunity for Change in Child Protection. York 17- 20 September 2000.

Further details from BAPSCAN, 10 Priory Street, York YO1 6EZ. Telephone 01904 613605. Fax 01904 642239. E-mail congress@bapscan.org.uk

 19-20th October 2000
 BSAHW. Youth and the Promise of a New Millennium. London. 19-20 October 2000. Further information from Conference Secretariat, 13 High Street, Penge, London SE20 7HJ. Telephone 0181 325 8162. Fax 0181 325 8647. E-mail lisa@youthsupport.demon.co.uk