Virtual Conference 2020
Supporting Disabled Students; Supporting Ourselves
We have a full programme of events planned for you running every Wednesday throughout the summer from the 24th June.
All events will be free of charge.
There are videos to watch, live webinars with the ability to submit questions and also a networking event for you to participate in at the end of the conference.
The videos are all captioned and can be watched from the website or directly from YouTube, if this is easier.
The live webinars are delivered via Zoom and will be recorded for later availability.
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Welcome Message from Brian Lutchmiah, Chair of NADP
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A warm welcome to our 21st Annual Conference!
This is certainly a different format this year, and given the national context at present, we aim to ensure that the format offered ensures you are able to plan and access conference sessions over a 10 week timeframe, each Wednesday!
We never thought we would be in this position back in January when we opened bookings for Conference though here we are, and in adjusting swiftly, we have managed to retain a fantastic line up of speakers for you. Our sincere gratitude goes to our speakers, who have agreed to convert their presentations to an online format over the last few weeks.
At the time, we did not know how much we were going to need to support each other in the move to working from home at the same time as educating our families whilst coping with the national restrictions in place. NADP also developed some resources to help, and these are still available on our Covid-19 resources hub for you to access freely.
We started planning this conference with the joint aims of looking at best practice in supporting disabled students, with additional focus on how we support ourselves in the process ensuring a consistent quality of support to others. Your wellbeing is important to us.
This conference intends to provide you with opportunity to access quality speakers in your own time. We are aiming to do this by providing videos and webinars for you each week from Wednesday 24 June 2020 through to Wednesday 26 August 2020. We trust that you will be able to join us in the webinars, noting it will also be possible for you to watch them later in video format as sessions will be recorded.
Given the current challenges across the sector, our aim for the conference is to be free to all, and there will be no subsequent charge to attend any of the events. The only cost associated is with your time, and I trust that it will be time well spent.
As we are aiming to deliver the conference as cost neutrally as possible, we will be managing accessibility internally with captioned videos and webinars. In doing so, please bear with us and do let us know if you have any particular problems, which we will try to solve as soon as we can. In providing a virtual conference in this way, we too are learning fast and your feedback as a valued membership is highly welcomed in the process, as always.
Lastly, at the conference end in Week 10, we will be scheduling an opportunity to collectively raise a glass of wine, a gin and tonic, tea or coffee at a closing networking event. Do please join our toast together at this event.
A toast to you, a toast to NADP and a toast to our work with disabled students. Do however note, you will need to provide your own drink for the occasion!
Have a fabulous conference experience all and join us in our festivities in a landmark 21st Anniversary year for the National Association of Disability Practitioners. One to remember!
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Running order of the Conference
Please select the week/date to see the event details and book a place on the webinar.
Videos | Webinars | |
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Week 1 Wednesday 24th June All material online | Video 1: Message from the NADP Chair: Brian Lutchmiah Video 2: Message from our president, Jess Thom, Tourettes' Hero | 14:00-15:00 The intersectionality of SpLD diagnosis and D&A’s support The Diversity & Ability team |
Week 2 Wednesday 1st July All material online | Video: Managing self and others through change. Glenys Wilson, senior clinical psychologist. | 14:00-15:00 Creating a digital pathway to support and success for international students Amy Low and Adam Tweed, AbilityNet & Mike Chung UCL |
Week 3 Wednesday 8th July All material online | The Disabled Students' Commission Professor Geoff Layer, Vice Chancellor of the University of Wolverhampton and Chair of the Disabled Students' Commission | 14:00 - 15:00 Inclusive Mobility – Making study abroad programmes more inclusive for students with disabilities Valerie van Hees & Dominique Montagnese, SIHO & LINK partner |
Week 4 Wednesday 15th July All material online | Disability Language is Affecting Our Students Lynn Wilson | 14:00-15:00 Accessing Fulfilling Careers: Maximising the chances of your students transitioning into employment. Helen Cooke and Emma Knox, MyPlus |
Week 5 Wednesday 22nd July All material online | Video 1: How a social model approach supports innovation and collaboration Jenny Alsop & Carys Kennedy, University of the Arts, London Video 2: Early Arrival Programme for Autistic Students Kathryn Fisher & Ros Holmes, University of Warwick | 14:00-15:00 Joined up thinking and collaborative working to increase effectiveness and create a mutually supportive environment Professor Nicola Martin, London South Bank University |
Week 6 Wednesday 29th July All material online | Video 1: The new NADP Accreditation Scheme Paddy Turner, Chair of the NADP Accreditation Committee Video 2: NADP Report launch: The Wellbeing of Disability Professionals in the Further and Higher Education Workplace Lynn Wilson, on behalf of the NADP Publications, Research and Ethics Standing Committee | 14:00 - 15:00 Audio feedback. A useful approach for the inclusive curriculum? Karl Nightingale, Vikki Anderson & Susan Onens, University of Birmingham |
Week 7 Wednesday 5th August All material online | Video 1: Guidance for Institutions Supporting Deaf and Hearing Impaired Students Martin McLean, NDCS Video 2: Guidance for Institutions Supporting Blind and Visually Impaired Students Thomas Pocklington Trust | 14:00 - 15:00 Enabling Student Choice and Voice Patrick McGrath, Texthelp |
Week 8 Wednesday 12th August All material online | Video: Supporting Remote Accessibility Symplicity Video: Caption.Ed information | 14:00 - 15:00 Exploring and strengthening the role of disability officers in a changing landscape Dara Ryder & Lorraine Gallagher, AHEAD Ireland |
Week 9 Wednesday 19th August All material online | Video 1: The accessibility revolution in assistive technology, and what it means for us. Rich Nind, Sheffield Hallam University Video 2: Modernising Solent University’s disability service for the new decade Alexandra Banks & Rebecca Harris, Solent University | 14:00-15:00 ‘Teamwork makes the dream work’- Academics and disability teams working collaboratively. Idalina Rodrigues & Rachel Davies, De Montfort University |
Week 10 Wednesday 26th August All webinar material online - preparing networking page | Video 1: NADP Awards – Martin Smith and the NADP Awards Panel Video 2: What is LINK? Video 3: Concluding Remarks - Brian Lutchmiah, Chair of NADP | 14:00 - 15:00 A potential new system approach to improving students’ mental health – NHS and Universities partnership David Rose, NHS South London Mental Health and Community Partnership (SLP) and Sue Tarhan, Goldsmiths, University of London 15:00 - 16:00 Networking Event - what have we all done to support ourselves in lockdown and working from home? |
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