Includ-ed, red europea de educación inclusiva

The National Autistic Society is organising the 13th international conference on offenders with intellectual and developmental disability on 10-11 April 2014 at Northumbria University, Newcastle. This two-day conference is recognised as a great opportunity, in the UK and internationally, for reflection and sharing for services providing care for offenders with a learning disability (LD) and/or developmental disabilities, including autism, both in the public and independent health and social care sectors and the criminal justice system.

The conference, and its published proceedings, creates a platform for this speciality, often regarded as a minority interest by both health and criminal justice mainstream services.

Featuring presentations from eminent international speakers, as well as smaller scale research and innovations in the concurrent sessions, this conference will provide delegates with an opportunity to learn new strategies and share good practice. The conference also offers unparalleled networking opportunities for delegates from the UK and overseas.

The programme offers valuable content across a wide range of topic areas, including:

• - an overview of forensic learning disability and developmental disability services from an international perspective
• - benchmarking in forensic LD and developmental disability settings
• - education and training needs of staff
• - provision of up-to-date information on legal aspects and complex needs
• - treatment approaches – what works?
• - autism spectrum disorders, including Asperger syndrome
• - learning disability / developmental disability and the criminal justice system
• - residential and community supervision
• - mental health legislation and the learning disabled offender
• - transcultural issues
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This conference provides an opportunity for individuals from a range of organisations and agencies to meet together with the aim of:

• - creating an environment where practitioners, policy makers, researchers and advocates from multiple countries can find ongoing opportunities for learning and collaboration
• - exchanging information on effective models of care, intervention strategies, research, training and policy making to be utilised in different countries to improve care on a local, regional and national basis
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Key topics include: models of care for effective interventions (clinical interventions), research programmes and results, policy development, education and training, organisational issues, personality disorder, advocacy and user issues, minority issues, women’s issues, dual diagnosis, substance abuse, transcultural issues, autism spectrum disorders including Asperger syndrome, offending-focused interventions.

Who should attend? The conference will be of interest to a wide audience including health, social care and criminal justice professionals working in: learning disabilities and developmental disabilities, prison service, police service, social work, community services, probation, education, independent sector, user groups and families, voluntary organisations.

Find out more about the conference here.

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