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MSI Study Day - 8 April 2019 - Birmingham - Presentations now available

Presentations are now available from the MSI Study Day on Monday 8 April 2019 at Touchbase Pears in Birmingham.

The following presentations from the morning sessions are available in the folder document library

Session 1: 
  document What counts as MSI - Anthony McKay

Session 2:
  pdf Communication - Current ideas and new research - Steve Rose
(Slides as PDF)

Session 3:
  document Sensory processing difficulties - an educational perspective - Ellie Davies Moore
  pdf Accompanying handout

Session 4:
  document Joined-up working: How it works in practice - Kim Hodge

Session 5:
Networks and resources - Heather Murdoch
  pdf List of MSI Networks and contacts prepared by Eileen Boothroyd and shared during the session

Session 6:

Session 6a - Developing Mobility Skills - Liz Hodges

Session 6b - Tactile communication - Gail Deuce, Steve Rose

Session 6c - Using technology to assist communication - Caireen Sutherland, Becky Timbers

Session 6d - Working with post-19 MSI students - Gary Hymdman

Session 6e - Individualised assessment - Jenny Fletcher, Anthony McKay

Session 7:

Session 7f - Peer relationships - supporting in mainstream - Anne Cheesebrough, Emma Mathes

Session 7g - Working with familiies and schools - Kim Owen, Wendy Pallant

Session 7h - Extending experience for pupils with complex medical needs - Gavin Smith

Session 7i - Responses to challenging behaviour, communicaiton and SPD - Heather Murdoch

Session 7j - Continuing development for experienced professionals - Liz Hodges