Early Years Conference ‘Are We Securely Attached’
March 17th 2011 Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh
The Early Years and Childcare Team are once again organising an Early Years Conference which aims to raise awareness of the critical importance of Early Years development in improving children’s life chances
Speakers at the conference are:
Robin Balbernie is currently Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist in Gloucestershire CAMHS. He works with the Children’s Centres in Cheltenham, Gloucester and the Forest of Dean as lead of the Secure Start team, providing an infant mental health service. He has a special interest in early interventions, originally arising from his work with adopted children, and is on the Committee of the Association of Infant Mental Health (UK) and is also a member of the Young Minds’ Policy and Strategy Advisory Group.”
Suzanne Zeedyk is currently Senior Lecturer in Developmental Psychology at Dundee University. Suzanne’s work focuses on parent-infant relationships. She works closely with organisations such as the Scottish Violence Reduction Unit, HomeStart, Kids Taskforce and a number of city councils. Her key aim is to increase awareness of the extent to which, when making decisions about the care we give to children. We are also making decisions about the kind of society we wish to build.
The day will be facilitated by Susan Deacon who was MSP for Edinburgh East and Musselburgh from 1999 to 2007 and Scotland’s first cabinet minister for Health and Community Care. She holds a range of advisor and non executive roles with organisations in the private, public and third sectors. She has been a consistent advocate for the importance of children’s early years.
Who should attend? Anyone working with young children and their families, or who has responsibility for strategic planning for Early Years services
The Programme and Booking Form are available from Pauline Evans 01620 827141
pevans@eastlothian.gov.uk or from this link below –