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Education Information Days for 2007
On Friday and Saturday October 5th and 6th we will be welcoming Professor Sue Buckley with two members from her team to lead two information days on educational topics. The Friday one, taking place in Wickford, is held in collaboration with Essex LEA and is for teaching professionals only. The one on Saturday at Moulsham Junior School in Chelmsford is for parents and carers of children with Down Syndrome.
Professor Buckley is an internationally recognized expert in education and
speech and development of children with Down Syndrome, and she and her team
have put together a very interesting programme for the two days.
After a keynote address by Prof. Buckley on the specific learning needs of
children with Down Syndrome, there will be workshops on topics such as teaching
maths and literacy skills, speech and language, developing memory skills,
behaviour management, self help skills and social inclusion.
We are anticipating a high demand for these workshops, so to guarantee a place please contact Deidre Clement. Schools should receive an invitation through the LEA directly.
Professor Sue Buckley
OBE, BA (Hons), CPsychol, AFBPsS
Director of Research and Training Services
Emeritus Professor of Developmental Disability, Department of Psychology,
University of Portsmouth, UK
Our services and research team is led by Professor Sue Buckley, the Trust's
founder and one of the world's leading researchers in the education and development
of children with Down syndrome.
Sue Buckley is a Chartered Psychologist with over 30 years of experience
in the field of developmental disability. Sue is knowledgeable about most
aspects of the development of children and adolescents with Down syndrome,
but her special area of expertise is cognitive development, particularly
language, literacy and memory development.
Sue also has first hand experience of many of the issues that affect families
as the eldest of her three children, Roberta, has Down syndrome and was adopted
into Sue’s family when a baby. Roberta is now an adult.
Gillian Bird 
BSc (Hons), PG Dip (Is)
Head of Education and Advisory Services
Gillian Bird is a psychologist with more than 20 years of experience in the
field of developmental disability. Before joining the Trust team in 1985,
Gillian had several years experience of residential work in specialist services
for people with severe learning disabilities and challenging behaviours.
Gillian has acquired considerable expertise in the support of children with
Down syndrome in mainstream education placements and advises families and
schools on all aspects of such placements.
Julie Hughes 
BSc (SLT), MA-CCC-A, Member of ASHA
Speech and Language Therapist/Audiologist
Julie Hughes is a qualified Speech and Language Therapist/Audiologist who
joined the Trust’s staff team in 2005 and contributes to a wide range
of our training, consultancy, publishing and early intervention activities.
She previously worked with pre-school deaf children and their families at
The Elizabeth Foundation, facilitating speech, language and listening skills
that enabled children to be educated in their local mainstream settings.
Her work included providing support, guidance and education to parents and
families, running pre-school language groups for parents and children, and
teaching a broad and balanced pre-school curriculum. She also organised education
classes focused on issues surrounding deafness, language, and listening development
for the whole family.
For further details on either event or to book a place contact Deidre Clement.