call for submissions

[Gary Morgan]

Lost for Words: Lost for Life
A conference on SLCN in older children and young people

15-17 June 2011
City University London, England

CALL FOR CONFERENCE SUBMISSIONS

The conference “Lost for Words: Lost for Life. A conference on SLCN in
older children and young people” is being hosted jointly by the
Department of Language and Communication Science, City University,
London and I CAN and Afasic, the two main UK charities who support
children and young people with SLCN.
This is an applied research and practice conference focusing on areas
related to the speech, language and communication and social,
emotional and behavioural functioning of older children and young
adults with speech, language and communication needs (SLCN). The
conference begins at lunchtime on Wednesday the 15th of June and will
consist of a range of exciting keynote talks, presentations, workshops
and posters around the language and communication, educational
attainment, social and emotional functioning, employment and well-
being of older children and young people with SLCN.
Presentations will be delivered by teachers, speech and language
therapists, psychologists, linguists and other people working with
this age group. Workshops delivered by parents of young people with
SLCN and the young people themselves will also be delivered.
The conference will begin with a workshop run by young people with
SLCN which will be followed by an introduction and welcome from the Rt
Hon John Bercow, MP and The Speaker of the House.
A panel discussion on the future vision of support and provision for
young people with SLCN will be held with panel members including Jean
Gross, The Communication Champion, a representative from the
Department for Education, Virginia Beardshaw, CEO, ICAN, Linda
Lascelles, CEO, Afasic and a parent and young person with SLCN.
Keynote speakers will include Professor Maggie Snowling, Professor
Sarah-Jayne Blakemore, Dr Nicola Botting and Dr Victoria Joffe.
Exhibitions of photography, art and craftwork by young people will be
available to view and for purchase.
A call for papers, workshops and posters is now out, with a deadline
of 31st December 2010. Presenters will be informed of the committees’
decisions by the 31st of January 2011 and online conference
registration will open on the 15th of February 2011. There will be a
number of parallel sessions so early booking is highly advisable to
ensure you secure your session preferences.
For more information about this conference, and for details about
abstract submission, please go to:     http://www.city.ac.uk/lcs/SLCN_Conf2011.html

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