The SEBDA International Conference 2010
at Keble College, Oxford, UK · Tuesday 14th to Friday 17th September 2010
Transforming Troubled Lives: the impact of research, policy and practice on children and young people with social, emotional and behavioural difficulties.
There is increasing international concern about children's SEBD (or 'EBD' or 'BESD' or 'conduct disorders') in schools, at home and in their communities. These young people's troubled and troubling behaviour is often linked to mental health problems including attachment and relationship difficulties; communication needs; disaffection; challenging behaviour; violence; and sometimes youth offending.
To discuss these issues and ways ahead, SEBDA is staging a major international conference at the Sloane Robinson Conference Centre, Keble College, Oxford University, UK, in September 2010. We invite papers from practitioners, policy makers, administrators and researchers that demonstrate good practice, innovation and suggest positive outcomes for children with SEBD and their families.
The major themes of the conference will be: developing staff skills; achieving social cohesion; multi-agency/inter-disciplinary approaches; parents, carers and families; children and young people's perspectives; provision, policies and pathways; ethics in working/researching SEBD.
Contact Us
Email: admin@sebda.org
Tel: +44(0)161 2402418
Fax: +44(0)161 8385601
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
Professor Paul Cooper
School of Education, University of Leicester, UK
Professor Harry Daniels
Department of Education, University of Bath, UK
Professor Susan Hallam
Institute of Education, University of London, UK:
Professor Carol Hayden
Institute of Criminal Justice Studies, University of Portsmouth:
Professor Egide Royer
Faculté des Sciences de l'Education, University of Laval, Quebec, Canada:
John Visser
PhD, Associate Professor, School of Education, University of Birmingham, UK:
CALL FOR PAPERS
The major conference themes will focus upon:
- Developing Staff Skills
- Achieving Social Cohesion
- Multiagency Approaches
- Parents, Carers and Families
- Children and Young People's Perspectives
- Provision, Policies and Pathways
- Ethics in working and researching SEBD
- Submissions should be sent to J.G.Visser@bham.ac.uk
Please include "SEBDA International" in the Subject line.
Submissions should contain:
- Author(s) name(s);
- Contact details of the main author including e-mail address;
- Submission title;
- An abstract of no more than 300 words;
- An indication of whether you wish to be considered for a paper (20 minutes duration) or a poster.
The closing date for submissions is 30 November 2009. Main authors will be notified of preliminary acceptance by February 2010.
Final acceptance of any paper will be made by 1 August 2010 and only when at least one author has booked and paid the required fee for the conference.
Papers: Papers may be presented by single or multiple authors. If multiple authors, the first author will be responsible for making certain that at least one author registers and attends the conference. Failure to do so will result in the paper not being accepted.
Posters: Posters provide an opportunity for more individual contact with conference members interested in your topic. Posters should be no larger than A1 size and will be displayed on tables. Unfortunately we will be unable to provide any audio-visual equipment for posters.
B4L Comment: SEBDA conferences provide a major opportunity for ITT course tutors and others who have an interest in pupil behaviour and its implications to participate in discussion and debate. The conference planned for 2010 appears to be no exception: the event is characterised by a rich blend of practical approaches, informed by research and theoretical dimensions. It represents an occasion when those involved in ITT can develop their knowledge and understanding of an often misunderstood, and frequently under-researched aspect of education.