FINAL DETAILS FOR MNSN CONFERENCE DELIVERED BY MOONDOG AND LOVELY COLLEAGUE!!!

[lougle]

I am very excited to announce that the final agenda for the MNSN Conference has been set!

Booking Arrangements:

1. The event will only go ahead if at least 15 people book. Payment will not be processed until this minimum number has been reached.

1. The maximum number of delegates is 20.

1. Places will be allocated on a 'First Come, First Served' basis. A place will only be allocated on receipt of a cheque for £100. (Note that the cheque will not be cashed until the minimum number of delegates has been reached).

1. In the event of cancellation, Moondog will destroy all cheques.

1. After the closing date for bookings of Friday, May 30th , any cancellations will be charged in full unless a replacement delegate can be found.

1. If you would like to secure a place, please PM Lougle with your email address. I will then email the booking form with details of where to send your cheque and booking form.

Event Details:

Date: Saturday 14th June, 2014
Time: 09..00 am to 5.00 pm (Tea/Coffee available from 08.45 am)
Venue: The Trinity Centre, Stonehill Green, Westlea, Swindon, Wiltshire SN5 7AR.

Agenda:

9:15 - 9:30 Introduction & Overview (Moondog and Lovely Colleague)

09:30 - 10:15 Getting the best out of your child’s staff
(An insider’s view on how to develop an effective working relationship)
(Lovely Colleague)

10:15 - 11:00 Active Support
How to teach anyone to do anything by using task breakdown, prompt fading and simple data collection (Moondog)

11:00 - 11:15 Tea/Coffee Break

11:15 - 12:00 Assessment & Data collection
Deciding where your child is and where you want them to go. Keeping track the paperfree way. (Lovely Colleague)

And/Or Clinic
1:1 sessions with Moondog (See sign-up sheet on day to book slot)

12:00 - 1:00 Lunch

1:00 - 1:45 Direct Instruction
Combining precise example sequences, high-pace questioning, continuous instant feedback, extended practice drills, and rapid corrections of misconceptions, in one of the most effective teaching methods. (Lovely Colleague)

1:45 - 2:30 Precision Teaching
A system that provides an effective learning navigation tool to guide both teacher and learner (Moondog)

2:30 - 3:15 Tea/Coffee Break

3:15 - 4:00 TAGTeach
Using an auditory marker to teach any skill more quickly and effectively. (Moondog)

And/Or Clinic
1:1 sessions with Lovely Colleague (See sign-up sheet on day to book slot)

4:00 - 4:45 Getting organised
Helping your child to manage their time, activities and possessions.

4:45 - 5:00 Wrap up session

As you can see, it's a packed day which will be very, very useful! The clinics can be accessed either 1:1, or in small groups if you share a concern. You can attend the talk session and then slip out for your clinic appointment.

Oh - one more thing.

In the event that Moondog gets more than 20 bookings, she'll keep a waiting list.

cant wait, thanks for organising it all. Can you pls pm me where to send cheque? thx

Hi PinkShark, if you PM me with your email address, I'll send you the booking form by email.

Same goes for anyone else who is interested - I have the booking form but can't attach it to PMs through MN's system, so I need you to supply me with an email address I can send it to.

If anyone is very private/concerned about identity, you can set up a throwaway email address using hotmail or gmx.com, for example, just for the purposes of receiving the form. Then the only person who will know your details is Moondog.

zzzzz are you sure it has to be and not "Oh me! Me! Me! The one with 5 Z's!"? I have tried and failed to find the post where you explained that you wouldn't be able to come, but I know it's there because I read it and was sad at the time.

It would be so fab to have you there....

Oh. I remember now

I'm absolutely gutted - we'll arrange something else and you'll be guest of honour

One more thing for those of you who are planning to book:

The lovely signandsingcarols has offered to provide lunch in the form of home made chilli and crusty bread.

I've tasted the chilli before and it is seriously good.

Could you let me know if you would like to take sign up on this offer, or if you'd rather bring your own lunches? Either way sign is going to have to make some for me....yum yum.

I'm travelling from SE London, is anyone driving and wants to share petrol?

O.M.G. Am so excited!!!!!!!! Hooray hooray hooray!!!!!

Just a quick update:

So far I have had 7 requests for booking forms and I'm also booking. If all of those people go ahead and book, we have just twelve places left.

Roll up, Roll up!

Don't forget that the cheques will not be cashed until the event is confirmed to be taking place (ie. when we have 20 bookings).

Also, for any newcomers, this has been passed by MNHQ. The event is bespoke for us and Moondog/Lovely Colleague are giving up their non-working time to put the event on.

I'm going to bed happy.

I'm looking forward to it. I'm happy to have the chilli, thank you very much.
One quick question, I'm just filling up the form right now but I cannot find where to book the 1:1 slot.

I think there will be a sign-up sheet on the day, Tambaboy. There are two sessions with a 1:1 clinic so there should be enough slots so everyone who wants/needs one can get one.

Ah, thank you very much lougle.

Marking place. Will deal with form filling when I have time - but I want to come lougle

Aah! We appear to have an issue with dates. Will make everyone else rearrange their diaries as I booked the day first! Will get back to you ASAP.

this sounds so good but I can't get to Swindon. If you ever run another in the South East I'll be there.

Sounds good, quite far :(. Anybody travelling from London/Essex let me know.

Constantcraving, if you'd like to go and are fairly local to me I could give you a lift. Do you want to PM me with a city you're near to?

Sorry if the location is tricky -I had to go with the majority, taking into account ease of access, etc. If it's any consultation it is 70 miles away from me, too. sign makes a lovely chilli....

Just sent you a PM Lougle - very excited!

To others planning to attend, I've been pondering whether to offer to pay for my DD's TA to come with me. I think it would be really useful for her since we've just started an ABA programme in school that she's implementing (except she doesn't know it's ABA yet!).

I don't know how others would feel about her attending as a non-parent? I certainly don't want to inhibit anyone's participation in the day or the opportunity to vent to others how crap school provision generally is and will totally respect if you all want to keep it to parents/family only. Can you post if you'd rather I didn't ask her (or PM me or Lougle) if you'd rather not say on the thread. No offence taken whatsoever.

Me55monster, as I've said by PM, I personally don't have any issue with it - if it helps your TA see that these methods are useful and easy to implement, all the better.

If anyone has an objection, could you please raise it very soon, because I've already sent out 12 booking forms and I wouldn't want Me55monster to miss out while she's waiting.

I won't be able to make this one but I did go to a previous one in Birmingham which was excellent. If there was another one in the Midlands I would definitely go again it was a very useful day.