PROGRAM: Cognition in relation to Congenital Deafblindness

PROGRAM

Cognition in relation to Congenital Deafblindness DATE: Wednesday, 24th of January 2018 at 9.00 – 16.00 LOCATION: Sense Scotland’s office, Glasgow, Scotland

The seminar will be streamed live on facebook.com/dovblind

9.00 – 9.10 Welcome • •

Paul Hart, Head of Research and Practice, Sense Scotland, Scotland Tina Bendixen, Coordinator for the Cognition Network and Children Neuropsychologist, Centre for Deafblindness and Hearing Loss (CDH), Denmark

9.15 – 9.30 “Semistructured assessment” •

Joseph Gibson, PhD, teacher Skådalen, Statped, Norway

9.30 – 10.45 Embodied cognition and the partner role: the YOU perspective and the child as a subject • • •

Kirsten Costain, Senior Adviser, Statped, Norway Eline F Melhuus, Teacher, Statped, Norway (no streaming) Camilla Lyngar, Teacher, Statped, Norway (no streaming)

Facebook live only from 9.30 to approximately 10.00

10.45 – 11.00 Coffee break 11.00 – 12.15 Arousal regulation and interaction with people with Congenital Deafblindness • • •

Facebook live only from 11.00 to approximately 11.30

Tina Bendixen, Children Neuropsychologist, Centre for Deafblindness and Hearing Loss (CDH), Denmark Lone Rømer, Consultant, Centre for Deafblindness and Hearing Loss (CDH), Denmark (no streaming) Tanja M. Christiansen, Consultant, Centre for Deafblindness and Hearing Loss (CDH), Denmark (no streaming)

12.15 – 13.15 Lunch 13.15 – 14.15 Tactile working memory, the concept, theoretical background and role in assessment • •

Dr. Jude Nicholas, Clinical Neuropsychologist, Consultant psychologist, Statped, Norway Annika M. Johannessen, Senior advisor, Statped - Department of Deafblindness and Dual Visual and Hearing Impairment

14.15 – 14.30 Coffee break 14.30 – 16.00 Panel discussion – what have we learned today?

Relevance for other groups of people (e.g. people with autism, learning disabilities, profound and multiple learning disabilities). Moderated by Paul Hart, Head of Research and Practice, Sense Scotland, Scotland

16.00 End of the day

New streaming link after lunch!