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A one day conference Friday 28 September 2001.
Edinburgh City Chambers

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Conference Programme - 28 September 2001

9.30 Registration and coffee
10.15 Welcome from the Chair: Richard Holloway
10.30 Setting the scene
A parents perspective: Graham Morgan
A child's perspective: Daniel
10.55 Issues and dilemmas for professionals:
Dr Alison Blair
11.15 The K�llan-Sweden project: Mental illness within
the family - experiences of working with groups
of children and parents: Gunnar �sterl�f and
G�ran Granath
11.45 Listen - Learn - Do: Building on the experience
of children and young people: Damian Haasjes,
Edinburgh Young Carers Project
12.30 The importance of supporting the children of
people with severe mental illness:
Adam Ingram MSP, Convenor of Cross Party
Group on Mental Health
1.00 Lunch
2.15 4 Parallel Sessions: Barriers to support and how
to overcome them
1 For health and social care professionals:
Hilary Patrick
2 for schools: TBC
3 for children: Damian Haasjes
4 for parents: Dr Alison Blair
3.30 Feedback and summing up: Richard Holloway
What is needed now?
4.00 Close
With input from those who have lived through the experience as children or parents, and professionals working Sweden and in the UK, this conference will provide insight and tools to assist families, professionals such as GPs, psychiatrists, social workers, Community Psychiatric Nurses, teachers and other practitioners provide real support to the children and young people.

Organised by NSF (Scotland) with the Carers National Association Scotland in the Edinburgh City Chambers, Royal Mile, Edinburgh.

If you would like to receive information on this conference, please send your name and address to [email protected].

Detailed information will be sent to you in July 2001.

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