WEDNESDAY 6 OCTOBER

08:15h - 08:45hRegistration attendants

09:00h - 09:30hOpenning session
Carme Capdevila, Minister for the Regional Government of Catalonia's Department of Social Action and Citizenship
Manel Serra, Chairman of Caixa Girona
Família Riu

GROUP 1:    NEW TECHNIQUES IN STIMULATION

09:30h - 11:00hKEYNOTE SPEECH
An invitation to explore the world. How to accompany someone with profound and multiple disabilities

Andreas Fröhlich
Lecturer in Special Education and Doctor in Educational Psychology at the Universities of Mainz, Heidelberg and Landau (Germany). Author of the concept of 'basic stimulation' and member of various international societies. “One of the European pioneers in special education related to profound and multiple disabilities”

11:00h - 11:15hQ&A

11:15h - 11:45hCofee break

11:45h - 13:45hPRESENTATIONS
From the classroom to the woods: a practical example of basic and sensory stimulation

Carmina Ribas
Teacher and educationalist specialising in therapy. Technical Head of the Consorci Sant Gregori Joan Riu Special Education School (Girona, Catalonia-Spain)

Mònica Xirgu
Teacher and educationalist specialising in therapy. Teacher at the Consorci Sant Gregori Joan Riu Special Education School (Girona, Catalonia-Spain)

Presentation to be confirmed

Educational intervention in multisensory and relaxation classrooms

Alfonso Lázaro
Teacher of general basic education, specialist in special education and physical education. Teacher of psychomotor skills. Educational psychologist. Doctor in Education. Coordinator of the Resources for Special Education Pilot Centre at Gloria Fuertes School, Andorra. Chair of the Spanish Association of Psychomotor Teaching (Teruel, Spain)

13:45h - 14:00hQ&A

14:00h - 16:00hLunch

16:00h - 17:30hKEYNOTE SPEECH
Communication, interaction and acclimation in people with multiple disabilities

Emili Soro
Lecturer in Developmental and Educational Psychology at the University of Barcelona. Joint Director of the Augmentative Communication Techniques Unit. Doctor in Psychology and expert in special education and speech therapy (Barcelona, Catalonia-Spain)

17:30h - 17:45hQ&A

17:45h - 18:15hPRESENTATION
Speech therapy needs in care homes for adults with intellectual disabilities requiring general support

Quim Cuello
Therapeutic educationalist, Technical Head of the Consorci Sant Gregori Care Homes (Girona, Catalonia-Spain)

Sara Carruana
3rd-year undergraduate in Speech Therapy and Special Education. Ramon Llull University, member of direct care staff at Consorci Sant Gregori (Girona, Catalonia-Spain)

Raquel Canals
3rd-year undergraduate in Speech Therapy and Special Education (Girona, Catalonia-Spain)

18:15h - 18:30hQ&A

 

 

THURSDAY, 7 OCTOBER

GROUP 2:    BEHAVIOURAL DISORDER INTERVENTION STRATEGIES

09:30h - 11:00hKEYNOTE SPEECH
Assessment and intervention for behavioural disorders from a positive behaviour support perspective

María José Goñi
Psychology graduate. Independent expert providing innovative and excellent resources, services and experiences to people, families and organisations in: people-centred service planning, assessing and working with behavioural problems, and organisational development (San Sebastian, Basque Country-Spain)

11:00h - 11:15hQ&A

11:15h - 11:45hCoffe break

11:45h - 13:45hPRESENTATIONS
From collective care to individualising services for heavily dependent adults in a specialist care home

Jacques Acensio
Social Sciences graduate from Rennes School of Higher Studies. Director of a specialist care home for adults with severe mental, physical and mental disabilities. Bois Joli Specialist Care Home, ADAPEI (St. Estève, France)

Handling behavioural abnormalities in a hospital unit specialising in intellectual disabilities (UHEDI)

Marta Vilà
UHEDI and Psychiatric Care Home Els Til·lers psychiatrist; Institut d'Assistència Sanitària, Parc Hospitalari Martí i Julià (Salt, Catalonia-Spain)

Positive Behaviour Supports for adults with dual diagnosis in an education setting

Dawud Marsh
Consultant, lecturer and researcher at the ICM Foundation (London, UK)

13:45h - 14:00hQ&A

14:00h - 16:00hLunch

16:00h - 17:30hKEYNOTE SPEECH
Mental illness in people with intellectual disabilities requiring generalised support: is diagnosis possible?

Ramon Novell
Psychiatrist. Head of the Intellectual Disability and Mental Health Service at the Institut d'Assistència Sanitària.
Member of the Advisory Board at the Municipal Institute for the Disabled at Barcelona City Hall. Former Chair of the Spanish Association of Intellectual Disability Professionals and former secretary of the World Psychiatric Association Intellectual Disability Section (Salt, Catalonia-Spain)

17:30h - 17:45hQ&A

FRIDAY 8 OCTOBER

GROUP 3:    QUALITY OF LIFE AND SOCIAL INCLUSION

09:30h - 10:30hKEYNOTE SPEECH
Quality of life and social inclusion in people with greater support needs and disabilities.

Miguel Ángel Verdugo
Professor of Disability Psychology at Salamanca University, Director of INICO, Director of SID and Head of the MA in Integration of People with Disability (Salamanca, Spain)

10:30h - 10:45hQ&A

10:45h - 11:45hKEYNOTE SPEECH
What is Positive Behaviour Support and how does it promote appropriate behaviour?

Martha E. Snell
Professor of Education at the Curry School of Education University of Virginia and Member of the American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities- AAIDD (Virginia, EEUU)

11:45h - 12:00hQ&A

12:00h - 12:30hCoffe break

12:30h - 13:30hPRESENTATIONS
The Snoezelen concept. Fields of application

Dra. Maria José Cid
Pyschologist at the APASA Ibera Care Home (Amposta, Catalonia-Spain)

A family care model as a factor in social inclusion.
A guide for caregivers of people with a disability


Núria Butinyà
Head of the Social Area at the Consorci Sant Gregori (Girona, Catalonia-Spain)

13:30h - 13:45hQ&A

13:45h - 14:15hCONCLUSIONS

Maria Pallisera
Permanent Lecturer at the University of Gerona Department of Education, member of the Diversity Research Group for research into inclusion in the community and the workplace among people with a disability, the transition to adult life, and active living and work with support (Girona, Catalonia-Spain)

14:15h - 14:45hClosing session
Joaquim Maria Puigvert, vice-rector for Institutional Relations, Society and Culture of the University of Girona and president of the Fundació Campus Arnau d'Escala

Jordi Rustullet, Secretary General of the Regional Government of Catalonia Department of Social Action and Citizenship