Bringing It All Together Improving outcomes for disabled children and their families 16 th October 2012 Paul McGinnety – Commissioning Manager, Durham County Council Johanna Smith – North East Regional Representative (NNPCF)

Welcome and Good Morning! Johanna Smith and Paul McGinnety Housekeeping Outline for the Day Partners

Round the table introductions

Key Speakers Andre Imich, Department for Education Gareth James, Department for Health

Table Top Activity minutes Consider the following in your groups What do you want to learn from today? What are the key questions you have? As a group decide on the workshops that you are going to attend

Table Top Activity 1 Consider the following in your groups:-  What do you want to learn from today?  What are the key questions you have?  As a group decide on the workshops that you are going to attend

Presentation from Gateshead Council tranSEND – Pathfinder Activity in Gateshead Martin Gray – Head of Children’s Commissioning Pat Bolton – In Power (Parent Carer Forum)

Lunch Lunch is 45 minutes. Please go to your Workshop Area at 1.30pm for your Round 1 Workshop.

Workshops Workshops will last approximately 35 minutes Workshop A: Early Identification and Assessment Workshop B: Empowering Families Workshop C: Partnership and Achievement Workshop D: Preparing for Adulthood Workshop E: Enabling Services to work together better

Table Top Activity 2 Two key questions to debate as a locality What have you learnt from today and what are your next steps? How are you going to engage disabled children, young people, parents and carers?

Open Forum Questions for the Panel

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