Parent & Professional Conferences

Four parent and professional conferences will be held in Croatia, Cyprus, the FYR of Macedonia and the United Kingdom – to share the teaching materials with and obtain feedback from wider groups of parents and professionals, as well as providing learning opportunities.

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 Click on a date below to reveal more information about each conference.

15th March 2017 - Conference for parents and professionals (Croatia)

EMPOWERING PARENTS OF CHILDREN WITH AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS

Local conference for parents and professionals: to raise awareness about the importance of parent education in autism, to share the work of the project and to share the expertise of the project partners with a wider audience.

Agenda (English / Croatian)

Welcome to the day
Dobro došli

by Žarka Klopotan and Jasmina Stošić

Parents of children with autism spectrum disorders in Croatia
Roditelji djece s poremećajem iz spektra autizma u Hrvatskoj

by Lidija Penko (English presentation)

ESIPP – what has happened so far?
ESIPP –što smo dosad napravili?

by David Preece (English presentation / Croatian presentation)

The Parent Autism Training Programme
Program edukacije za roditelje djece s poremećajem iz spektra autizma

by Ron Fortuna (English presentation / Croatian presentation)

Empowering Parents
Roditelji koji rade zajedno

by Julia Hardcastle (English presentation / Croatian presentation)

Managing sensory sensitivities
Senzorna osjetljivost

by Angela Winstanley (English presentation / Croatian presentation)

Understanding and managing challenging behavior
Nepoželjna ponašanja – razumijevanje i praktične strategije

by Angela Capper (English presentation / Croatian presentation)

28th June 2017 - Conference for parents and professionals (United Kingdom)

Parenting the Child with Autism

Local conference for parents and professionals: to raise awareness about the importance of parent education in autism, to share the work of the project and to share the expertise of the project partners with a wider audience.

Agenda (English)

Welcome to the day

by Julia HardCastle

Introducing the ESIPP project

by David Preece (English presentation)

Parent Voices from FYR Macedonia, Cyprus and Croatia

Hear from parents in the participating countries on how the training programmes are making a difference to their parenting and understanding of autism.

FYR of Macedonia (English presentation)

Cyprus (English presentation)

Croatia (English presentation)

Bobby and Alec are in the building!

by Debby Elley

Motor Coordination differences in children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)

by Meike Illing-Whitby of Thrive OT

1st November 2017 - Stakeholder Conference (FYR of Macedonia)

Help and support for parents of children with autistic spectrum of disorders / Помош и поддршка на родители на деца со аутистичен спектар на нарушувања

Stakeholder Conference

Local conference for parents and professionals: to raise awareness about the importance of parent education in autism, to share the work of the project and to share the expertise of the project partners with a wider audience.

Agenda (English / Macedonian)

Introduction to the conference and welcome
Вовед на конференцијата и добредојде

by Vladimir Trajkovski (English presentation / Macedonian presentation)

Perspective of Macedonian parents
Перспектива од страна на македонските родители

by Zoran Giev

The Equity and Social Inclusion through Positive Parenting (ESIPP) Project
Проектот Еднаквост и социјална инклузија преку позитивно родителство (ЕСИПР)

by David Preece (English presentation / Macedonian presentation / Twitter Periscope ENG)

Introduction to the Parent Education Programme
Позитивни пристапи – вовед во едукациската програма за родители

by Ron Fortuna (English presentationMacedonian presentation Twitter Periscope ENG)

Parents Working Together
Соработка помеѓу родителите

by Julia Hardcastle (English presentation / Macedonian presentation)

Managing sensory sensitivities in Autism
Примери за позитивни пристапи: Справување со сензорна чуствителност кај аутизмот

by Nefi Charalambous-Darden, Angela Winstanley and Jasmina Troshanska (English presentation / Macedonian presentation)

Understanding and managing challenging behavior
Примери за позитивни пристапи: Разбирање и справување со предизвикувачко однесување

by Angela Capper and Filip Jurtoski (English presentation / Macedonian presentation)

Impact of ESIPP programme on families
Влијане на ЕСИПР програмата врз семејствата

by

Jasmina Troshanska [MSSA] (English presentation / Macedonian presentation / YouTube)

Nefi Charalambous Darden [AASP] (English presentation)

Sanja Aguila Munoz [CZA] (English presentation / Macedonian presentation)

News and Media

Macedonian National Television held on 28 October

Macedonian National Television held on 3 November

150 PARTICIPANTS LEARN ABOUT POSITIVE APPROACHES TO AUTISM IN SKOPJE

21st March 2018 - Stakeholder Conference (Cyprus)

Stakeholder Conference

Local conference for parents and professionals: to raise awareness about the importance of parent education in autism, to share the work of the project and to share the expertise of the project partners with a wider audience.