Training courses - Family Conferences

The charity's Family Conferences provide a relaxed and personal setting combining keynote sessions with small workshops to enable families to obtain practical and relevant information.

About our Family Conferences

Relaxed and personal

The charity can organise weekend conferences for families that are more relaxed and personal than attending a training day or conference day.

Keynotes and small-group sessions

The format includes one or two keynote sessions for everyone to attend and then a choice of small informal workshops on a range of specific topics.

The small workshops are planned to enable families to ask questions and to discuss the needs of their child within a small group of parents so that they obtain practical and relevant information.

Meeting families' needs in your local area

The Family Conferences can offer a range of sessions, depending on your local preferences, covering all aspects of development and education.

Expert training team

The charity's staff team includes psychologists and speech and language specialists with a wide range of experience – and experience of research, teaching and educational issues. Sometimes the charity will also involve other speakers who have expertise in working with children with Down syndrome and their families.

Typical content

To see the typical programme for one of the charity's Family Conferences, including possible keynotes and small-group workshops, click here...

Further information

We are able to offer Family Conferences at venues in the UK and overseas, depending on staff availability.

Please contact us if you are interested in working with the charity to provide a Family conference in your area and would like more details of the costs involved.