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WELCOME TO
THE NAHHT WEBSITE
Latest News
and Updates ...
Conference
2010
We are pleased to annouce that our Conference and Study Day will be
held on
Friday 15th October 2010
There will be Keynote speeches from:
Andrew Redpath (Ofsted)
Roy
Leighton (Independent Thinking)
To find out more and book your place, please go to the Conference Page
"Challenging the Gap" Conference July 2010
On the OFSTED page, we have
added a copy of the presentation given by Christine Gilbert,
the Head of Ofsted, about what makes an outstanding PRU. Good to note
that there is a movement away from attainment and one towards
acheivement - hope for us yet!
OFSTED Documents and Links
LAHHT
Study Day Evaluation
- The feedback from the LAHHT Study Day on 26th March 2010 is now
available.
Just follow this link to News
from the Areas - London
WELLBEING
Newsletter Issue 5 - "87 ways to cope with stress
..." click
here
New
Committee Member - Welcome to Julie Overend
Plus a few updates to our profiles - click here to see who does what!
New
Cognitive Behavioural Product for children and young people
Read
all about Animal Agentz below
Do you
know about the Home Access Programme?
This was recently launched by the Government for children in
years 3 – 9?
Check out the article in the resources
area to see if any children you work with are entitled to
free laptops and broadband access.
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NAHHT
(National Asociation of
Hospital and Home Teaching) is a professional association for teachers
and staff in the UK who work with children and young people whose
medical needs
prevent them from attending school.
Our Members benefit
from reduced rates at conferences and contact with fellow
members across the country.
The NAHHT web
site
gives 24 hour access to news, support and documentation. We
work in a wide range of settings for different types of line
management, and may not always hear about the latest
information about
educational research, new government initiatives and national
strategies. This site will help to make sure all members have
access to this information and guidance.
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You
will have noticed our change of title – as voted in at our AGM in July,
membership of the association is now open to support staff who work
with children with medical needs. This is to reflect the professional
and valuable work they also undertake. As a consequence, the new name
of the association is:
THE
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF HOSPITAL AND HOME TEACHING
The new membership form and constitution is
now available on the
website and please pass on the information to
other colleagues working within your school or service.
PLEA – is there anyone within the association
who would be interested in being our representative on the Hospital
Play Staff Education Trust? We did previously have someone but she has
recently retired and we have since failed to fill the vacancy. Most of
the meetings are held in London.
If you would like further information, please contact Chris
Seymour.
New
Cognitive Behavioural Product
for children and young people
With the help of Animal Agentz, a visit to the doctor, dentist or
hospital becomes a far less daunting and frightening experience.
Animal Agentz can even help with the day-to-day stresses of school,
such as exam nerves, bullying, social anxiety and poor concentration.
How it works: Children do not understand ‘how’ to relax on demand, but
through playing with the Animal Agentz, they learn such techniques and
can repeat them in stressful situations. Your child will remember the
actions and behaviours of Bubbles the fish, Yo-Yo the cat and the
other Animal Agentz and use them when they need to remain calm.
As one mum said “If you say to a child relax it means nothing to them
but if you let your child play with the Animal Agentz “fish”
(breathing skills) and then say to the child what did the fish do?
Then I found him acting out the fish and becoming relaxed”
We have received tremendous support from the medical profession to
include Dr Chris Steele MBE a well known TV personality from ITV's
Morning Show, Professor Winston and Professor Lord Darzi who received a
personal demonstration.
For more details, contact m@animalagentz.com
and m@drjones.org
Or check it out at our conference
on 15th October 2010 in Milton Keynes
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Continuing
Professional Development
In most authorities, CPD is taking a bit of a back seat due to budget
cuts. If you or any of your staff would like to visit other services or
school, please get in touch with any of the committee members. We would
welcome visits and know from our own experience that these are very
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Conference & Study Day
2009
Copies of the presentations and a
summary of our 2009 conference are available to read and
download on our Conference
page.
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The
HOPE (Hospital Organisation of
Pedagogues in Europe) website has had a makeover. HOPE is an
international NGO which brings together teachers working with Children
and young people with medical needs all over Europe. |
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