This workshop will run in two venues this Autumm. It will take place in Cork, Ireland on 30th September and 1st October and in Cardiff, Wales on 4th and 5th October.

As we are an educational body, all those attending our courses must be active members of the Network. Please ensure that you are registered with us and that your annual membership fee of £25 [or €35] is paid before you apply to attend a course.

If you are applying to Cardiff University for accreditation, you must complete the form and return it with your SI Network application form and course fees, to the SI Network postal address. This form must be completed prior to the course, and once you have been registered by them, you will receive the course handbook and student number from Cardiff University.

The date for the Annual Conference of the SI Network has been set for 18th September 2010.

The venue will be Haresfoot School, Chesham Road, Hertfordshire, Herts HP4 2SZ, England. This year we are delighted to welcome Prof Roseann C. Schaaf, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA Vice Chairman and Associate Professor, Thomas Jefferson University. She is leading pioneering research in autism intervention and the links between sensory processing, function and parasympathetic functioning.

The cost is £75 or €90 which includes a light lunch.

8.45 Registration

9.00 Key Note Speaker – Prof Roseann Schaaf, Sensory Integration and Autism

12.00 AGM of the SI Network followed by lunch

1.30 Feedback from R2K (Research Conference)

2.00 Teresa Tavosolli Sensory Processing and Autism

3.00 Case presentations by participants in SI Module 4

4.00 Close

As the SI Network has recently introduced SI 1 module for Adults - Mental Health and Learning Disabilities, this will now be reflected in the course and therapists who have attended either SI 1 Paeds, or SI 1 Diverse Populations can attend this course.

This course is accredited by Cardiff University with 20 M level credits on completion of one assignment of 3,500 words. Students will also be examined on their ability to administer the SIPT.

It is anticipated that there will be 200 hours of study, of which 60 will be contact hours and 140 will be self-directed study.

Cost of course: £1,000 [2009]
Please note that this course has been rescheduled and will not now take place in September 2010. Watch the website for the new date!

Cost of course £1000 [2009] Watch this space for the next available course as the July 2010 course is already fully booked and we may add further places!

Attention - Learning - Activities of Daily Living

Suitable for Teachers Parents Carers Health and Social Support Workers and Therapists.

The aims of the course are

1. to introduce an understanding of sensory processing

2. to discuss strategies that therapists trained in sensory integration may address when working with individuals with sensory processing difficulties, such as poor attention and focus, coordination difficulties and challenging behaviours.

3. to address the needs of those who are supporting the child or young adult with these difficulties, working alongside a suitably qualified therapist.