Talk To Your Baby 2010 Conference report: Smile, Talk and Listen: doing our best for babies
On 18 October 2010 Talk To Your Baby held the Smile, Talk and Listen: doing our best for babies conference at Church House in London. The conference was attended by over 250 delegates and featured presentations about the importance of touch, what goes on in baby rooms and how local authorities are approaching strategic work around early communication.
The day's programme included:
- Jean Gross, Communication Champion, who presented Getting Ready for the National Year
- Liz Attenborough, Manager, Talk To Your Baby, who presented Face to Face findings: messages to new parents
- Sylvia Baddeley, Bonding and Attachment Specialist Midwife/Child Development Consultant, who presented Have we lost touch?
- Julia Manning-Morton, London Metropolitan University, who presented How are you? Concepts of wellbeing in early childhood
- Kathy Goouch, Senior Lecturer in Education, Canterbury Christ Church University, who presented The Baby Room Project
- Angela Sugden, Early Learning Manager, Kirklees, who presented The Child’s Journey
- Mary Campbell, Improving Outcomes Support Officer and Janet Harrison, Speech and Language Therapy Manager, Children’s Community Health Service, Leicester, who presented Talk (Still) Matters
- Samantha Chapman, Lead Early Years Adviser for Learning and Development, who presented Devon’s Talking Tale
- Catherine Ellison, Partners in Literacy Coordinator, Sheffield and Lucy Kitchener, Partners in Literacy Coordinator, Wiltshire who presented, Partners in Literacy
The conference report summarises the presentations of the speakers and includes speaker biographies.
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