Conference programme
- May 18, 2012
- 8:30 am - 9:00 amRegistration and Coffee
- 9:00 am - 9:05 amProfessor Nick Petford "Welcome Address"
- 9:05 am - 9:10 amAndrea Leadsom introduces Rt.Hon. Iain Duncan Smith MP
- 9:10 am - 9:45 am Rt.Hon. Iain Duncan Smith MP
- 9:45 am - 10:30 amBaroness Susan Greenfield - "The Science, Neuroscience and Epigenetics"
- 10:30 am - 11:00 amMorning coffee and networking
- 11:00 am - 11:45 am Dr Michael Gailbraith – "Early Years Interventions...Why Bother"
- 11:45 am - 12:30 pmPanel Q & A Chaired by Andrea Leadsom MP
- 12:30 pm - 1:45 pmBuffet lunch, coffee and networking (sponsored by Danone Baby Nutrition)
- 1:45 pm - 2:30 pmDr. Amanda Jones –
- 2:30 pm - 3:15 pmCamila Batmanghelidjh –
- 3:30 pm - 4:15 pmAndrea Leadsom MP – "PIPs, The Way Forward?"
- 4:15 pm - 5:00 pm Panel Q & A Chaired by George Hosking
- May 18, 2012
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NorPIP Early Intervention Conference a Sell Out
The importance of infant attachment in relation to a happy and healthy later life is the focus of the Northamptonshire Parent Infant Partnership conference which has attracted a wave of interest across the childcare and family sector leading to a complete sell out. More than 500 people will attend on 18th May 2012.
Parent Infant Attachment: Why Two is Too Late
A child’s development within the first two years of its life is easy to witness – physically, the rapid rate of growth and the learning of new skills such as walking and talking are the corporeal embodiment of this development, but an infant’s mental development within the first two years of his or her life [...]
NorPIP Conference Speaker Iain Duncan Smith: Invest in Tackling Causes of Social Breakdown, not the Consequences
Iain Duncan Smith has said this week that £25billion is being spent on the consequences of social breakdown and just a “pittance” on tackling the causes. He will propose a switch in spending towards early intervention and has said the Department for Education is looking to form an Early Intervention Foundation which will be funded [...]
More Early Intervention Press Coverage
Early Intervention is certainly proving to be a popular media subject, as these recent media posts quoting Iain Duncan Smith, Graham Allen MP and other important figures show:
The Vital Importance of Early Years Intervention by Andrea Leadsom MP
‘Give me the child for his first seven years, and I’ll give you the man’ as the old Jesuit saying goes. We now have reason to believe that the Jesuits were considerably overestimating – and that the experiences of a newborn baby are literally hardwired into their brain by the age of two.
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