St George Healthcare Group National Conference 2013
Only The Lonely:
Deafness and Autism / Learning Disability
Thursday 13 June 2013
Barnes Wallis Building, University of Manchester
www.stgeorgehealthcaregroup.co.uk
*Interpreters will be available throughout the event*
Accredited 6 CPD points pending local network approval
A Few Words from the Chair Dr Monteiro
This conference provides a unique opportunity to access the most up to date knowledge and information, provided by high quality presenters who are acknowledged experts in their respective fields. The complexities of unravelling the clinical and therapeutic conundrums of Deaf People on the Autistic Spectrum, is both challenging and requires a range of knowledge and skills that delegates will be able to understand. The Conference will benefit professionals in Mental Health Care, Developmental Psychology and Psychiatry, Psychiatry of LD, Mental Health and Deafness, Education, Social Work, Prison Services, those in the Criminal Justice System and Commissioners of Services.
PROGRAMME
8:30 – 9:20 Registration and Refreshments
9:20 – 9:25 Opening Remarks - Dr Brendan Monteiro, Medical Director, St George Healthcare Group 9:25 - 10:00 Twelve Steps to Revalidation
Dr J S Bamrah, Immediate Past Director of CPD, Royal College of Psychiatrists
10:00 - 10:40 Deafness, Autism and Learning Disability - An Overview - Dr Helen Miller, Consultant
Psychiatrist
10:40 – 11:20 Assessing the communication of Deaf individuals with Autistic Spectrum Disorder: 'Hard to reach - finding a place where we can meet and understand one another’
Kim Williams, Speech and Language Therapist 11:20 – 11:40 Refreshments
11:40 - 12:20 Adapting Interventions for Deaf People: Overcoming the challenges
Will Hough, Clinical Nurse Specialist, Alpha Hospital
Dr Catherine Smith, Forensic Psychologist, All Saints Hospital Oldham
12:20 – 12:30 Questions and Discussion
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch
13:30 – 14:00 Vulnerabilities, Inequalities and Parity
Professor Susan Bailey, President of Royal College of Psychiatrists
14:00 – 14:45 Mission Impossible? Accommodating the needs of vulnerable
Deaf people in the Criminal Justice System - Dr Sue O’Rourke, Clinical Forensic Psychologist 14:45 – 15:25 No need for a hands-on approach: challenging behaviour in Deaf patients
Dr Sally Austen, Clinical Psychologist 15:25 – 15:45 Refreshments
15:45 – 16:20 Meeting the needs of Deaf prisoners Dr Manjit Gahir, Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist 16:20 – 16:30 Closing Remarks Dr Brendan Monteiro
SPEAKER PROFILE
Dr Brendan Monteiro, Consultant Psychiatrist & Medical Director
St George Healthcare Group, Warrington
Brendan Monteiro is the Medical Director at St George Healthcare Group with 27 years’ experience working in Mental Health and Deafness. He led the development of mental health services for Deaf people in the NHS, including inpatient services at John Denmark Unit, Salford. He pioneered the development of forensic services for Deaf people, including Medium and Low Secure services at the Mayflower Hospital, Bury and All Saints Hospital, Oldham, part of the St George Healthcare Group. Brendan has published many peer review articles and has lectured nationally and internationally on various aspects of Mental Health and Deafness. He has been involved in organisations including the World Federation for the Deaf, British & European Society for Mental Health and Deafness and has been on consultation committees to the Department of Health for policy formulating documents including Sign of the Times (July 2002) and Towards Equity and Access (2005).
Dr J S Bamrah, Immediate Past Director of CPD
Royal College of Psychiatrists
Dr J S Bamrah is a Consultant Psychiatrist at Manchester Mental Health & Social Care Trust, and Honorary Senior Lecturer at the University of Manchester. He is the immediate past Director of CPD for the RCPsych, and has worked closely in several capacities at senior levels with the Royal College of Psychiatrists and the BMA over more than two decades. For the last two years he has worked with the GMC in trying to develop an understanding of why there are more GMC complaints and suspensions in BME doctors as well as a strategy on how to reduce these. He launched the website http://fairroutetorevalidation.nhs.uk/news/ as a member of the SHA’s Revalidation Committee which he thoroughly recommends.
Dr Helen Miller, Consultant Psychiatrist
Adult Deaf Services, London
Helen Miller is a Consultant Psychiatrist at the Adult Mental Health Deaf Service in London. She is the Chair of the Clinical Reference Group for Mental Health and Deafness. Helen is on the Learning Disability Executive for the Royal College of Psychiatrists and is the Director of Conferences at Royal College of Psychiatrists. She has extensive experience in Learning Disability and Autistic Spectrum Conditions.
Kim Williams, Speech and Language Therapist
Speech and Language Therapy Trust, Salford
Kim Williams Bsc (Hons) is a Principal Speech and Language therapist with over 24 years’ experience of working with people with disabilities in a variety of settings including NHS, social services and private practise. Kim specialises in the areas of: Mental health and Deafness, Learning Disabilities (including ASC - Autistic Spectrum Conditions and PIMD - Profound Intellectual and Multiple Disabilities) and dysphagia. She is committed to the use of Total Communication techniques and uses staff training coupled with assessment as the keys to the creation of specific environments which support change and communicative interactions for individuals.
Will Hough, Clinical Nurse
Alpha Hospital, Bury
Will Hough is a Clinical Nurse Specialist at Alpha Hospital, Bury and a Lecture Practitioner at the University of Salford. Will is a Registered Mental Health Nurse with a post graduate qualification in behavioural forensic psychology and considerable experience in the risk assessment and treatment for individuals who Sexually Offend; He has NVQ Level 4 British Sign Language and 15 years’ experience of working in Mental Health and Deafness. Will has vast experience in the adaptation of Therapy Approaches and Offender Treatment Programmes for Deaf people and individuals who have special communication needs.
Dr Catherine M Smith, Forensic Psychologist
All Saints Hospital, Deaf Services
Dr Smith studied at the University of Birmingham. She has extensive specialised experience in working with deaf people. Dr Smith’s interest in the field of forensic mental health and deafness started in 2005, when she worked as a support worker at John Denmark Unit and Alpha Hospital, during a gap year. The interest continued through her training. Dr Smith was offered a third year student placement at All Saints Hospital, St George Healthcare Group’s Deaf Service in 2008. Dr Smith took up the post of Forensic Psychologist for All Saints Hospital in 2010. Her interests are the adaptations of various treatment modalities and programmes for Deaf sign language users.
Professor Susan Bailey
President, Royal College of Psychiatrists
Professor Susan Bailey OBE, FRCPsych, FRSA, MBChB, is Consultant Child and Adolescent Forensic Psychiatrist in the Forensic Adolescent Consultation & Treatment Services (FACTS) at Greater Manchester West Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust. The focus of her clinical work and research has been assessing the needs and managing the risks presented by and to young people who enter the mental health, social care and youth justice systems nationally and internationally.
Other key focal areas include working with colleagues to develop best treatment interventions and pathways of care; putting human rights into practice as part of international groups; and, through the Royal College of Psychiatrists trying to shape Mental Health Policy to work in real partnership with users and carers. Prof Bailey was elected as President of the Royal College of Psychiatrists in February 2011, and took office in June 2011. She works closely with NGOs in the field of offending and mental health, and locally in Manchester as part of an International NGO. She is a Trustee of the Centre for Mental Health.
Dr Sue O’Rourke
Clinical Forensic Psychologist
Dr O’Rourke has worked as a Clinical Psychologist since 1989 specialising in Mental Health and Deafness initially in the NHS. Dr O’Rourke managed specialist Deaf services at Rampton High Secure Hospital working with Deaf offenders in conditions of maximum security. Upon leaving the NHS in 2004 to develop specialist services for Deaf offenders with mental health needs in the independent sector. Her doctoral research was Deaf people in the Criminal Justice System and she has many publications relating to Mental Health and Deafness and has presented at national and international conferences. Dr O’Rourke also has experience in working with Deaf and hearing people with Acquired Brain Injury, Learning Disability and Dementia.
Dr O’Rourke recently commenced work as an independent practitioner and continued to develop her BSL skills and is currently a registered trainee interpreter.
Dr Sally Austen
Clinical Psychologist
Sally Austen is a Consultant Clinical Psychologist who has worked with d/Deaf people for over eighteen years. Employed by Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health Trust and works at Denmark House, National Deaf Mental Health Service, Birmingham.
Dr Manjit Gahir
Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist
Dr Manjit Gahir is a Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist working in High Secure Deaf Services in Rampton Hospital and has been involved in research to identify the numbers and needs of Deaf people in prison. Dr Gahir has been instrumental in developing adapted treatment programmes for Deaf prisoners.
