Kai Smith, Harriet Tomaz-Carter-Merrills
Great Ormond Street Hospital, London, United Kingdom
Summary
In this presentation, you will hear a case study demonstrating how you can embed the Expressive Arts into your own teaching (without having to be a specialist) to improve engagement and holistic learning. These case studies focus on Music but you will receive practical pedagogical ideas that can be used across Expressive Arts teaching.
Presentation
Oral Presentation (20 mins)
Georgios Kotsikas, Chrysoula Deligiannidou, Georgios Katsimanis
Special High School with Special Lyceum Classes of the Child & Adolescent Psychiatric Clinic of General Hospital "Georgios Papanikolaou", Thessaloniki, Greece
Summary
Through photography, students with mental disorders can gain new coping mechanisms, improve focus, and develop better communication skills, all of which contribute to their mental and emotional well-being. Incorporating photography into educational and therapeutic interventions can be transformative for students who struggle with traditional methods of communication and learning.
Presentation
Oral Presentation (20 mins)
Ciera McCarthy, Tatyana Findlater
CCHS, london, United Kingdom
Summary
A look back and presentation of two people's experience of education, both living with two different conditions but with similar experiences and who now work within the hospital school sector, highlighting what has and has not changed, and how that impacts students with medical and mental health conditions.
Presentation
Oral Presentation (20 mins)
Jolan Belt-Kuntzel1, Marieke Schreurs-Zwart1, Eefje van Zoen-Belt2, Anne de Pagter1
1Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands. 2University of Applied Siences, Leiden, Netherlands
Summary
The hospital school of LUMC is, besides teaching, involved in multidisciplinary life cycle care for children with congenital heart diseases, pediatric stem cell transplant patients, and neonates who undergo high invasive treatment. Executive Function Skills (EFS) are often behind in these patients, so we monitor their EFS and advise schools and families in this regard.
Presentation
Oral Presentation (20 mins)
Margaret Flood1, Lisa Carey2,3
1Maynooth University, Kildare, Ireland. 2Kennedy Krieger Institute, Baltimore, MD, USA. 3Johns Hopkins university, Baltimore, MD, USA
Summary
This workshop will give an overview of HELP and the findings from Irish parent/carer surveys on their experiences with schools and perceptions of barriers to learning. It will then ask participants to engage with proposed activities and resources that the team hope to use in future parent and teacher workshops.
Presentation
Workshop (60 min)
Leah Chapman1, Michelle Curtin2
1Wake Forest School of Medicine, Department of Neurology/Division of Neuropsychology, Winston Salem, USA. 2Wake Forest School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics,, Winston Salem, USA
Summary
Traumatic brain injury is one major cause of long-term cognitive, behavioral, emotional, and social changes in children and adolescents. As patients leave the medical setting and return to school, unique considerations must be made for these changes to promote successful re-integration.
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Workshop (60 min)
Kathleen Horgan, Sandra Keehan, Olive Dillon
Children's Ark School, Limerick, Ireland
Summary
Chilli Challenges are a brilliant tool for hospital school teachers. This is a simple differentiation technique that allows pupils to select the activity they wish to complete appropriate to their own level of ability. This format of resourcing lessons allows for student voice and student choice, self-assessment, and is intrinsically motivating.
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Workshop (60 min)
Alison Scally, Stephen McDermott, Colleen Byrne, Vinny Byrne
Solas Hospital School, Dublin, Ireland
Summary
Discover how to create personalised comic book social stories to help young patients process their medical journeys while empowering them to support others. This hands-on workshop showcases practical examples and guides attendees through the creative process, equipping you with a unique tool for hospital education.
Presentation
Workshop (60 min)