EPR Annual Conference 2011

Presentations & Workshops

 Day 1

Reintegration of Young People with Disabilities

Session 1

Reintegration of youngsters with mental health problems
Robert Anderson, Head of Unit Living Conditions and Quality of Life, Eurofound

Supporting youngsters in the transition from education to employment

Metka Teržan, Medical Doctor, Team Leader in vocational rehabilitation,
University Rehabilitation Institute of Slovenia

The role of families in rehabilitation of young people with disabilities
Gaetano Santonocito, Board Member of the Confederation of Family
Organisations in the European Union (COFACE) representing A.I.A.S.

The International Policy Framework
Jan Spooren, EPR Secretary General

Session 2 - Parallel Workshops

Workshop I.1: Rehabilitation programmes for children with specific disorders:
Establishing diurnal bladder control with individuals with mental /developmental
disabilities using the Response Restriction method.

Pieter Duker (PhD), Leader Scientific Research at the Seyshuizen, Pluryn

Workshop I.2: Employment of youngsters: Work-School

Bert Kersten, Manager,REA College Netherlands

Workshop I.3: Early intervention for children with intellectual disabilities

Aphrodite Korogiannaki, Psychologist, Scientific Advisor, and Vaia Arsenopoulou,
Speech Pathologist, Early Intervention Program, Theotokos Foundation

Workshop I.4: Emerging school drop-outs - how to handle it?

Nina Marijke Wang, Head of competence & resource center, and Jim Asphaug,
Project manager, Rehabil A/S, AVRE

 Day 2

The role of professionals in rehabilitation

Session 1 - Staff as a cornerstone for high quality rehabilitation services

The illusion of Quality Management and the role of staff in ensuring quality of social services

  Guus van Beek, EQUASS Key Expert

Enhancing the empowering qualities of professionals
Grete Kristiansen, Director of rehabilitation services, Durapart

Session 2 - Human resources management in rehabilitation services: Parallel Workshops

Workshop II.1: Upcoming changes in the EQUASS system 2012

Guus van Beek, EQUASS Key Expert

Workshop II.2: Measuring satisfaction of employees

Presentation 1: Quality of life at work
Jean-Claude Schrepfer, Quality and Risk Coordinator, CRM

Presentation 2: The measurement of employee satisfaction in Europe
Sandra Adriaansens, Marketing & Communications Expert, Adelante

Workshop II.3: New approaches to recruitment and the involvement of volunteers

Presentation 1: The Sinus milieus® – How recruitment has to react on new ways of Life
Frank Mühr, Human Resources Manager, JG-Gruppe

Presentation 2: Involving volunteers in the acceptance and the social rehabilitation of people with intellectual and related disabilities
Dimitrios Cheimariotis, Chief Executive Officer & Sociologist, Panagia Eleousa

Workshop II.4: Staff Supervision: Making a real difference in difficult times
Shaun Durkin, Training Manager, RehabCare

 Session 3: Well-being of staff

Our most important responsibilities: staff selection, retention and growth engagement

 Fred McFarlane, Professor Emeritus in Rehabilitation, San Diego State University

 EPR Innovation Prize

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Collette Ryan, Project Manager, RehabCare 

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