Registration, refreshments and exhibitions

Study visits and workshops (further information)

(Please select either one study visit or two workshops)

Study visits 1 (0900 – 1230)

1. Howden Hall Secure Services
2. Stenhouse Children and Family Centre
3. Cowgate Under 5’s Centre

Workshops session 1 (0930 – 1045)

1. Transitions
2. Getting it right for every child
3. Behaviour and Curriculum for Excellence

(Refreshments and exhibitions from 1045 – 1110)

Workshops session 2 (1110 – 1230)

1. Growing confidence
2. Multidisciplinary approach to learning disabilities
3. Partnership working in West Lothian

Lunch and exhibitions

Study visits and workshops

(Please select either one study visit or one workshop)

Study visits 2 (1315 – 1600)

1. Gate 55 Sighthill
2. Stenhouse Children and Family Centre
3. Play and outdoor learning

Workshops session 3 (1330 – 1500)

1. Transitions
2. Getting it right for every child
3. Behaviour and Curriculum for Excellence

Scotland's Children's Sector Forum

This meeting of the Forum is open to all Children in Scotland members and conference delegates. We will be joined by Cabinet Secretary for Culture and External Affairs, Fiona Hyslop MSP who will consider Scotland's role and relationships within Europe. The Forum will be chaired by Bronwen Cohen, Chief Executive, Children in Scotland.

Children in Scotland Annual General Meeting 2011

Children in Scotland members are invited to attend this year's AGM

Drinks reception and poster exhibition

Hosted by Lord Provost of City of Edinburgh Council, The Right Honourable George Grubb

Annual Conference dinner

With after dinner speaker Andrew Dixon, Chief Executive, Creative Scotland

Registration, refreshments and exhibitions

Welcome from the Chair

Sally McNair, Journalist and Broadcaster, BBC Scotland

Welcome from Children in Scotland

Bronwen Cohen, Chief Executive, Children in Scotland

The way forward for children's services in challenging times

Sue Bruce, Chief Executive, City of Edinburgh Council

Positive outcomes for children

Ian Davidson, Deputy Director, Local Government Division, Scottish Government

Raising, educating and caring for children in the future: the need for a new paradigm

Jesper Juul, Danish Author, Family Therapist and Curriculum Manager, Family-Lab International

Refreshments and exhibitions

Whole day, whole child: a round table discussion

Professor Kay Tidsall, Professor of Childhood Policy, Centre for Research on Families and Relationships

Karen Anderson, Director of Operations (Planning, Assurance and Reporting), Social Care and Social Work Improvement Scotland

This session will look at a holistic approach to children, and the services they need. Issues for discussion include:

• integration of childcare, schools and support services
• how schools can fulfil multiple agenda
• how integrated approaches can help to achieve these goals, and
• how families and communities are integrated into the approach that services take

Lunch and refreshments

Breakout sessions (please select one)

1. Integrated services for better outcome for all children
2. Workforce development issues in partnerships
3. Creating creative resources
4. Big ideas

Refreshments and exhibitions

1450 - 1535

Funding the future: a panel discussion

Gillian Tee, Director of Children and Families, City of Edinburgh Council (Chair)

Barbara Hurst, Director of Performance Audit, Audit Scotland

Ministerial address

Conference summary

Conference close