Welcome to Innovation in Education: What’s Next?, ELSA’s annual conference in education.
Please take a few moments to make yourself familiar with the procedure and terms below, and in the Cost and Registration Procedure page.
NEW THIS YEAR
The TDD Committee has introduced a signing-up system for all workshops.
Attendees registered for the conference are required to create a schedule by signing up for the sessions they would like to attend. Each session has a limited capacity so please make sure you sign up well ahead of time. Attendees who have NOT signed up for a session will not be allowed entry to that session unless there are places available.
Thank you for your understanding.
It is estimated that approximately 15 % of children within the school population have some form of diagnosed developmental delay, otherwise known as a Neurodevelopmental Disorder. The term Neurodevelopmental Disorder encompasses a large group of conditions including dyslexia, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD); Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD); Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) (formerly known as dyspraxia); and Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD). In addition, there are increasing concerns regarding children’s poor physical development and lack of readiness for school. This workshop explores the link between movement and learning including the potential impact of retaining primitive reflexes, and the Movement for Learning Project developed through Loughborough University. Movement for Learning provides compensatory movement experiences for young children during their first year at school with an optional programme for their second year. It is designed to be delivered to the whole class for 20 minutes a day. Those children who participated in the programme improved their physical development scores by 18 percentile points (as a cohort) whilst the comparison group made no progress at all. Participants will be able to register for this free programme via www.movementforlearningproject.co.uk