Conference Presentations
Mark Barber, PhD
Special Educator
Consultant in Profound Learning Disability
and Severe Communication Impairment
Contact address: PO Box 2477, Melbourne 3001, Victoria
Email: drmarkbarber@hotmail.com
Recent conference papers (Australia & UK)
| May 2009 | AGOSCI National Conference Canberra Advanced Interactive Practice: what does it look like |
| AGOSCI National Conference Canberra To feel the power of communication you have to let go of control | |
| April 2009 | Arohanui & New Zealand Schools 3 day Intensive Interaction Conference Auckland Keynote Address Sustainable implementation of I.I. practice and evaluation |
| Nov 2008 | National Conference of Association for Scientific Study of Intellectual Disability [ASSID] Melbourne. Communicating with learners with complex intellectual disabilities |
| Sept 2008 | Penhurst PMLD Conference. Chipping Norton. UK Keynote Address Potholes on the road to intentional communication |
| NWTDT Conference on Communication with clients experiencing PMLD in Adult Services Manchester UK Keynote Address: Using Intensive Interaction with adults | |
| May 2008 | Inaugural Australasian Conference on Intensive Interaction Brisbane [Organiser] What does advanced practice involve? |
| March 2007 | AGOSCI National Conference: Melbourne, Vic, Professional reflection and ‘Self Evaluation Protocols’: " Developing communicative partner skills in Intensive Interaction” |
| Nov 2006 | Association for Scientific Study of Intellectual Disability [ASSID] New Zealand Wellington NZ, Keynote Address: Interaction for interactions sake; How much do practitioners unwittingly contribute to the problems that learners with profound intellectual disabilities experience when they try to communicate? Also; Workshop presentation |
| June 2006 | National Conference on Intensive Interaction: ‘Sustaining Innovation’ Leeds UK, Keynote Address: Using the Framework for Recognizing Progress in Intensive Interaction |
| March 2006 | Australian Federation of Special Education Administrators & Head Teachers, [AFSEA], National Conference, ‘Schools as Researchers’ Melbourne, Vic Address: The use of Intensive Interaction to promote communication with learners with severe-profound intellectual disability and autism |
| Oct 2005 | Arohanui Conference [W.Auckland, New Zealand]] Approaches to Profound Autism and I.D. Keynote Address; Promoting social interaction through Interactive Approaches to teaching |
| Sept 2005 | New Zealand Association of Special Education Headteachers National Conference (AFSEA) Keynote Address: Addressing the communicative needs of learners with severe profound intellectual disabilities |
| August 2005 | AGOSCI National Conference ‘Together we can’ Brisbane. Keynote Address: Promoting Sustainable Communicative Involvement with learners with severe/profound intellectual disability and ASD |
| June 2005 | National Conference on the Sustainability of Intensive Interaction LEEDS UK Keynote Address ‘Starting Anew’ …Lessons to be learned from an Australian Experience' |
| March 2005 | Hemisphere Conference Centre, Moorabbin, Victoria. Communicating with learners who experience Severe/Profound Intellectual Disabilities and ASD using Intensive Interaction Independently organised conference day for professionals from Special Education, DHS, Residential Services and Adult Day Services. |
| Oct 2004 | Hemisphere Conference Centre 'Theory to Practice: Helping people with Profound Intellectual and Multiple Disabilities to learn’ Independently organised Day-Seminar delivered to 30 participants from Educational, Residential and Health Service Providers for both children and adults |
| Sept 2004 | Education Queensland Training and Development Seminars [TADS], Brisbane presented three papers; Introduction to Intensive Interaction ; Intensive Interaction How to do it ; The use of Multi Sensory Environments |
| AFSEA [Australian Federation of Special Education Headteachers] National Conference, ‘Beyond Inclusion’ Brisbane presented paper ‘Inclusion and Learners with Profound Intellectual Disabilities; Geography or Values?’ | |
| Queensland Government Dept of Education Statewide Conference ‘This is our school our future’ Keynote speaker, delivering three presentations; Introduction to Intensive Interaction ; Intensive Interaction How to do it ; The use of Multi Sensory Environments | |
| Speech Pathologists and Occupational Therapists on Developmental Delay [SPOT on DD] 2004 Conference. Keynote Speaker; Day Seminar ‘Assisting people with profound intellectual disabilities to learn' | |
| May 2004 | Dept of Education and Training; Victoria [Southern Metro Region] Specialist Schools Twilight Forum [Guest Speaker] Presentation :Intensive Interaction in Educational Settings |
| July 2003 | Speech Pathologists & Occupational Therapists on Developmental Disability [SPOT on DD] ’Looking back, looking forwards’ National Conference [Keynote presentation] ‘Profound intellectual disability: Time for a change of perspective; Generic Error Modelling - theory to practice’ Sydney |
| March 2003 | National Conference Australian Group on Severe Communication Impairment [AGOSCI] ‘Something to say’, Sydney. Paper presented “Why do people with Profound and multiple learning disabilities have such trouble learning? |