About the event

Our conference will highlight ideas for empowering deaf young people to take greater control of their lives and the support they receive. You’ll hear from deaf young people, expert leaders and practitioners, but you’ll spend most of the day learning participation techniques at our interactive workshops.

Who is the event for?
Who is the event for?

This conference is designed for all educational professionals working with deaf children and young people aged 10 to 25 years.

Why attend?
Why attend?

You’ll leave the event with enhanced skills and inspired by stories from deaf young people. Together we can help shape future practice in deaf young people’s participation in decision-making.

Event programme
Event programme

Our event programme will provide a unique opportunity to learn from industry experts and inspirational deaf young people.

Event Programme | 2023 Conference - Involve, Engage, Inspire

Our event programme will provide a unique opportunity to learn from industry experts and inspirational deaf young people.

Keynote speech: The small things professionals can do to embed participation
Keynote speech: The small things professionals can do to embed participation
Keynote speech: Building a culture of co-production
Keynote speech: Building a culture of co-production
Workshop: Building deaf young people's confidence for decision making
Workshop: Building deaf young people's confidence for decision making
Beyond the Books – Developing Self-Determination in Students who are Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Beyond the Books – Developing Self-Determination in Students who are Deaf and Hard of Hearing

Conference Presenters

Meet the speakers

Lynsey Hamilton

Director of the Council for Disabled Children

Lynsey Hamilton
Kelley George

Participation Manager, National Deaf Children’s Society

Kelley George
Gale Graves

Associate Professor in the Deaf Studies & Deaf Education

Gale Graves

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