| Mar 8th, 2010 (Mon) |
9:30 AM - 3:00 PM |
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PCV - County Event - Celebration & Consultation at Buckfastleigh
9.30-10.00 start - 3pm Lunch provided
Places need to be booked in advance through
Bryony Maycock 01237 459111 email: bryony@torridgecvs.org.uk or
Nicky Ruane 01392 201572 email: nicky@parentcarersvoice.org |
| Mar 15th, 2010 (Mon) |
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM |
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Parent Carers Voice (PCV) - Coffee & Chat morning at Kingsbridge
Coffee & chat morning organised by parents for parents, informal, open door.
10.00-11.30 Kingsbridge Children's Centre, Belle Cross Rd, Kingsbridge |
| Mar 16th, 2010 (Tue) |
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM |
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Living with ADHD Course
Parent course - places must be booked. Parent Partnership Service to attend this session. For more details call Debbie Wheeler on 01392 383080. |
| Mar 16th, 2010 (Tue) |
7:00 PM |
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Public discussion event - Non-invasive prenatal testing - a moral maze?
To be held at Exeter Central Library (Music Room)
Egenis, a research centre based at Exeter University, would like to invite people to join them at a public meeting in Exeter, a ?Moral Maze?-type discussion of the issues surrounding the development of non-invasive pre-natal genetic diagnosis (NIPD).
Recent advances mean that it is becoming possible to screen for a limited variety of genetic conditions through normal blood testing, avoiding the need for risky procedures such as amniocentesis. More expansive pre-natal tests, for example, testing for conditions like Down Syndrome, or pre-disposition to disease, are on the horizon. How much do members of the public know about these emerging testing procedures and what do they think? Are the tests viewed as a quicker and easier way to identify genetic disorders before birth, or the thin end of the wedge in a culture that desires 'perfect' babies? Will NIPD merely improve reproductive health care, or turn all pregnancies into a moral maze? Is NIPD a social good, or a social harm?
Speakers, or witnesses, will include: Dr Helen Wallace, director of GeneWatch UK, Jane Fisher, director of ARC (Antenatal Results and Choices), Dr Peter Turnpenny of the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital, Dr Susan Kelly and Dr Hannah Farrimond of Egenis and local parent Aaron Corr. The event will be chaired by Professor Regenia Gagnier of the University of Exeter.
The audience will be invited to contribute to the debate by questioning the witnesses and expressing their own views. The meeting is free and open to all. |
| Mar 22nd, 2010 (Mon) |
10:00 AM - 1:30 PM |
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PCV - Resolving Disagreements & Managing Meetings Training
Delivered by Devon Parent Partnership Service.
10am refreshments for a 10.30 start - 1.30pm lunch provided.
Places do need to be booked in advance through Helen Phillips 01803 863761 helen@parentcarersvoice.org |
| Mar 25th, 2010 (Thu) |
9:30 AM - 12:00 PM |
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PCV - Asteroids Autism
Talk by Sara Lyons. For more info contact Helen Phillips.
Event held at Red & Black Club, Tavistock AFC, Crowndale Rd, Tavistock PL19 8JR. 9.30 for 10am start - 12 noon followed by a buffet lunch. Places need to be booked in advance 01803 863761 e-mail: helen@parentcarersvoice |
| Mar 26th, 2010 (Fri) |
10:00 AM - 2:30 AM |
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Parent Carer Voice Dyspraxia Information Day
Occupational therapist presentation on dyspraxia followed by short session by Parent Partnership Service on getting the best from school. Held at Riverside Christian Conference Centre, Exeter. Lunch included. Places must be booked in advance on 01392 201572. |
| Mar 31st, 2010 (Wed) |
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM |
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Parent Carers' Voice Forum
Meeting for parents to discuss service provision and/or difficulties accessing the services for their children with special needs. Kings Centre, Honiton. For more details contact Nicky Ruane on 01392 201572 |
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