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
Sept 2012 ASEPA Australian Special Education Principals Association; NationalConference Placing the student at the centre of the National Curriculum’
Aug 2012 Disability South Australia; ‘Promoting communication, supporting interaction and valuing people’
June 2012 Leap Frog Ability NSW ‘Using Intensive Interaction with people experiencing complex intellectual disabilities’
May 2012 Interchange Outer East Conference ‘Intensive Interaction ‘
Nov 2011 ASID Australian Society for Intellectual Disability National Conference ‘Using video technology to identify evidence of learning with people who experience complex intellectual disabilities’
Aug 2011 Special Education Leaders' and Teachers' Conference NSW SSP Principals' Network ‘Promoting communication or generating data?’
July 2010 ACTION for children, Penhurst School 2010, UK National Conference Key note;‘What we have learned about curriculum for people with high support needs’5 Ways Conference Yeovil, UK. Interactive Approaches Conference Key Note; Learning through conversations without words’
Oct 2010 Disability South Australia. ‘Walking forward together on common ground'
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?