The NAPEP Annual Course 2023 will be hosting an impressive line up of keynotes and speakers. As always our speakers are guaranteed to inspire and educate.
The full speaker programme will be available in due course.
Andy Smith
Andy works in Derby as the Strategic Director for People Services which encompasses the role of Director of Children’s Services (DCS) and Director of Adult Social Services (DASS), a role he’s held since 2016, although he was the DCS from 2015.
Andy is a qualified social worker and prior to moving to Derby in 2014 as the Director for Early Help and Children’s Safeguarding, worked in Leicester in a variety of roles for nearly 20 years. Between 2010-2017 Andy also worked as a local authority associate inspector with Ofsted which provided him with learning and experience on the previous SLAC and SIF frameworks.
Andy was previously chair of the ADCS Standards, Performance and Inspection Committee for two years prior to becoming Vice President of the association in April 2023.
As a former child in care who was adopted by his foster carers when aged 10, Andy always knew that he wanted to be a social worker from an early age and has always tried to use his previous lived and positive experiences of the care system and of social workers throughout his career.
'Creating a culture of inclusion: the challenges and the opportunities ahead'
Peter Kinderman
Peter is a professor of Clinical Psychology at the University of Liverpool, and an honorary Consultant Clinical Psychologist with Mersey Care NHS Trust.
His research interests are in the psychological processes which underpin psychotic experiences, psychological formulations and the interface between psychological theory and public policy. His work is collaborative with other disciplines, primarily psychiatry, with a variety of approaches.
Peter has been instrumental in developing theoretical models of paranoid thought and mania. These models have clarified the roles of self-regulatory process, involving the self-concept and causal attributions, in the maintenance of psychological problems. These models are widely cited in international research and form the basis of recognised therapeutic interventions.
Peter has also been a grant holder on several large multicentre randomised controlled trials of cognitive behavioural therapy for people experiencing psychosis. He is currently involved in several investigations of novel therapeutic developments.
Peter served as the president of the British Psychological Society from 2016-2017 and was twice elected chair of the Society’s Division of Clinical Psychology.
His most recent publications are:
Kinderman P (2014) A Prescription for Psychiatry: Why We Need a Whole New Approach to Mental Health and Wellbeing
Kinderman P (2014) New Laws of Psychology: Why Nature and Nurture Alone Can't Explain Human Behaviour. Constable & Robinson, London
Peter has recently launched a free, online, open-access course exploring our understanding of mental health and well-being. Click here for more information.
'A Manifesto for Mental Health'
Peter Kinderman, Professor of Clinical Psychology at the University of Liverpool, former President of the British Psychological Society, and author of ‘A Manifesto for Mental Health’, argues for radical change in how we think about mental health.
Peter points out that we are being harmed by our current pathologizing, bio-medical, approach and that we need wholesale change, not only in how we understand mental health problems but also in how we design and commission mental health services.
Peter rejects the ‘disease model’; which sees emotional distress merely as a symptom of biological illness, and instead argues that mental health problems are fundamentally social and psychological issues – the products of how we understand and respond to the world. Instead of thinking about diagnosing and treating 'abnormality', Peter argues we should replace ‘diagnoses’ with straightforward descriptions of our problems, and shift away from the use of medication towards psychological and social solutions.
Peter argues that we should, as a recent report to the United Nations General Assembly has made clear; “... abandon the predominant medical model that seeks to cure individuals by targeting ‘disorders’ [and] address the ‘power imbalance’ rather than ‘chemical imbalance’.”
This would mean addressing and preventing the root causes of distress, avoiding both diagnosis and the use of medication as much as possible, and instead a greater reliance on psychological formulation, systemic interventions and working with and within the education system... all of which demands political support.
Terence Bevington
Dr Terence Bevington is the founder and Director of Conexus Conflict Consultancy. He has created Conexus in order to extend and expand the reach of the work that he believes to be crucially important and highly fulfilling.
Terence’s solid practical grounding is balanced with a deep philosophical and theoretical understanding of the field of restorative approaches and conflict transformation. He is a true lifelong learner: having achieved Distinctions in three Master’s degrees, he has recently been awarded his PhD by the University of Cambridge.
Terence has a deep and critical interest in the question of evaluation, and he is in the process of developing innovative evaluation methodologies that can usefully and meaningfully capture the impacts of working restoratively in schools. Terence was a consultant evaluator for a Joseph Rowntree funded evaluation of a UK Peace Education programme, and he is lead evaluator for a community-based Family Group Conference programme.
Terence has contributed to the network of restorative practitioners by organising several conferences and professional development days in collaboration with fellow restorative colleagues. Terence has gained a respected reputation amongst his peers and clients. He is highly regarded for his sharp strategic thinking, his warm facilitation style and his robust methods of implementation and evaluation.
Terence has presented on his practice and his research at national and international conferences in the UK, Australia, Turkey, Colombia and Spain. He is a respected author with an emerging body of work including peer-reviewed academic journal articles, chapters in edited books and a book co-authored with his PhD supervisor
'Working Relationally and Restoratively with one another, with Children, Families and Schools: Everyday Practices
In this 90-minute session, Terence will engage us in a range of practical relational and restorative activities. We will have first-hand experience of these practices, which we can then apply in our everyday work with one another, as well as with children, families and schools.
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