SEDIG CARERS CONFERENCE

SCOTTISH EATING DISORDERS INTEREST GROUP (SC045001) is holding its annual Carers' Conference on Saturday 4th March 2017 at the Eric Liddell Centre at Holy Corner, 15 Morningside Rd, Morningside, Edinburgh EH10 4DP.

Programme:

9.30 - REGISTRATION – Tea and Coffee

10 am - Welcome & Introductions, Fiona Duffy, SEDIG Chair

10.15 -  Carers Rights/Issues, Kathleen Taylor, Mental Welfare Commission

11 am - Winston Churchill Funded Research Trip to USA and Canada, Sara Preston,   

             Senior Young Person’s Officer (Scotland), BEAT

11.30 - Introduction to Motivational Interviewing

            Gill Todd, RMN, MSc, Clinical Trainer and Supervisor in Eating Disorders

12.30 – Q & A Panel

13.00 – Lunch

13.45 – Workshop with Gill Todd

15.30 – Closing Discussion

16.00 – Close

Please note this conference is open to Carers’ in the first instance.  Professionals who wish to attend will be put on a waiting list and in the event there are free places then they MAY be allocated one.

Cost to attend - £30 but if 2 people from the same family wish to attend then the cost will be £50 for both. 

Booking is available at www.sedig.org, or email nhsg.sedig@nhs.net for further details or to be sent a booking form.