Loddon Training Conference 2025

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Positive Approaches to Enhance Quality of Life

Transform Your Understanding, Transform Lives

Join industry-leading experts, practitioners, and carers for two days of insightful sessions and interactive workshops focused on trauma-informed care and PROACT-SCIPr-UK® – Loddon Training’s renowned whole approach to behaviour support.

 

Date:

Thursday 9th & Friday 10th October 2025

Time:

9:00 AM – 4:30 PM (each day)

Venue

Hampshire Court Hotel, Basingstoke

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Why Attend?

Expert Knowledge: Learn cutting-edge, evidence-based strategies from renowned specialists, equipping you to better support individuals exhibiting challenging behaviours using the PROACT-SCIPr-UK® approach.

Real-Life Insights: Gain invaluable perspectives from those with lived experience, offering practical and impactful insights to inform your practice.

Professional Networking: Connect and collaborate with a diverse group of professionals, enhancing your network and fostering ongoing partnerships.

Immediate Application: Leave with actionable tools and strategies ready for immediate implementation within your organisation or home.

 

The Loddon Conference Aims

Building Resilience

Fostering resilience and reflective practices among practitioners

Trauma-Informed Strategies

Equipping attendees with effective approaches based on trauma awareness

Practical Coping Skills

Developing practical skills to improve quality of life for individuals with challenging behaviours

Positive Behavioural Support

Teaching techniques that promote positive behaviour change

Conference Objectives

Key Highlights:

Renowned Keynote Speakers:

Renowned Keynote Speakers: Dr Maggie Hoerger, Dr Nick Gore, Ros Blackburn (via video).

Interactive Workshops

Interactive Workshops: Engage in dynamic sessions to build resilience, reflective practices, and practical coping strategies aligned with PROACT-SCIPr-UK®.

Annual Awards Dinner

Celebrate innovation and excellence in practice with the Marion Cornick Award, Instructor of the Year, and Best Practice Award.

Who Should Attend:

Educators and Special Education Professionals

Teachers, teaching assistants, and specialists working with individuals with complex needs

Healthcare Providers

Nurses, Psychologists, Therapists and other medical professionals supporting individuals with behavioural challenges

Social Care Workers and Carers

Professionals providing direct support and care in community settings

Parents and Foster Carers

Family members supporting loved ones with complex behavioural needs

Local Authority Representatives

Officials involved in policy development and implementation for vulnerable populations

PROACT-SCIPr-UK® Certified Instructors

CPD Accredited professionals seeking to maintain and enhance their qualifications

"Being part of the Loddon community feels like having a strong network of support. Their ongoing support and annual updates, including the networking group, mean we're always in touch with others in the field, ready to share advice and feel confident in our approach. It truly feels like our 'Loddon family'."
The Loddon Training Conference
SophieKind Tailored Care
"Brilliant and truly impactful! Loddon Training provides us with the knowledge and support needed to make a real difference. Their practical, whole approach has significantly enhanced our practices, leading to positive outcomes. We highly recommend their services."
The Loddon Training Conference
LynneSeashell Trust
Consistently informative and invaluable for networking. The Loddon Training events are always well-organized, providing a fantastic opportunity to connect with like-minded professionals and learn from a wide range of knowledgeable and insightful speakers. We find it incredibly valuable every year!"

Conference Programme

Thursday 15th October 2024

9.30am – 4.30pm

Friday 16th October 2024

9.30am – 3.15pm

Time
Event
9.30am
Registration & Coffee
9.40am
Janet Bromley, Director – Loddon Training
Welcome & Setting the Scene
10.00am
Iris Benson MBE HSJ Patient Leader, AHP Lived Experience Advanced Practitioner in Quality & Improvement.
The importance of listening, co-production and facilitating capable environments
11.00am
Refreshment Break
11.15am
Lynne Thompson BSc (Hons) Behaviour Analysis and Intervention, Behaviour Management coordinator at Seashell Trust
Capable environment – A journey through school from high incidents of behaviour of concern and restrictive practice to the reduction of behaviour of concern and Physical intervention
12.15pm
Mr Andy Reddy, MSc, MA, NPQSL, SENCo, PGCE
A Parent’s perspective on navigating the education system with a child with SEND
1.15pm
Lunch
2.15pm
Workshops

1 – Helen Wood, Head of Staff Professional Development/Senior Mental Health Lead and Lee Jackson, Senior Specialist Trainer – Loddon Foundation
“A practical approach to mindfulness – why having present and aware employees is critical to delivering effective capable environments”
2 –Sam Corbett BCBA Senior PBS Clinician PBS4
An individual’s perspective on support
3 – Laura Watts, Registered Manager and Autism Advocate – Kind Tailored Care.
My life, our journey!
4 –Luke Smith PBS Practitioner, Midway Care Group
The importance of Compassionate Leadership / Practice Leadership to support restraint reduction
3.15pm
Break
3.30pm
Workshops – As above
4.00pm
Close
Time
Event
9.30am
Registration & Coffee
9.45am
Linda Hume, RNLD. PgCert, FHEA, MSc.
Enabling Capable Environments.
10.45am
Refreshment Break
11.00am
Emma Burtenshaw, BCBA
Capable Environments as an intervention for colleague well-being
12.00pm
Lunch
12.45pm
Joe White – Deputy Principal, Meadowfield School
The School of Joy Approach.
1.45pm
Mr Roy Deveau, Honorary Research Fellow, Tizard Centre University of Kent. RMN, RN, RHV, BA, MSc, MA
Capable environments need practice leadership?
2.45pm
Closing Remarks
3.15pm
Finish

Programme content may be subject to change

Ticket Options

Option 1

Day One
Conference
£221.37
£ 206
24
Early Bird Price until 31st of July
  • Thursday 05th of October

Option 2

Day Two
Conference
£221.37
£ 206
24
Early Bird Price until 31st of July
  • Friday 06th of October

Option 3

Dinner & Awards Ceremony
£ 41
95
  • The evening of Thursday 05th of October

Option 4

Full
Residential
£567.69
£ 537
42
Early Bird Price until 31st of July
  • Two Day Conference, Dinner & Awards
  • Ceremony of the evening of 13th
  • Overnight accommodation for the 05th
  • Breakfast for the 06th

Frequently Asked Question

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The Green Quarter takes place on Sunday 18th May in The Entertainment Quarter, 122 Lang Rd, Moore Park, NSW 2021.

Everyone’s welcome. The festival is a family fun day celebrating Irish culture and heritage but you don’t have to be Irish to attend or enjoy the festival.

Unless stated explicitly in the event information, the Secretariat do not cover transport costs to and from events. It is your responsibility to arrange transport to and from the event. However, the Secretariat will provide specific information, if necessary, to those attending.

This is a free community funded event; there will be buckets at the park entrance for you to have the opportunity to make a gold coin donation.

To allocate tickets and manage our events we use Eventbrite. To reserve a ticket for an event, you must first register with Eventbrite. When you sign up please make sure that you use the same name and email address that we have on file for you. After you have registered with Eventbrite you will be able to save an event for future reference.

We do not provide details of other attendees to scholars. Please use the Facebook group to enquire about others going and to arrange transport or accommodation.

Find The Conference on the Map

The Hampshire Court Hotel

Centre Dr, Chineham, Basingstoke

RG24 8FY

PROACT-SCIPr-UK®

Award Nomination Form

Nominate someone for an award below...

2025 Instructor of the Year Award

This award acknowledges the important role of a PROACT-SCIPr-UK® Instructor within an organisation.
The PROACT-SCIPr-UK® Instructor is key to the successful implementation of the PROACT-SCIPr-UK® approach and the provision of positive individualised support.

2025 Marion Cornick Award for Innovative Practice

This award acknowledges the important role of a PROACT-SCIPr-UK® Instructor within an organisation.
The PROACT-SCIPr-UK® Instructor is key to the successful implementation of the PROACT-SCIPr-UK® approach and the provision of positive individualised support.

2025 Best Practice Award

We are looking for an individual or a team that has offered exceptional support and encouragement to an individual or individuals supported by their organisation within the past year by utilising a whole approach to make a difference for them and enabling them to live a fulfilling life.

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*All awards will be judged by a multi-disciplinary panel*

Closing date for award nominations 8th September 2025

 

PROACT-SCIPr-UK®

Award Nomination Form

Nominate someone for an award below...

*All awards will be judged by a multi-disciplinary panel*

Closing date for award nominations 8th September 2022

2022 Instructor of the Year Award This award acknowledges the important role of a PROACT-SCIPr-UK® Instructor within an organisation. The PROACT-SCIPr-UK® Instructor is key to the successful implementation of the PROACT-SCIPr-UK® approach and the provision of positive individualised support.
2022 Marion Cornick Award for Innovative Practice This award recognises innovative approaches to the implementation of PROACT-SCIPr-UK®  pushing the boundaries to achieve positive outcomes.
2022 Best Practice Award We are looking for an individual or a team that has offered exceptional support and encouragement to an individual or individuals supported by their organisation within the past year by utilising a whole approach to make a difference for them and enabling them to live a fulfilling life.