Importance of building Self Esteem in children with severe speech and language impairment recognised.

The Self Esteem Advisory Service has been asked to give a keynote talk and workshop at the 7th Speech and Language Conference next year. An audience of up to 200 delegates will learn about the latest thinking and methods to build self esteem in the children they work and live with from psychologist and self esteem specialist, Elizabeth Morris, Director of the Self Esteem Advisory Service. The delegates are parents and professionals (language unit teachers, special needs teachers, SENCOs, mainstream teachers, psychologists, speech therapists, NNEBs and support workers). The conference will take place on June 15th 2002.

The new booklet on 20 Great Self Esteem Games complied by the Self esteem Advisory Service stimulated the interest of the conference organiser, Jill McMinn, ‘ Some of the games were familiar to me but others were new and I shall certainly be using them. The service, materials and ideas are, understandably, of great interest to myself and a range of colleagues in specialist and in mainstream settings.

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Editors Notes
The Self Esteem Advisory Service is run by Buckholdt Associates, an educational consultancy directed by psychologist Elizabeth Morris. The organisation is based in Gloucestershire and works with schools and parents throughout the UK. The director specialises in emotional intelligence and self esteem development.    She has worked in this field for the last twenty years and has run conflict mediation programmes and many building self esteem courses for schools, teachers, parents and children during this time. Her programmes are run in conjunction with the University of Bristol, ISIS and the Centre for British Teachers. She established and runs the national Self Esteem Advisory Service online and conducts research into the factors that increase self esteem in adults and children.
Self Esteem Advisory Service, Buckholdt House, The Street, Frampton on Severn. Glos.GL2 7ED
Tel: 01452 74 1106:     Fax: 01452 74 1520:     Email: elizabeth@selfesteemadvisoryservice.com