About Dave Hewett

Date of Birth:: 08/03/1952
Place of Birth:: Harrow, London.

History & Education
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History & Education

1972: Commenced Certificate in Education, Wall Hall College, Aldenham, Watford, Herts.; Main course: English Literature. Education course orientated to Secondary English.; College voluntary work stimulated interest in pupils with special needs.
1976: Awarded Certificate in Education, University of East Anglia.
1976: Appointed teacher Scale 1, Watling View School (ESNS), St. Albans, Herts.
1979: Appointed teacher Scale 1, Haldens School, Welwyn Garden City, Herts.; Haldens School served Cell Barnes Hospital and virtually all of the school population were students offering challenging behaviour.
1981: Appointed Deputy Headteacher, Harperbury Hospital School Radlett, Herts.; Harperbury School was on the campus of Harperbury Hospital, and specialised in working with residents who are particularly challenging.
1983: Appointed Headteacher, Harperbury Hospital School.
1985: Commenced one-year full-time Advanced Diploma course at Cambridge Institute of Education; Special interests studied: Communication before speech, autism, challenging behaviour, pre-lingual deafness and its effects on behaviour, F.E. provision for people with severe and complex learning disabilties.
1986: First publication: 'Understanding Experience', Cambridge Institute of Education magazine.
1986: Returned to Harperbury Hospital School.
1987: First conference as speaker: 'Interactive Approaches to the Education of Children with Severe Learning Difficulties', Westhill College, Birmingham.
1987: First journal publication: 'Interaction as Curriculum', British Journal of Special Education.
1987: Enrolled at Cambridge Institute of Education to study for M.Phil.
1988: Upgraded M.Phil to study for Ph.D. on Intensive Interaction - towards a methodology for enhancing sociability and communication abilities in people with severe and complex and sever and profound learning difficulties.
1990: Left post at Harperbury Hospital School.
1990: Spoke on 'Intensive Interaction' at ISEC (with Melanie Nind) - International Special Education Congress, Cardiff.
1991 - Present day: I have been giving workshops, training, lectures and consultancy continuously all over Britain for four years. I am able to organise my time for writing and to continue my researches. I continue to develop my work on research and evaluation methodology. All of the consultancy and training I offer is in the area of communication, behaviour and challenging behaviour among people with learning disabilities, together with teamwork and management issues for staff working in this field.
1994: Publication of 'Access to Communication' (with Melanie Nind).; 'Access to Communication' 'highly commended' in Times Educational Supplement/NASEN Special Educational Needs book awards.
1994: Passed Ph.D. - The Cambridge Institute of Education/University of East Anglia
1996: Publication of 'Positive Approaches to Challenging Behaviour' (with John Harris).
1998: Publication of 'Interaction in Action' (with Melanie Nind).
1999: Publication of 'Challenging Behaviour Principles and Practices'.
2001: Publication of 'a Practical Guide to Intensive Interaction' (with Melanie Nind)
2005: Publication of 'Access to Communication (2nd edition)

Examples of courses:

Lecturing at Cambridge Institute of Education
Lecturing at University of Birmingham School of Education
All establishments for people with learning disabilities, Hertfordshire Social Services
All establishments for people with learning disabilities, Cumbria Social Services
All establishments for people with learning disabilities, Barnet Social Services
All establishments, the MacIntyre Trust.
All schools for pupils with severe learning disabilities, South Humberside.
All ward staff of Behaviourally Disturbed Unit, Leavesden Hospital.
BIMH Conference, Harlow,
All schools for pupils with severe learning disabilities, East Sussex.
All establishments for people with learning disabilities, Barking and Dagenham Social Services
All staff of establishments for people with learning disabilities, Humberside Social Services.
Halliwick College - courses on challenging behaviour for all staff
Courses on communication and challenging behaviour for staff of all schools for pupils with learning disabilities, Bromley Education Authority.
Courses for staff in health authority establishments in Greater Manchester courses for RNID
North Thames Health Authority Regional Secure Unit - courses for staff on 'Coping with Violence'
All schools for pupils with severe learning disabilities, Cambridgeshire Education Authority. consultancy in Special schools in Newcastle and Sunderland
All schools for pupils with severe learning difficulties, Cleveland.
Courses for all staff working with people with learning difficulties, Somerset Social Services
Courses for all staff working with people with learning difficulties, East Herts Regional College
Courses for Social Services Staff, Galway, Republic of Ireland 1999, 2001, 2002, 2005
Courses for Social Services and Health Authority Staff, Guernsey
Course for Speech and Language Therapists, University College London, 1999
Courses for staff of SLD schools in Belfast, 2001-05
Frequent courses for ICAN
Courses at Sunfield PDC, Clent
Courses at Queen's University, Belfast 2003, 2005
Courses for London University Institute of Education, 2003, 2004

Conferences:

1987: Speaker (with Melanie Nind) at a conference at Westhill College Birmingham: 'Interactive approaches to the Education of Children with Severe Learning Difficulties.'
1989: Conference National Portage Association
1989: BIMH conference Meldreth, Cambs
1993/1994: University of Northumbria at Newcastle,
1995: Keynote speaker Mencap conference Manchester
1995: Keynote speaker RNIB conference, Redhill
1995: SKILL Conference, Leeds
1995/1996: Special schools conference Merseyside Education Authority
1996: Keynote speaker Conference of National Special Interest Group of Occupational Therapists in Learning Disabilities, York
1996: Keynote speaker Conference on Communication for People with Learning Disabilities, Manchester Metropolitan University
1996: Keynote speaker, conference 'Children Who Challenge Us', Oxfordshire Early Years Service
1996: Keynote speaker ICAN conference
1996/1997: Speaker at Merseyside Special Schools conference
97/98/2000: Keynote speaker Birmingham University Summer School Conference
1999: Keynote speaker at Autism conference, Hester Adrian Research Centre, Manchester
2000: Keynote speaker ENB conference for nurses qualified in learning disability, Leicester
2001: Keynote speaker, Early Years Conference, London University Institute of Education
2002: Keynote speaker, autism conference Leicester
2004: ASSERT conference, Loughborough
2005: Keynote speaker BILD: GAP conference
2005: Keynote speaker Intensive Interaction Conference Leeds
2005: RETT Syndrome Association Conference
2005: International Early Intervention Conference (Sunfield PDC), Birmingham