TYMES TRUST ALERT 30th October 2008 Jane Colby Executive Director The Young ME Sufferers Trust www.tymestrust.org ====== To subscribe to or unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit www.tymestrust.org. To respond to an Alert use our website Contact form. ====== 'AT HOME WITH THE TRUST': WATCH THE RECORDING A VIRTUAL PRESENTATION WITH QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ====== You can now watch this year's virtual 'At Home With The Trust'. The recording is at: http://www.nisai.com/events/at-home-with-the-trust The At Home was held to celebrate the Trust's birthday this summer. It was hosted by the Nisai Virtual Academy. After a short, illustrated presentation from Jane Colby, there follows a question and answer session, in which those taking part were free to raise any ME-related issues. The event was designed for Trust members, their families and other interested people. PAST AND FUTURE WEB SEMINARS Jane has run training days for teachers, some organised by the Trust in conjunction with ASPECT (formerly the National Association of Educational Inspectors Advisers and Consultants, of which she is a member) and some organised by Local Education Authorities at which she has been guest trainer. In 2007, she ran her first virtual seminar for a group of education professionals in Welsh schools. Some other areas also joined in. In one school, around 30 staff took part including teachers, the local Educational Psychologist, the Education Welfare Officer and the Special Educational Needs Co-Ordinator (SENCO). They watched the seminar together on a large screen. We were afterwards told that following the seminar, most stayed on for more discussion on the issues raised. Because these events are interactive, people can ask questions about issues that affect them in particular. Feedback has been good. Jane would be delighted to involve teachers and schools in a future virtual seminar for education professionals. Please contact the Trust if you would like invitations sent to education professionals whom you know, once the plans are complete. If you are signed up for the Trust's Alerts you will automatically be notified yourself. Anyone is welcome to join in the seminars. ====== DO YOU KNOW ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO RECEIVE OUR ALERTS? ====== You are welcome to redistribute or reprint this email without seeking our permission provided: 1) you do not abbreviate, add to, or change the text in any way; 2) the authorship information is retained; and 3) www.tymestrust.org is credited as the source. Jane Colby is Executive Director of The Young ME Sufferers Trust. She was a Headteacher for nine years, a member of the government Chief Medical Officer's Working Group on CFS/ME and co-authored ME/CFS In UK Schools, the largest epidemiological study of ME to date. She is a member of the National Association of Educational Inspectors, Advisers and Consultants (now ASPECT), a life member of the National Association of Head Teachers and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. Copyright (c) 2008 The Young ME Sufferers Trust