Re: 1st Annual National Conference on Child Health

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Hi ChrisThanks for the feedback I think I may have met you at Telford. I was on the Netmums stand and spoke and chaired some sessions. I work as an online parent support HV. Many of our parents don't have English as a first language and use Google translate to access netmums. Google translate has 26 languages and is very simple to use. You get some strange phraselology using it but many seem to use it and get the gist of the information.I am so pleased you found the information about Netmums useful, it is an amazing resource and support for many.I agree with your comments about the conference and would like remind you about the Unite|CPHVA conference in Brighton in October the programme details are on the CPHVA websiteBest wishesMaggieSent from my BlackBerry® wireless deviceFrom: Wheeler <chriswheeler20@...>Sender: Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2011 11:33:44 -0700 (PDT) < >Reply Subject: 1st Annual National Conference on Child Health I would like to congratulate all who were involved in the organising of the Child Health Conference in Telford last week. As a student health visitor it was the first conference I had been to and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Also, it was great to put names to faces of senate members. I particularly enjoyed the 'nutrition in the first year' parallel session and it has given me lots of new ideas for promoting breastfeeding in a fun way as well as ideas for my next essay, so thank you!However, the value of netmums was the most important lesson I learnt and I realise now that it is a valuable resource for both parents and practitioners. I previously had no idea that free courses such as CBT were available online.The only concern that I am left with is - what is there for non-English speaking families? If parents are unable to speak or read English they are at a real disadvantage and yet numbers of government funded ESOL classes are being reduced. I find it particularly worrying that national domestic abuse helplines are only available in English.I have noticed that in some counties, children's centres have websites that translate into 56 languages, wouldn't it be great if a parent support website could offer something similar? Maybe this is something I should look into when I am qualified!I would be intersted if anyone has any views on this.Kind regardsChrisStudent Health Visitor