AI for Paediatric Allied Healthcare Professionals 2027
A practical one-day online conference for paediatric AHPs. Learn to use AI confidently and safely in your work, save time on the parts that eat into your day, and improve the quality of care your patients get.
Early bird £90 until 30 November · then £125
The day at a glance
All the information you need about joining us on the day.
Tickets & dates
Early-bird tickets are on sale now. Book before 30 November to save £35 on your place.
Every ticket includes live access on the day plus three months of replay for all sessions.
Is this conference for you?
Built for paediatric AHPs, by paediatric AHPs. Wherever you sit in paediatrics, this day is for you. We've built it around the caseloads, the paperwork and the families you actually work with. If you want to learn how to use AI confidently and safely in your work, save time, and improve the quality of care your patients get, this day is for you.
What we'll explore
Every session is built around something you can use on Monday morning: real examples of AI in everyday paediatric practice, not theory. The day is built around themes like these:
AI in everyday practice
Workflows, toolkits and simple ways to weave AI into how you already work.
Documentation & reports
Where AI genuinely saves time on assessment write-ups and paperwork.
AI in the therapy room
What it can and can't do to support your sessions and planning.
Safety, governance & bias
Data privacy, patient confidentiality and protecting yourself and your families.
Research & the evidence
Using AI to keep up with the literature without losing your critical eye.
AI & neurodivergent children
Using AI thoughtfully for children who experience the world differently.
The programme
Thursday 11 February 2027, 9:00 – 16:00 (UK time). Each 40-minute session is a 30-minute talk followed by 10 minutes of live Q&A.
Welcome to the day
Chelsea & Savannah, Little Beginnings Hub
What does it mean to be an AI-literate AHP today?
Rachel Barton
Protecting Yourself and Your Patients: AI Safety, Bias and Governance
Ana Buckley
Break
Assessment and Reports: What AI Can and Can’t Do
Cathy Harris
Beyond the Report: Using AI to Support Therapy Goals, Intervention Planning and Outcomes
Georgie Leeson
Lunch
Measuring What Matters: Can AI Track Real Progress?
Speaker to be confirmed
AI and Neurodivergent Children: Getting the Nuance Right
Speaker to be confirmed
Break
Research and AI: Using AI to Navigate the Evidence Base
Speaker to be confirmed
Closing session
Chelsea & Savannah, Little Beginnings Hub
Sessions marked ‘proposed topic’ are awaiting speaker confirmation, so titles may change slightly as we finalise the day.
Who you'll learn from
Experienced clinicians who are already using AI thoughtfully in paediatric practice, and who'll be honest about where it helps and where it doesn't. We're delighted to open the day with our keynote speaker, followed by our confirmed session speakers.
What does it mean to be an AI-literate AHP today?
(It's more than knowing how to use the tools.)
AI literacy is becoming an increasingly important part of professional practice for AHPs. In this keynote, Rachel explores how her own understanding of AI literacy has changed as she has used, taught and learned more about generative AI, looking beyond how the technology works and what it can do, to some of the harder questions emerging for AHPs.
How do we decide when we can trust what AI produces? What effect might it have on our thinking, learning and professional skills? Does something that saves us time actually work well for the person receiving it? What do we need to think about when it comes to bias, language, disability, inequality and the human relationships at the centre of our work?
Rachel will encourage you to think about AI literacy not as a checklist of skills, but as an ongoing ability to question, judge and make thoughtful decisions about when, where and how AI belongs in practice.
About Rachel
Rachel is a Speech and Language Therapist with over 30 years' clinical experience, including 22 years in the NHS and nine years running an independent practice supporting children, families and schools. She was one of the first clinicians internationally to specialise in the responsible use of generative AI in speech and language therapy, and since 2024 has delivered more than 100 AI sessions for NHS services, universities and professional bodies.
She is the creator of the SERVE Prompt Framework and the Pledge for Responsible Generative AI Use in SLT, and cofounder of SAIL Global, an international network of SLTs championing safe AI. Rachel is a member of the RCSLT AI Advisory Group, the IALP AI Task Force and the AI for AHPs committee, and winner of the 2026 ASLTIP Sarah Buckley Award for Innovation.
Calm, practical and accessible, Rachel helps clinicians cut through the hype and fear to use AI well, safely and for good in their everyday work.
Ana Buckley
Protecting Yourself and Your Patients: AI Safety, Bias and Governance
Full bio coming soon.
Cathy Harris
Assessment and Reports: What AI Can and Can’t Do
Full bio coming soon.
Georgie Leeson
Beyond the Report: Using AI to Support Therapy Goals, Intervention Planning and Outcomes
Full bio coming soon.
More speakers to be announced. Join the mailing list below to hear first.
Why we built this
AI is already changing how paediatric clinicians work, but most of us have had to figure it out alone, with no clear guidance on what actually helps, what to be careful of, and how to keep the children and families we work with safe.
We're Chelsea and Savannah, Speech & Language Therapists and co-founders of Little Beginnings Hub. We built this conference to give paediatric AHPs an honest, practical day: not hype, and not fear, but real examples, real safeguards, and real time-savings you can take straight back to your caseload.
“Practical, safe, and genuinely useful: the day we wish we'd had ourselves.”
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Questions you might have
When do tickets go on sale, and how much are they?
Early-bird tickets are on sale now at £90 until 30 November 2026. Book yours here. From 1 December, standard tickets are £125. Groups of five or more pay £80 per place until 30 November, then £100 per place: email us to book your team.
Who is the keynote speaker?
We're opening the day with Rachel Barton, a Speech and Language Therapist with over 30 years' experience and one of the first clinicians internationally to specialise in the responsible use of generative AI in SLT. Her keynote asks What does it mean to be an AI-literate AHP today? Read more about Rachel and her talk ↑
Is it online, and will it be recorded?
Yes, it's a fully online conference you can join from anywhere on 11 February 2027. Every session is recorded, and all ticket holders keep access to the replays for three months afterwards.
Who is the conference for?
Paediatric allied health professionals of every discipline (speech & language therapists, occupational therapists, physiotherapists, dietitians and beyond) as well as students and newly qualified clinicians. Whether you're just curious about AI or already using it, you'll leave with practical, safe ways to use it in paediatric practice.
Is it suitable for CPD?
Yes. The day is designed as continuing professional development for paediatric AHPs, with practical, take-away learning you can apply straight away, plus recordings to revisit for reflective CPD.
I'd love to speak or sponsor? How do I get in touch?
We'd love to hear from you. Email [email protected] and tell us a little about yourself or your organisation, and we'll take it from there.
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Early-bird tickets are £90 until 30 November, then £125. Book now to secure your place, with three months of replay included.
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