Managing Children with Cerebral Palsy: more than a movement disorder
The course aims to provide a comprehensive, mu...
Managing Children with Cerebral Palsy: more than a movement disorder
The course aims to provide a comprehensive, multidisciplinary approach to the assessment and management of multiple aspects of cerebral palsy.
Dates: Monday 5 March and Tuesday 6 March 2012
Who should attend?
Paediatricians, speech and language therapists, occupational therapists and physiotherapists and other professionals working with children in local health or education settings. The course may also be of interest to parents.
The course will include:
Epidemiology, aetiology, investigation guidelines
Classification frameworks and practical problem lists
Common and less common co-morbidities
Approaches to postural management
Orthopaedic intervention
Cerebral imaging
Assessment of functional visual skills
Practical assessment approaches to communication and cognition
Developments in technology for children with limited access skills
Provisional programme
Monday 5 March 2012
9.00 - 9.30 Registration
9.30 - 10.15 Session 1 – Phenotypic and Functional Classification
14.45 - 15.30 Session 6 – Total Communication Systems (low-tech and hi-tech)
15.30 - 16.00 Refreshments
16.15 - 17.15 Session 7– Illustrative Case History
Stands displaying a range of assessment tools, orthoses and other tools to aid postural management, and posters containing material supplementing lecture topics will also be on display.
Organisations are invited to sponsor and exhibit at this event. For further information please contact Claire Lister, 020 7905 2232, claire.lister@ucl.ac.uk.
Fee
Standard fee: £180 Early Bird discount fee (book before 20 January): £160
Registration
Download a registration form and return by post to ICH Events, UCL Institute of Child Health, 30 Guilford Street, London WC1N 1EH or by fax to 020 7831 6902.
Terms and conditions
Please see our cancellations policy for details of terms and conditions and information on cancellations.
