Tackling mobility challenges in children

Monday 1 October 2012

Venue: Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole Street, LONDON, W1G 0AE

Background
Children who are challenged in terms of their motor skills require mobility aids, which need to be appropriate to their disability. Inevitably they suffer socially due to their relative lack of being able to move about. Understanding the causes and the treatment options, as well as offering practical advice to parents affected, is very important. This conference aims to inform as to the causes and the treatment options, and promote an understanding of the management challenges.

Aims
To understand the causes of cerebral palsy.
To see where dyspraxia fits into the overall picture of motor disability.
To consider hysterical paralysis and its management.
To look at practical ways of improving the quality of lives of children with motor disability.

Learning outcomes
To understand the complexities of identifying, assessing, and treating children with motor disability.

Who should attend?
Consultant paediatricians, community paediatricians, physiotherapists, occupational therapists including sensory integration therapists, nurses working in centres for children with special needs, charities like Whizz-Kidz involved in service provision, teachers and the educational community.

*** Online registration has now closed. Places are still available and you can register on the door from 9am. Please note that we cannot guarantee lunch for those who register on the day ***