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Conference
Programme
Pre-Conference Sessions: 29th February 2012
Conference: 1st - 2nd March 2012
Venue: Clontarf Castle, Castle Avenue, Clontarf, Dublin 3
Day 1: Wednesday, Feb 29th 2012
8.15 - 9.00: REGISTRATION
COURSE ONE
COURSE TWO
COURSE THREE
9.00 - 17.00
9.00 - 17.00
9.00 - 17.00
LOCATION: Central
LOCATION: Clontarf Castle
LOCATION: Clontarf Castle
Remedial Clinic
Seating and Mobility
“A Helping Hand”
Gross Motor Function Measure
Interventions for People
A full day forum on current
and Functional Walk Test
with Cerebral Palsy
approaches to the upper limb in
Workshop
the person with Cerebral Palsy
18.00: Welcome reception for delegates and speakers - Central Remedial Clinic
Day 2: Thursday, March 1st 2012
8.15 - 8.45
REGISTRATION
Welcome (Dr Owen Hensey, Central Remedial Clinic, Dublin)
Epidemiology of Cerebral Palsy
Dr. Owen Hensey, Medical Director, Central Remedial Clinic, Dublin
Impact of Developments in Neonatal Care on Prevention of Cerebral Palsy in
Pre-term and Term Neonates
Prof. Eleanor Molloy, Consultant Neonatologist, National Maternity Hospital, Dublin
Diagnostic Considerations in Child with CP: Investigations & Differential Diagnosis
Prof. Mary King, Consultant Paediatric Neurologist, Children’s University Hospital, Dublin
COFFEE & EXHIBITION
MRI in CP & Neuroplasticity in the Developing and Damaged Brain
Prof. Ingeborg Kregeloh-Mann, Consultant Paediatric Neurologist, University Children’s
Hospital, Tubingen, Germany
Basic Principles of Cell-Based Therapy
Prof. Ali Fatemi, Consultant Paediatric Neurologist, Kenedy Krieger Institute, Baltimore,
Maryland, USA
DISCUSSION
LUNCH, POSTER VIEWING & EXHIBITION
Influencing the Child
From Psychological
Motor Speech Disorders.
with CP: Why Work on
Distress to Successful
Differential Diagnosis of
the Trunk?
Adaption - Supporting
Dyspraxia and Dysarthria
Families Through Key
Transitions
of Motor Speech Disorders,University of Newcastle- 15.00: Case Presentations
14.45: Case Presentations
CRC
COFFEE & EXHIBITION
Exploring the Evidence
An Overview of
Base for Therapeutic
Intervention in Motor
EXHIBITION & POSTERS OPEN
Interventions in Cerebral
Speech Disorders
Palsy
16.30: Case Presentations
Conference Gala Dinner, Clontarf Castle
Day 3: Friday, March 2nd 2012
8.15 - 8.45
REGISTRATION
PARALLEL SESSION ONE:
PARALLEL SESSION TWO:
MEDICAL AND ORTHOPAEDIC INTERVENTIONS
EATING, DRINKING AND SWALLOWING
DIFFICULTIES
9.00 Possible mechanisms for the
development of muscle deformity in CP
9.00 Vitamin D in Pregnancy, Infancy and
Beyond.
Scientist & Mr. Martin Gough, Consultant Ms Ana O’Reilly Marshall, Dietitian, University Orthopaedic Surgeon, Guy’s Hospital, London 9.45 Spasticity Management and Tone
9.45 Management of Eating, Drinking and
Reduction. Effect on Development of
Swallowing Difficulties in Neonates with
Orthopaedic Problems in CP.
evolving CP
Prof. Kerr Graham, Consultant Orthopaedic Dr Annie Aloysius, Specialist Speech and 10.30 Aetiology and Management of Pain in
10.30 Case Presentations
Children and Young Adults with CP.
Dr Dilini Rajapakse, Consultant in Palliative
Medicine, Great Ormond Street Hospital,
London UK.
11.00 - 11.30
COFFEE & EXHIBITION
11.30 Intrathecal Baclofen and Selective Dorsal
11.30 Managing the sensory-motor aspects of
Rhizotomy in Cerebral Palsy: Clinical
eating and drinking difficulties in
Issues and Outcomes.
children with Cerebral Palsy
Mr. Darach Crimmins, Consultant Paediatric Neurosurgeon, Children’s University Hospital, 12.15 Challenges in Managing Eating, Drinking
12.15 Transition to Adulthood: Planning for
and Swallowing Difficulties in Adults
the Future
with Congenital Disabilities
Dr Ruth Kent, Senior Lecturer in Neurological 13.00 - 14.00
LUNCH, POSTER VIEWING & EXHIBITION
14.00 Orthopaedic Management of Knee and
AUGMENTATIVE AND ALTERNATIVE COMMUNICATION
Foot in Cerebral Palsy: Principles, Clinical
Issues and Outcomes.
14.00 An Overview of the Use of Eye Gaze in
Dr. Tom Novachek, Consultant Orthopaedic AAC
Surgeon, Gillette Children’s Specialty Dr. Jenefer Sargent, Consultant Paediatrician, Ms Katie Price, Speech and Language Therapist, Great Ormond St. Hospital, 14.50 The Hip in Cerebral Palsy: Why
Surveillance is Better than Salvage
Prof. Kerr Graham, Consultant Orthopaedic
EXHIBITION & POSTERS OPEN
Surgeon, Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne.
15.20 - 15.40
COFFEE & EXHIBITION
15.40 Orthopaedic Management of Spine in
15.40 The Ipad as a tool in AAC
Cerebral Palsy: Principles, Clinical Issues
Belinda Davis, Assistive Technology Advisor & and Outcomes.
Fiona Walsh Speech and Language Therapist, Dr. Tony Herring, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children, Dallas, Texas, USA.
16.10 Integrating high tech & low tech systems
in AAC
16.20 Use of the Gait Laboratory to problem
Dr. Martine Smith Trinity College Dublin & solve in CP.
Muireann McCleary Clinical Specialist SLT CRC.
16.40 Cortical Visual Impairment and AAC
Alison Callinan Senior SLT and Occupational Therapy CRC

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