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EACD 2017 Opening Ceremony
Jules Becher, Giovanni Cioni, Mira Thompson band
29th EACD Annual Meeting: Steps into the Future
Amsterdam, Netherlands, May 17-20, 2017
Involving families in research & prioritising research questions
Christopher Morris (Exeter, United Kingdom)
Dr. Morris leads PenCRU, a childhood disability research group at the University of Exeter Medical School, UK. PenCRU has considerable experience in involving families of disabled children as meaningful partners in research through our Family Faculty. Activities include identifying research questions, design research projects, and disseminating the findings to various users of research findings.
Lecture recorded at the 29th EACD Annual Meeting in Amsterdam on May 18, 2017
What is the matter with muscle in cerebral palsy?
Richard Lieber (Chicago, USA) - La Fondation Motrice’s lecture
Dr. Lieber is currently Chief Scientific Officer and Senior Vice President at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago. His work is characterized by its interdisciplinary nature—an approach that is relevant to those who study biomechanics, rehabilitation and orthopaedic surgery. Currently, he is focused on developing state-of-the-art approaches to understanding muscle contractures that result from cerebral palsy, stroke and spinal cord injury.
Lecture recorded at the 29th EACD Annual Meeting in Amsterdam on May 18, 2017
Evidence and long-term results in single-event multi-level surgery in cerebral palsy
Tim Theologis (Oxford, United Kingdom)
Tim Theologis is a Consultant Paediatric Orthopaedic Surgeon. He is Senior Lecturer at Oxford University and Research Professor at Oxford Brookes University. He has a strong clinical and research link with the Oxford Gait Laboratory. He was Editor in Chief, Gait and Posture 2005-2015. He is President-elect of the British Society for Children’s Orthopaedic Surgery.
Lecture recorded at the 29th EACD Annual Meeting in Amsterdam on May 18, 2017.
From activity to interactivity: finding the active ingredient of very early intervention
Andrea Guzzetta (Pisa, Italy)
Dr. Guzzetta is Associate Professor at the University of Pisa and Director of the Infant Neurology Section of the Stella Maris Scientific Institute in Pisa, Italy. His main research has focused on the effects of early brain damage on neurodevelopment and the underlying neuroplastic mechanisms, with the final aim to improve early intervention strategies.
Lecture recorded at the 29th EACD Annual Meeting in Amsterdam on May 18, 2017
Creating Registries for Childhood Disability Conditions Using Practice-Based Evidence Design Features
Susan Horn (USA)
Susan D. Horn, PhD is Professor, Health Services Innovation and Research Program, University of Utah School of Medicine. She is a statistician and health services researcher with major interest in severity of illness measurement (developed the Comprehensive Severity Index (CSI®)) and has conducted 35 multi-site practice-based evidence comparative effectiveness studies, including 4 in rehabilitation.
Lecture recorded at the 29th EACD Annual Meeting in Amsterdam on May 19, 2017.
E-mental health interventions supporting the Needs of Children, Siblings and Parents in Pediatrics
Martha Grootenhuis (The Netherlands)
Martha Grootenhuis performs research on pediatric psychology in both the Princess Máxima Center for Pediatric Oncology in Utrecht as well as in the Emma Children's Hospital AMC in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. She works on studies in order to identify psychosocial problems at an early age and stage, and interventions to improve psychosocial functioning and quality of life for children with cancer, chronic disease, their parents and other family members. Her research is increasingly relying on web-based applications, such as the KLIK method (www.hetklikt.nu), designed to systematically track the quality of life and development of children and integrate results in the clinical practice, and the psychosocial group intervention online Op Koers (www.opkoersonline.nl).
Lecture recorded at the 29th EACD Annual Meeting in Amsterdam on May 20, 2017
EACD 2017, Closing Ceremony
Sarah Winter (AACDPM), Awards ceremony, Jules Becher, Giovanni Cioni
29th EACD Annual Meeting: Steps into the Future
Amsterdam, Netherlands, May 17-20, 2017
Making laws supporting persons with disability; a Swedish experience.
Bengt Westerberg, Sweden
Challenge the Boundaries: International Conference on Cerebral Palsy and other Childhood-onset Disabilities
Stockholm 1 June 2016
Human rights of children with disability: reality or fantasy?
Juan Bornman, South Africa
Challenge the Boundaries: International Conference on Cerebral Palsy and other Childhood-onset Disabilities
Stockholm 1 June 2016