Date: Thursday 13th February (9.30am – 5pm)
Venue: YMCA, 41 Fitzroy Square, Fitzrovia, London, W1T 6AQ

The programme:

9.30 – 9.45 am
Registration & Welcome:
Our Chair, Dr Sukanta Banerjee

09.45 – 10.30 am
Management of Paediatric Dysphagia – The Role of the Specialist
Speech and Language Therapist

Sonja Jacobs, Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist,
Bart’s Health NHS Trust

10.30 – 11.30 am
Management of Sleep Difficulties in Children
with Neurodevelopmental Disorders

Dr Desaline Joseph, Sleep Consultant,
Evelina London Children’s Healthcare

11.30 – 11.45 am
Refreshment Break

11.45 – 12.45 pm
Management of Spasticity and Dystonia
in Children with Cerebral Palsy

Dr Lucinda Carr, Consultant Paediatric Neurologist,
Great Ormond Street Hospital

12.45 – 1.30pm
Lunch Break

1.30 – 2.30 pm
Overview of behaviour and emotional difficulties
in preschool children

Dr Chinnaiah Yemula,
Consultant Community Paediatrician, Bedford

2.30 – 3.30 pm
Assessment and management of sensory
difficulties in children with ASD

Maria O’Malley, Clinical Lead Paediatric OT and Mairead Fergus,
Specialist OT, Child Development Service, ELFT

3.30 – 3.45 pm
Refreshment Break

3.45 – 4.45 pm
Diagnosis and management of ADD/ADHD and
interpreting the SNAP IV questionnaire

Dr Giovanni Giaroli, CAMHS Consultant, London

4.45 – 5.00 pm
Closing Remarks

To book, go to https://thepaediatriccommunity.com/product/core-topics-in-community-paediatrics-symposium/