Final days for registration !

*Until 9 May 2010, you may register and pay the registration fee either by credit card or by money transfer

*Between 10 and 19 May 2010, you may register and pay the registration fee only by credit card -  money transfer can no longer be accepted. Alternatively, you can pay on site either cash or using Visa, Mastercard or Bancontact (but not American Express)

*Between 20 and 25 May 2010 : no registration can be accepted

*Between 26 and 29 May 2010, you may register and pay the registration fee on site (higher fee) either cash or using Visa, Mastercard or Bancontact (but not American Express)

REGISTER TODAY for the EACD 2010 meeting and/or National Symposium (26 May) ( follow link to eshop )

GALA DINNER 28 May, 19:30

27 May 2010, 9 :00 – 12 :30

 The meeting starts at the European Parliament
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26 May 2010, 18 :30

Welcome reception at the Grand Place on 26 May,  18 :30
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29 May, at 14 :00

Visit of Brussels on 29 May, at 14 :00
No extra fee but registration is necessary

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European Academy of Childhood Disability

Dear friends and colleagues,

We are very pleased to invite you to attend the 22nd Annual Meeting of the European Academy of Childhood Disability (EACD), which will be held in Brussels on 27-29 May 2010 under the patronage of Her Royal Highness Princess Astrid of Belgium, the European Parliament and the City of Brussels.

The EACD is an academic, multidisciplinary association of professionals working with children with disabilities throughout Europe. Its members include paediatricians, paediatric neurologists, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, speech and communication therapists, psychologists, rehabilitation physicians, orthopaedic surgeons, orthotists, nurses, dieticians, social workers and special-needs teachers. The EACD aims to ensure the development of high quality research and teaching in the field of childhood disability and improve the care of these children across Europe.

The theme of the Brussels 2010 EACD Meeting is "MEASURES OF PROGRESS – Evaluating management outcome in childhood disability". Major conceptual and technological advances in the management of children with neurodevelopmental disability have brought about new challenges with respect to evaluation, management and research in habilitation outcomes. The Brussels 2010 EACD Meeting will provide an occasion for updating and clarifying the multidimensional model of disablement as it specifically applies to management of children with neurodevelopmental disability. It will reemphasise the need for reliable measurement of management outcomes through new findings, from functional imaging to quality of life assessment.
The meeting will comprise plenary and thematic parallel sessions, workshops and topical teaching courses. There will be a session organised together with the European Paediatric Neurology Society (EPNS) and one organised by the American Academy for Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine (AACPDM). There will be a special workshop dedicated to European Union policy making for the benefit of children with disabilities and a workshop on partnership between parents and professionals. Keynote lectures and thematic sessions will address quality of life, nutrition, communication, behaviour, cognition, education, early intervention, evidence-based practice, multidisciplinarity, selected disorders, stem cell research and translational research. There will also be a mini-film festival showing short-feature films on the theme of childhood disability, organise'd in partnership with Emotion Pictures and the Fondation Lou, and there will be a special plastic art exhibition by the Rocket Artists, a group of artists with developmental disabilities.

The programme promises to be varied and educational.

On the day before the Brussels 2010 EACD Meeting, a national symposium on habilitation in paediatric neurology will be held (in French and Dutch).

The Brussels 2010 EACD Meeting will take place on the Erasmus campus of the Université Libre de Bruxelles, which is celebrating its 175th anniversary this year.   The Mayor of Brussels, Freddy Thielemans, will welcome us at an opening reception in the magnificent Salle Gothique at the Grand Place, which is arguably the most beautiful square in the world.

We look forward to seeing you in Brussels.

On behalf of the organising committee,

Bernard Dan

President of EACD 2010