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Friday AM
Friday - June 20, 2008
8:00 am -
Registration, Continental Breakfast
8:50 am -
Introductions, Welcome, Announcements
9:00 am
Mental Health Screening in Children and Adolescents-Making It Happen in the Office Setting -
Bernadette Melnyk, RN, PhD, CPNP/NPP, FAAN FNAP, Dean and Distinguished Foundation Professor in Nursing, Arizona State University College of Nursing and Healthcare Innovation, Phoenix, Arizona
Educational Objectives:
- Ascertain the magnitude of mental health issues presenting to the primary pediatric practitioner’s office.
- Discuss effective screening methods that can be used in a busy office practice to detect early mental health issues in children and adolescents.
- Identify resources available to pediatric providers to further their skills in office based mental health care.
9:40 am -
Q & A
9:50 am
Office Assessment of Development – Using the Right Tool for the Right Job -
Tracy Stroud, DO, Assistant Professor of Clinical Child Health, University of Missouri-Columbia School of Medicine, Department of Child Health; Thompson Center for Autism and Related Neurodevelopmental Disabilities
Educational Objectives:
- Review the incidence of developmental delay in the general pediatric population and the estimated rate at which these delays are missed on routine office visits.
- Discuss available screening tools that can be used in the busy practice setting to efficiently and effectively detect early developmental delays.
- Outline the impact of early detection of developmental delay in children.
10:30 am -
Q & A
10:40 am -
BREAK
11:00 am
Evaluating the Child with Learning Difficulties -
Kathleen Deidrick, PhD, Assistant Clinical Professor, and Maureen Grissom, PhD, Assistant Clinical Professor, University of Missouri-Columbia School of Health Professions, Health Psychology, Thompson Center for Autism and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Educational Objectives:
- Determine the current estimated incidence of learning difficulties in children in America.
- Provide an effective classification scheme for learning difficulties that can be expected to present in the primary care provider’s office.
- Outline best practice management for children found or suspected to have learning difficulties.
11:40 am -
Q & A
11:50 am - BREAK
NOON LUNCH and OPTIONAL BREAKOUT SESSION
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