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Friday PM
Friday - June 20, 2008
NOON - LUNCH and OPTIONAL BREAKOUT SESSION
Assessment and Management of Mood and Anxiety Disorders in Children and Teens - Bernadette Melnyk, PhD, RN, CPNP/NPP, FAAN, FNAP
Educational Objectives:
- Review mood and anxiety disorders in the pediatric and adolescent population.
- Outline an evidence-based approach to the assessment and management of these mental health issues.
- Demonstrate strategies that are useful in the office management of mood and anxiety disorders in the pediatric setting.
1:00 pm
Evaluation and Classification of Speech/Language Disorders in Pre-School Children - Ashleigh Boyd, MHS, CCC-SLP, Speech/Language Pathologist, University Hospital and Clinics, Columbia, Missouri
Educational Objectives:
- Define the different disorders of speech/language development.
- Discuss methods of detection that can be effectively employed in the office setting to assess a child with suspected speech/language delay.
- Review the recommended management for children with identified speech/language delay and the role the primary care provider plays as part of the management team.
1:40 pm - Q & A
1:50 pm - Ophthalmology Update - Joseph Giangiacomo, MD, Mason Institute of Opthalmology, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri
Educational Objectives:
- Review the techniques used in the appropriate assessment of vision as it develops from infancy through early childhood.
- Discuss the most common childhood vision disorders that can be expected to present in the office setting.
- Determine appropriate thresholds for referral to a pediatric opthalmologist.
2:30 pm - Q & A
2:40 pm - Sleep Disorders in Children - Zarah Ner, MD, Assistant Professor of Child Health, Division of Pediatric Pulmonary and Allergy, University of Missouri School of Medicine, Columbia, Missouri
Educational Objectives:
- Identify sleep disorders that commonly occur in infancy and childhood and their physiologic causes.
- Discuss appropriate management strategies for parents of children with disordered sleep.
- Detemine those disorders of sleep that may indicate a more serious underlying etiology that may require specialty referral.
3:20 pm - Q & A
3:30 pm - WRAP UP
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