Specific programme for ACENA's Chicago conference
The conference will be held at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, on 28-29 August 2008.
THURSDAY 28 AUGUST
8:00 - 8:45 Registration
8:45 - 9:00 Welcome/Opening
Plenary sessions
9:00 - 10:00 Keynote Speaker
Andrew Sutton, Founder/President, Foundation for Conductive Education,
United Kingdom
10:00 - 10:15 BREAK
10:15 - 11:00 Updates on the International Pető Institute
Franz Schaffhauser, Rector, International Pető Institute
11:00 - 11:45 Counting children with cerebral palsy: creating population-based networks for optimizing functioning and participation
Michael Msall
11:45 - 1:00 LUNCH
Parallel sessions on practice and service issues
1:00 -1:45 The goal -oriented task series: including the dressing tasks
Andrea Benyovszky
or
How to run a successful non-profit
Randal Dill, Chicago Non-Profit
1:45 - 2:30 Yoga and karate for children with special needs
Teresa Clancy and Max Kuroda
or
Implementing the PODD program within the Conductive Education setting
Melissa Larson and Shirley Sains
2:30 - 2:45 BREAK
2:45 - 3:30 Metaplasticity of motor control
Jim Stinear
or
The IEP and due-process hearings
involving Conductive Education
Tom Thompson and Patti Herbst
3:30 - 4:15 Handwriting without tears
Josephine Boggs and Gabriella Molnar
or
Transitioning for the child with cerebral palsy
Sue Mukherjee
4:15 -4:30 BREAK
4:30-5:00 Augmentative communication within the Conductive Education classroom
Borbala Goda
or
4:30 -5:00 Orthopaedic surgery and children with cerebral palsy
Robert Bielski
FRIDAY 29 AUGUST
9:00 - 9:45 Discriminating hypertonic disorders in cerebral palsy
Deborah Gaebler
9:45 - 10:30 Sleep disturbances and children with cerebral palsy
Krisztina Harsanyi
10:30 - 10:45 BREAK
10:45 - 11:45 What is available for you from NCPAD!
James Rimmer
LUNCH
Group sessions
1:00 -1:20 Governor's State University CE Certification Program: updates
Roberta O'Shea
1:20 - 1:40 Update on the Michigan State University research project
Andrea Benyovszky
1:40 -2:00 Annual ACENA meeting
2:00 - 3:00 Group Forum
Opportunity for all to discuss and share with other professionals
8:45 - 9:00 Welcome/Opening
Plenary sessions
9:00 - 10:00 Keynote Speaker
Andrew Sutton, Founder/President, Foundation for Conductive Education,
United Kingdom
10:00 - 10:15 BREAK
10:15 - 11:00 Updates on the International Pető Institute
Franz Schaffhauser, Rector, International Pető Institute
11:00 - 11:45 Counting children with cerebral palsy: creating population-based networks for optimizing functioning and participation
Michael Msall
11:45 - 1:00 LUNCH
Parallel sessions on practice and service issues
1:00 -1:45 The goal -oriented task series: including the dressing tasks
Andrea Benyovszky
or
How to run a successful non-profit
Randal Dill, Chicago Non-Profit
1:45 - 2:30 Yoga and karate for children with special needs
Teresa Clancy and Max Kuroda
or
Implementing the PODD program within the Conductive Education setting
Melissa Larson and Shirley Sains
2:30 - 2:45 BREAK
2:45 - 3:30 Metaplasticity of motor control
Jim Stinear
or
The IEP and due-process hearings
involving Conductive Education
Tom Thompson and Patti Herbst
3:30 - 4:15 Handwriting without tears
Josephine Boggs and Gabriella Molnar
or
Transitioning for the child with cerebral palsy
Sue Mukherjee
4:15 -4:30 BREAK
4:30-5:00 Augmentative communication within the Conductive Education classroom
Borbala Goda
or
4:30 -5:00 Orthopaedic surgery and children with cerebral palsy
Robert Bielski
FRIDAY 29 AUGUST
9:00 - 9:45 Discriminating hypertonic disorders in cerebral palsy
Deborah Gaebler
9:45 - 10:30 Sleep disturbances and children with cerebral palsy
Krisztina Harsanyi
10:30 - 10:45 BREAK
10:45 - 11:45 What is available for you from NCPAD!
James Rimmer
LUNCH
Group sessions
1:00 -1:20 Governor's State University CE Certification Program: updates
Roberta O'Shea
1:20 - 1:40 Update on the Michigan State University research project
Andrea Benyovszky
1:40 -2:00 Annual ACENA meeting
2:00 - 3:00 Group Forum
Opportunity for all to discuss and share with other professionals
Further information
Enquiries
There is a ’parent scholarship’ available for attendance at this event.
Previous information on Conductive Education World:
Sutton, A. (2008) First information on North Americal conference: Fourth Annual ACENA Conference, Conductive Education World, 5 June
Sutton, A. (2008) Three legs: first thoughts for Chicago Keynote, Conductive Education World, 7 June
http://andrew-sutton.blogspot.com/2008/06/three-legs.html
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