Programme for next ACENA Conference

Academic points of more that just North American interest

5th ANNUAL ACENA CONFERENCE

Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago

Chicago, Illinois

3-4 September 2009

Day 1

Plenary

Vincent Garafolo PhD

Conductive Education in the USA: yesterday-today-tomorrow

Julie Wright

Current research effort on CE: Governors State University

Citlali Lopez PhD and Roberta O'Shea PhD PT

Current research efforts on CE: Governors State University

Parallels

Vimcent Garofalo PhD and Andrea Benyovszky CET

A Format for Documenting the Effects of Conductive Education on its Clients

Brent Page and Donna Mackay

Life stage transition service for teens with cerebral palsy: an Ontario experience

Lara DePoy OTR/L,

Impact of the Sensory System on Motor Development

Monika Robinson OTR/L

Educational and medical research supporting CE

Dave Dvorak PhD.

Fun with Fundraising

Andrea Benyovszky CET

Traditional and non-traditional cases in CE: appropriate candidates

Day 2

Plenary

Dr. Deborah Gaebler MD

Levels of participation of children with CP

Dr. Sue Mukherjee MD.

Resources for transitioning yeens into young adults

Group Forum

Future vision and strategies for the practice of Conductive Education, including a National Conductive Education Awareness Day (Brent Page)

Registration

Two days US$250 (ACENA members) US $350 (non-members)

One day US$150 (ACENA members) US $200 (non-members)

Further information

Tel: 708.588.0833

Fax: 708.588.0406

The 2009 conference is to be held at the same venue as last year but will be reduced in scale. There is one conductor among the announced speakers and no parents.

Some of the academic presentations look to be of considerable interest for Conductive Education worldwide, particularly 'Conductive Education in the USA: yesterday-today-tomorrow', 'Current research efforts on CE: Governors State University', 'A Format for Documenting the Effects of Conductive Education on its Clients', 'Educational and medical research supporting CE' and 'Traditional and non-traditional cases in CE: appropriate candidates'.

One cannot urge too strongly the publication of such papers, at the very least upon ACENA's website, the moment that the conference is over.