9th Mater Growth and Development Conference

Interventions and outcomes to school age for high-risk infants

The 2010 Growth and Development Conference will include invited presentations on interventions for high-risk neonates both in hospital and after discharge during the first years of life. Many of the presentations will address how the interventions influence outcomes during childhood. We invite all those with an interest in the management and outcome of high-risk neonates both in hospital and after discharge to attend the 9th Growth and Development Unit Conference. We believe that the conference will attract medical professionals, neonatal and community health nurses, allied health professionals and professionals with a background in education.

Wyeth are proud to sponsor the following medical education activity.

Keynote Speakers

Dr Andrea Guzzetta, Paediatric Neurologist, Stella Marius Instriute, Pisa, Italy and Senior Research Fellow, Queensland Cerebral Palsy Research Centre, University of Queensland, Brisbane.

Dr Peter Schmidt, Neonatologist, Gold Coast Hospital, Queensland.

Program themes will include:

• interventions after hospital discharge for preterm infants to promote infant development
• massage therapy in the Neonatal Critical Care Unit
• family centred care
• parenting stress and infant outcomes
• Triple P (Positive Parenting Program) and the preterm child
• physiotherapy interventions for preterm infants during the pre-school period
• autism spectrum disorder and the preterm infant.

Full program
Transport and accommodation information

Registration:

Please complete this registration form and send to Leith Poulsen, Growth and Development Unit, Mater Health Services, Ground Floor, Aubigny Place, South Brisbane Qld 4101

For further information please contact Leith Poulsen on telephone 07 3163 8849 or email leith.poulsen@mater.org.au