Third International Conference on Paediatric Acquired Brain Injury

Third International Conference on Paediatric Acquired Brain Injury is organized by International Brain Injury Association (IBIA) and will be held from Sep 26 - 28, 2018 at Riddel Hall at Queens University, Belfast, North Ireland, United Kingdom. The target audience for this medical event is physicians, neuropsychologists, therapists, allied health professionals, and brain injury advocates.

Course Overview :
The conference will focus on the development of innovative treatments, rehabilitation programmes, support mechanisms and ways to improve the lives and potential of young people affected by brain injury. The educational programme will be inclusive of all issues relating to pediatric brain injury, both traumatic (e.g., external physical force injuries, penetrating injuries) and atraumatic (e.g., infectious diseases, tumors, stroke, neurotoxic poisonings).

Course Objectives:
The Planning Committee is developing a broad educational programme that will address a wide range of brain injury topics, including:
• The epidemiology of acquired brain injuries in children and adolescents from a world healthcare perspective,
• Evidence-based research regarding the nature and efficacy of medical, clinical and educational rehabilitation of acquired brain injuries in children and adolescents,
• The varied causes of ABI in childhood, including medical conditions and non-accidental traumatic injuries
• Protocols to support families affected by pediatric ABI, towards affecting change at National and International levels,
• Models of innovative systems, services and supports for children/adolescents with ABI and their families, and
• How to better recognize, manage and treat mTBI/Concussions in children/adolescents.

Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.