The Conference of the European Academy of Childhood Disability in Amsterdam

The Conference of the European Academy of Childhood Disability in Amsterdam

The 25th Annual Conference of European Academy of Childhood disability took place at Amsterdam RAI Convention Centre, 17-20 May 2017.

The Conference of the European Academy of Childhood Disability in Amsterdam

Over 800 participants from 65 countries of Europe, Middle East, Asia as well as from USA, Canada and Australia had an opportunity to interchange their experience with each other and to learn more about the most recent scientific achievements in helping disabled children.

The motto of the conference "Step into the Future" focused on the new advances in science that cause an eager discussion among experts of different specialties: pediatricians, pediatric neurologists, orthopedic surgeons, physical therapists, occupational therapists, speech therapists and social workers.

Scientific team of International Clinic of Rehabilitation presented 2 reports: " Rehabilitation Stepping Games for Patients with Cerebral Palsy" (presented by Oleh Kachmar, head of department of innovative technologies and performance) and "Fine motor function and speech in children with Cerebral Palsy"( presented by Taras Voloshyn, child neurologist).

Plenary speeches of the conference were recorded on video and will be published soon on the educational website of the European Academy edu.eacd.org