Agenda
1st International Conference
Pediatric Psychological Trauma
in Infants and Young Children
from Illness, Injury and Medical Intervention
February 27 & 28, 2010
Saturday, 8:00 AM to 5:15 PM and Sunday 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM
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Day One – Recognizing and Understanding the Significance of Early Childhood Experiences
Welcome – Carlos N. Pato, MD, Chair, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California
Introduction – Zeev Kain, MD, Professor & Chair, Associate Dean for Clinical Research, Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Care, University of California, Irvine
The Prevalence and Impact of Medical Illness and Injury on Young Children: Perspectives from Developmental Epidemiology and Infant Mental Health
Helen Link Egger, MD, Center for Developmental Epidemiology, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
Neurobehavioral Development of Young Children: Neuroscience and Early Trauma
Allan Schore, PhD, Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, Editor, Norton Series on Interpersonal Neurobiology
Consciousness, Cortical Function, and Pain Perception in Non-Verbal Humans
K.J.S. (’Sunny’) Anand, MBBS, D. Phil., FAAP, FCCM, FRCPCH, St. Jude Endowed Chair for Critical Care Medicine, Professor of Pediatrics, Anesthesiology, & Neurobiology, Division Chief, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, University of Tennessee Health Science Center at Memphis
Children’s Memory Development and Trauma: Advances in Early Memory Research
Mark L. Howe, PhD, Professor of Psychology, Research Chair in Developmental Psychology at Lancaster University, Lancaster UK. Co-director of the Centre for Research in Human Development at Lancaster University
How Young Children Communicate Distress Nonverbally: A Developmental Perspective
Suzi Tortora, EdD, ADTR, CMA LCAT, LMHC, Private Practice, NY, Dance Therapist, New York
Panel – Barriers to Discovery: What We Know, What We Need to Learn about the Needs and Delivery of Care to Young Children . Conference Faculty
Day Two – Learning from Models and Outcomes of Intervention
Welcome – Barbara Korsch, MD, Professor of Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California
Preoperative Anxiety, Postoperative Pain, and Behavioral Recovery in Young Children Undergoing Surgery
Zeev Kain, MD, Professor & Chair, Associate Dean for Clinical Research, Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Care, University of California, Irvine
Children’s Psychological Outcomes Following Critical Illness: How Do We Measure the Impact of High Tech Care?
Janet E. Rennick, RN, MScN, PhD, Nurse Scientist, The Montreal Children’s Hospital of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Knowing is Not Enough: Promoting Change to Reduce Pain in Pediatric Healthcare Institutions
Neil Schechter, MD, Professor and Head of the Division of Pain Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, University of Connecticut School of Medicine and Director, Pain Relief Program, Connecticut Children’s Medical Center, Hartford, Connecticut
Telling their Stories: Representation and Reenactment of Early Traumatic Experiences
Theodore Gaensbauer, MD, Private Practice, Professor of Psychiatry, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver
Using Neurobiology to Prevent Psychological Trauma and Shape Early Intervention
Stacy S. Drury, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Neurology, Section of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Tulane University School of Medicine