3rd Health & Wellbeing in Children, Youth and Adults with Developmental Disabilities Conference

Challenging Behaviour – The Tip of the Iceberg

Conference Website: www.interprofessional.ubc.ca/HealthAndWellbeing/default.asp

This conference will provide educational and informative updates on psychiatric, behavioural and complex health components specific to individuals with DD, and showcase best practices in the field. Specifically, the conference will focus on approaches to complex challenging behaviours, contributing medical issues and new developments in medication and behavioural treatment. In addition, the conference will address important health and mental health issues and will review common genetic syndromes such as Down Syndrome. This conference will engage health care providers and educators from a wide range of professional disciplines in knowledge transfer and interprofessional collaboration in order to maximize health and wellbeing so as to minimize disability and improve quality of life. The format will include plenaries, breakout sessions and poster sessions.

 Early-bird deadline for conference registration is October 11, 2012. Register now and save.

CE Credits: This program has been accredited by the College of Family Physicians of Canada and the BC chapter for Mainpro-M1 credits.

This event is an Accredited Group Learning Activity (Section 1) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification Program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, approved by the Canadian Psychiatric Association.

Bursary application deadline extended to Friday, September 14, 2012. A limited number of bursaries to cover tuition fees for the main conference are available for family members of relatives with DD and service providers. This funding is intended for individuals that otherwise would not be in a position to attend. Please fax or email a completed registration form, along with a letter of application explaining financial need and how attending this conference will benefit you to +1 (604) 822-4835 or sandy.ipce@ubc.ca.