Practical Approaches to PAEDIATRIC insomnia (LIMITED TO 80 DELEGATES)
This paediatric sleep conference course will teach best evidence based-practice and share clinical experience from leading experts in the management of behavioural insomnia in both typically developing children and adolescents and those with disabilities.
This course is for you if
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You want to learn a variety of evidence based behavioural approaches for young children with behavioural insomnia
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You want to learn about working with adolescents with insomnia
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You want to learn about practical approaches to sleep difficulties in children with neurodevelopmental disorders
This will be a practically orientated course with a focus on translating the best research evidence to practical application. Teaching methods will encourage debate and sharing of knowledge.
This day will be taught by world experts.
** Numbers are limited to 80 and pre-booking is essential **
Target Audience
Clinicians, physicians, psychologists, nurses, nurse practitioners, behavioural therapists, UK sleep practitioners, researchers
Educational Objectives
This course will offer hands-on experience, teach best evidence based-practice, use the latest guidelines and transfer a large amount of clinical experience and the type of practical tips that are never in textbooks!,
Course completion goals:
Facilitator – Luci Wiggs
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Time |
Speaker(s) |
Topic |
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09:45 – 10:00 |
Registration & Coffee |
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10:00 – 10:30 |
Introduction |
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10:30 – 11:10 |
Sarah Matthews & Rachel Langley
Clinical Psychologists, Child Psychology Department, University Hospital Southampton, UK |
From theory to practice: psychological theory applied to insomnia management in children
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11:10 – 11:50 |
Jodi Mindell
Associate Director, Sleep Center, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Professor of Psychology, Saint Joseph's University, USA
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Evidence based approaches to intervention for behavioural insomnia of childhood
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11:50 – 12:30 |
Sarah Blunden
Senior Research Fellow, Head of Paediatric Sleep Research, Central Queensland University, Appleton Institute, Adelaide, South Australia
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Working with adolescents: challenges and practical aspects
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12:30 – 13:00 |
Working Lunch –facilitated by Sue McCabe
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Case studies for discussion |
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13.30 – 14:15 |
Sue McCabe
Senior Occupational Therapist, Sleep Solutions Team, The Centre for Cerebral Palsy, Perth, Western Australia
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Home based assessment and management in children with neurodisabilities
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14:15 – 15:00 |
Penny Corkum
Director of Clinical Training, Clinical PhD Program, Psychology and Neuroscience Department, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Aimée Coulombe, PhD
Post-Doctoral Fellow, Better Nights: Better Days, Pediatric Sleep Team
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Increasing access: Distance delivery of behaviour therapy via telephone and the web
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Nuts and Bolts of Sleep Monitoring (LIMITED TO 60 DELEGATES)
This course will be a practical ‘hands-on’ session for those attendees who are interested in, use of actigraphy technology, fitting of CPAP masks, the new sleep scoring guidelines, the potential benefits and pitfalls of ambulatory versus inpatient polysomnography and the pros and cons of transcutaneous compared to end-tidal CO2 monitoring.
In Summary, this course is for you if:
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You want to improve your skills and learn more about the application of Actiwatch technology
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You want to see a range of CPAP masks, and be taught by experts how to fit them?
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You are confused by the new sleep scoring guidelines and wonder what to do if not all the channels are available
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You want to hear about the potential benefits and pitfalls of ambulatory versus inpatient Polysomnography in children? You want to know how reliable transcutaneous CO2 monitors are compared to end-tidal in children and learn about the pros and cons of each.
This will not be a didactic course, small group teaching and hands on experience with equipment will ensure that all participants will be fully involved, with just enough theory, but real experiential learning.
This day will be taught by world experts in their field
Numbers are limited to 60 and pre-booking essential.
Target Audience
Polysomnography technicians and technologists, respiratory therapists, clinicians (physicians, psychologists, nurses, nurse practitioners, researchers,)
Educational Objectives
This course will offer hand-on experience, teach best practice, use the latest guidelines and transfer a lot of clinical experience and the type of practical tips that are never in textbooks!,
At the end of the course
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You will be confident to use actiwatches in clinical practiceou will have worn, fitted, and learn a lot about mask fitting, NIV and ventilators
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You will have debated the new AASM scoring system and revised the key points and changes from previous system.
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You will be able to consider a wide range of ambulatory, respiratory and full Polysomnography options.
Numbers are limited to 60 and pre-booking essential.
Nuts and Bolts
10:00 TO 15:00
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09.45 |
Registration & Coffee |
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10.00 |
Introduction – How the day works etc.
(Don Urquhart, Edinburgh & Andrew Morley, Glasgow) |
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10.15 |
Workshop 1 |
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10.55 |
Workshop 2 |
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11.35 |
Actigraphy – Utitility of actigraphy in paediatric sleep monitoring
Professor Avi Sadeh, Tel Aviv |
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12.00 |
Lunch |
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12.30 |
Technical quandaries rapid-fire session (10 minutes per topic) |
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Trans CO2 vs. EtCO2 - Ruth Kingshott (Sheffield)
Thermister & Flow - Emma Carruthers (Brompton)
Limb movements - James Di Pasquale (St Mary's) |
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13.15 |
Workshop 3 |
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13.55 |
Workshop 4 |
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14.35 |
Talk - Limitations of sleep diagnostics - Professor Steven Sheldon, Chicago |
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15.00 |
Concluding remarks (Don, Andrew) |
Workshop 1 - NIV / NIV Titration/Set-up: Sadasivam Suresh (Brisbane) & Linda McCarthy (Edinburgh)
Workshop 2 - EEG set-up: Ruth Kingshot (Sheffield) & Emma Carruthers (Brompton)
Workshop 3 - Infant scoring session: John Henderson (Bristol) & Jane Orgill (Evelina)
Workshop 4 – Paediatric scoring session: Andrew Wilson (Perth) & James Di Pasquale (St Mary's, London)
HOT tOPICS IN PAEDIATRIC SLEEP (LIMITED TO 100 DELEGATES)
This session will take you through a medley of some of the most important and controversial questions in modern pediatric sleep medicine:
- The changing face of cataplexy-What does cataplexy look like in young children, is this changing and why?
- Fit4School-How do school-children learn overnight and can we measure this?
- The latest, breaking news from the most important and robust RCT of adenotonsillecomy to date.
- The impact of OSAS-is it the most important pre-cursor of adult cardiovascular disease?
- Biomarkers for Pediatric OSAS-will PSG be a thing of the past
Speakers include Prof David Gozal, Prof Ron Chervin and Prof Leila Kheirandich-Gozal
Numbers are limited to 100 and pre-booking is essential.
Target Audience:
Suitable for all professionals involved in the practice of pediatric sleep medicine who want to rapidly catch-up with the most cutting edge debates that will guide our future practice. In one short day we'll bring you completely up to date.
Educational Objectives:
At the end of the course you will have learned from International experts across a wide range of some of the most topical issues in Pediatric Sleep Medicine in 2012.
Hot Topics in Paediatric Sleep
10:00 TO 15:00
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09.45 |
Registration & Coffee |
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10.00 |
Introduction – How the day works etc - Paul Gringras |
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10.15 |
The Changing Face of Cataplexy in Children-Dilip Gandhi |
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10.45 |
Fit4School - Sleep and memory consolidation in school aged children-Kerstin Hoedlmoser |
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11.15 |
OSA –is it the most important pre-cursor of adult cardiovascular risk? Leila Kheirandish-Gozal |
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12.30 |
Lunch |
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1.15 |
“Neurobehavioral Outcomes of Adenotonsillectomy for Childhood OSA: Preliminary Results from the CHAT Trial”-Ron Chervin |
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2.00 |
Biomarkers for Paediatric OSAS-will PSG be a thing of the past?- David Gozal |
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2.45-
3.00
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Concluding remarks |