24 hour virtual Listening and Sharing sessions for World CP day 2020

Enjoy recorded sessions where health workers are sharing their experiences, challenges and innovations, when providing services to children with disabilities during COVID-19. These sessions are recorded on 6th October 2020 with a new theme every hour around the globe.

Impact of disrupted access to rehabilitation services during COVID-19 on children with disabilities and their caregivers

American Academy for Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine 

Speakers: 

  • Ellen Sutter, DPT, PT and
  • Linda Smith Francis, MS

International Alliance of the Academies of Childhood Disability COVID-19 Taskforce Worldwide Surveys in Understanding Impact

American Academy for Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine 

Speaker: 

    • Dr. Veronica Schiariti

Fight Covid-19, together with children with disability

China

Speakers: 

    • Prof. JiulaiTang President of CARM Pediatrics;
    • Prof. Jun Lin Director of Wuhan children’s hospital;
    • Doctor Hongxia Li Shanxi provincial rehabilitation hospital
    • This session is Chaired by Prof. Xiaojie Li, the former president of CARM Pediatrics

COVID-19: Navigating through unchartered territory

Eastern Africa Academy of Childhood Disability

Speakers: 

    • Dr. Selamenesh Tsige,
    • Edith Kagendo and
    • Elizabeth Khaemba

Global listening and sharing session: a space for health workers to share their experiences, challenges and innovations when providing services to children with disabilities during COVID-19

India – Indian Academy of Cerebral Palsy

Speakers: 

    • Dr Sashikala,
    • Dr Sunanda,
    • Dr Jitendra Jain,
    • Divya Karthik,
    • Asha Chitnis,
    • Taral Nagda

Understanding the impact of Covid 19 on children with disabilities in Ireland: Listening session for professionals and families

Ireland

Speakers: 

    • Dr. Irwin Gill;

    • Margaret Dee, OT;

    • Sinead O’Sullivan, Parent of a child attending Early Services

Teleguidelines Coping with COVID 19 for professionals in Child Development centers

Israel

Speakers: 

    • Dr Hadar Yardeni Ministry of Health Israel.
    • Practicing Powered Mobility via ZOOM: Zohar Filber OT, Alyn Hospital
    • Psychotherapy in Paediatric Rehabilitation: Zoom into Telerehabilitation: Ruth Palmor, Psychologist Alyn Hospital
    • Coping with an Invisible Challenge – Shifting from classroom to home intervention: Ezer Me’Zion rehabilitation day care centers.
    • Practicing powered mobility by an adult CP via caretaker by Zoom: Tali Ashkenazi PT.

Strategies for COVID 19 – Experience of Rehabilitation Centers in Mexico.

Estrategias ante el COVID 19 – Experiencia de centros de rehabilitación en México.

Mexican Academy for Cerebral Palsy and Neurodevelopmental Disorders

Speaker: 

    • Claudia Duran PT

Pediatric Rehabilitation in COVID-19 time

Netherlands

Speaker: 

    • Joris Berkhout

Understanding the impact of COVID-19 on children with disabilities in the Pacific: Listening session for clinicians & researchers

Pacific: Australia, Fiji and Kirabati  – AusACPDM

Speakers: 

    • Dr Peter Asuo,
    • Dr Rakei Kaarira,
    • Ms Sureni Perera,
    • Ms Ingrid Sutherland,
    • Dr Georgina Cox,
    • Dr Kate Milner

Lessons from COVID – delivering remote support to children with disabilities during COVID-19 crisis/ Czego nauczył nas COVID – zdalne wspracie dzieci z niepełnosprawnością w czasie pandemii COVID-19

Poland

Speakers: 

    • Magdalena Chrościńska-Krawczyk MD PhD,
    • Małgorzata Szmurło MD PhD,
    • Karolina Śledzińska,
    • Katarzyna Świeczkowska OT,
    • Marcin Bonikowski MD PhD
    • Weronika Pyrzanowska PT PhD
    • Patrycja Mrozek PT MSc,
    • Radosław Rutkowski PT PhD OT 

Understanding the impact of COVID-19 on children with disabilities in the Sri Lanka and Nepal: Listening session for clinicians & researchers

Sri Lanka, Nepal and Australia – AusACPDM

Speakers: 

    • Gopi Kitnasamy,
    • Romaniya Fernando,
    • Bhagya Devagiri,
    • Nistha Shrestha,
    • Dr Mary-Clare Waugh

It takes a village to help a village

Singapore

Speakers: 

    • Jocelyn Tan, SLT;
    • Charlotte Lin, Dietician;
    • Kimberly Quek, Epilepsy Nurse;
    • Melody Por, PT;
    • Tan Jia Xuan, OT;
    • Dr Tan Mae Yue, CDU

The functional health status of children with Cerebral Palsy in COVID-19 Pandemic Stayat-Home period: A framework from Turkey

Turkey

Speakers: 

    • Mintaze Kerem Gunel,
    • Cemil Ozal,
    • Kubra Seyhan Bıyık and
    • Kivanc Delioglu

Top Tips for Telehealth

Wales BACD/ EACD

Speaker: 

    • Rina Van Der Walt