Enhance your knowledge and skills to provide the highest quality of care for children with special needs and their families.
Uncover the latest updates and practices that you can incorporate into clinical practice during this synthesized, two-day conference format. Learn about new guidelines and gain skills to appropriately assess and manage paediatric developmental disorders and disabilities. Plenary sessions and workshops highlight evidence-based updates related to feeding and sleep disorders, ADHD, Cerebral Palsy, and Rett Syndrome, among other focuses. Plus, learn about emergent advances in the field of child development during keynote presentations delivered by internationally renowned researchers.
2025 Hawke Family Lectures

Presentation: Precision Health and Childhood Disability
Evdokia Anagnostou MD, FRCPC
Vice President of Research and Director, Holland Bloorview Research Institute and Child Neurologist

Presentation: Genetics and Cerebral Palsy: What is a Clinician to Do?
Darcy Fehlings MD, MSc, FRCPC
Senior Clinician Scientist, Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital and Developmental Pediatrician
Conference Highlights
- 2 keynotes sharing the latest advancements in the field of child development
- 6 plenary sessions sharing new guidelines, interventions, and strategies
- 6 small group, breakout workshops to select from
Who Should Attend?
Updates shared will be of interest to developmental paediatricians, community paediatricians, and family medicine physicians, as well as health professionals interested in learning about the latest updates and guidelines in child development including: psychologists, audiologists, speech and language specialists, social workers, and educators.