Agenda

Thursday, December 4, 2025

08:00

Registration

08:20

Welcome and Introduction

08:30

Hawke Family Keynote
Precision Health and Childhood Disability

Evdokia Anagnostou

09:30

New Provincial Genetics Program: Testing, Interventions, and Implications
Danielle Baribeau

10:15

Break

10:30

Supporting the Mental Health of Families with a Child with Developmental Disabilities
Yona Lunsky

11:30

A Dynamic and Developmental Approach to Gender Diversity in Children and Youth
Ashley Vandermorris

12:00

Lunch

01:00

Workshops
Participate in one of the following concurrent, small group workshops:

  1. Communicating with Caregivers of Children with Disabilities or Differences
    Jennifer Johannesen

  2. Sleep Problems in Childhood Disability
    Jackie Chiang and Golda Milo-Manson

  3. Spasticity Management
    Nikki Fischer

  4. Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID)
    Cecilia Lee and Rageen Rajendran and team

02:30

Break

02:45

Workshops 
Participate in a second workshop from the concurrent sessions.

  1. Advance Care Planning – When Why and How
    Andrea Hoffman

Workshops B – D will repeat. 

Friday, December 5, 2025

08:30

Registration

08:50

Welcome & Introduction

09:00

Hawke Family Keynote
Genetics and Cerebral Palsy: What is a Clinician to Do?

Darcy Fehlings

10:00

New Treatments and the Evolving Care of Children with Rett Syndrome
Laura McAdam

10:30

Break

10:45

Sexuality and Developmental Disorders
Melanie Ornstein

11:30

What’s New in ADHD
Mark Feldman

12:00

Lunch

01:00

Workshops
Participate in one of the following concurrent, small group workshops:

  1. The HINE and Early CP Diagnosis
    Darcy Fehlings, Sophie Lam-Damji, and Amber Makino

  2. More Than a Meal: Feeding as Connection and Care in Children with Medical Complexity
    Catherine Diskin, Erin Brandon, Ashley Edwards

  3. Extensive Needs for the Most Challenging Kids and Youth?
    Iskra Peltakova

  4. Management and Treatment of the New Immigrant Family With a Child With a Disability
    Ripudaman Singh Minhas and Liz Young

02:30

Break

02:45

Workshops
Participate in a second workshop from the concurrent sessions.