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

Genetic Testing in Neurodevelopment Disorders: Updates, next steps, and capacity building
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. Breaking the Tone: Tools to Treat Hypertonia
    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 and Joanna Humphreys

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. Lessons learned from the Extensive Needs Service – supporting children and youth with highly complex developmental, physical and psychosocial needs
    Iskra Peltakova and Justine Wiegelmann

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

02:30

Break

02:45

Workshops
Participate in a second workshop from the concurrent sessions.