Paediatric Mental Health and Learning Disability

Programme:

2.30pm

Welcome and introduction

Dr Ngozi Edi-Osagie, Section President 

Update on autism assessment: current guidance and challenges
Dr Naomi Sherwood, Community Paediatrician, Community Paediatric Service &
Dr Sophie Croft, Clinical Psychologist, CAMHS MFT

3.00 pm
ASC in girls and women
Dr Helen Porte, Neonatal ST6 Trainee, Oldham

Talk synopsis:

Dr Porte wil discuss the definitions of ASC, differences between the genders, and then issues discussed on social media forums by autistic women and girls and their friends and families: behavioural differences, interoception, menstruation, school attendance and PDA.

3.25 pm BREAK

3.35 pm       
Living with autism - Top Tips for doctors looking after me 
Emma Roberts, on behalf of Dylan who has autism and has extensive experience of paediatric hospital care - Greater Manchester Autism Consortium (GMAC)

4.00 pm
Learning from deaths: Children with a learning disability and autistic children aged 4 – 17 years
Professor Karen Luyt, Programme Director NCMD, University of Bristol

4.35 pm Close

CPD certificates will be awarded to all attendees