Pre-Congress Workshops

Wednesday, September 1, 2010

13:00 – 17:00 LECTURES and DEMONSTRATIONS

Neuro-Developmental Treatment for Early Intervention

Organized by Tatjana Dolenc Velickovic and Neda Rotar (Slovenia)

Venue: Festival Hall, Bled

13:00 – 15:00 LECTURE and DEMONSTRATION

Hallivick Method for Therapeutic Swimming

Organized by Rajko Vute (Slovenia)

Venue: Hotel Jelovica, Bled

Main Congress Programme

Venue: Festival Hall, Bled

Wednesday, 1 September 2010

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11:00 – 17:45 Registration of Participants

18:00 – 19:00 Informal Get-together Party

19:00 – 19:30 Opening Ceremony

19:30 – 20:30 Robert Rust (USA): A History of the Approach, Understanding, and Treatment of the Cerebral Palsies

Thursday, 2 September 2010

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08:00 – 09:00 TWO MORNING SESSIONS

08:00-08:30 SESSION A: Neuro-Develomental (Bobath) Treatment

Chair: Tatjana Dolenc Velickovic (Slovenia)
Case presentation in live by Neda Rotar (Slovenia): NDT (Bobath) Treatment

 

08:30-09:00 SESSION B: Constraint-Induced Movement Therapy

Chair: Melissa Rosa Rizzotto (Italy)
Case presentation in live by Zdenka Pihlar and CIMT Team (Slovenia)

 

09:00 – 10:30 PLENARY SESSION

Chair: Vlatka Mejaski-Bosnjak (Croatia)

• Ilona Autti-Ramo (Finland): Evidence-Based Practice for Children with Cerebral Palsy
• Tatjana Dolenc Velickovic (Slovenia): Early Intervention for Neurological Abnormal Infants based on NDT (Bobath)
• Kazuo Kodama (Japan): How can we support the extremely severely handicapped children through their life

10:30 - 11:00 Break

11:00 – 12:30 PLENARY SESSION

Chair: Aron Diament (Brazil)

• Andrew Gordon (USA): A Hand–Arm Bimanual Intensive Therapy (HABIT)
• Wolfgang Deppe (Germany): Constraint-Induced Movement Therapy Compared with Bimanual Therapy in Hemiparetic Children – What is (more) effective?
• Melissa Rosa Rizzotto (Italy): Constraint-Induced Movement Therapy vs. Bimanual Intensive Training in Hemiplegic Cerebral Palsy

12:30 - 14:00 Break, Poster Viewing, and Visiting the Exhibition

14:00 - 15:35 PLENARY SESSION

Chair: Hussein Abdel Dayem (Egypt)

• Kateryna Tarakanova (Ukraine): The Clinical Improvement of treatment of Children with Organic Nervous System Injury by using Vojta Therapy
• Larisa Yakovleva (Ukraine): The Forming of Visual Perception System for Children with Injury of the Nervous System
• Krzysztof Metera (Poland): The Role of Sight in Movement Facilitation of Infants with Cerebral Palsy

 

15:30 - 16:00 Break

16:00 – 17:30 PLENARY SESSION

Chair: Biserka Resic (Croatia)

• Florian Heinen (Germany): Pharmacological Treatments of Cerebral Palsy
• Antigone Papavasiliou (Greece): Management of Spasticity in Cerebral Palsy with Multimodal Treatment Including Botulinum Toxin A
• Ilona Autti-Ramo (Finland): Do we know what works for adolescents and adults with Cerebral Palsy?

19:30-20:45 CULTURAL EVENING

Friday, 3 September 2010

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08:00 – 09:00 TWO MORNING SESSIONS

08:00-08:30 SESSION A: Marte Meo Concept

Chair: Betina Rasmussen (Denmark)
Presented by Silvija Philipps Reichherzer and Tena Toma (Croatia): Marte Meo Concept and Neuro-Developmental Treatment

08:30-09:00 SESSION B: Vojta Therapeutic Method

Chair: Jurij Karapandza (Slovenia)
Case presentation in live by Ute Westerfeld (Germany): Vojta Therapy - Practical Approach in the Treatment for Cerebral Palsy

09:00 – 10:30 PLENARY SESSION

Chair: Fedor Pecak (Slovenia)

• Karin Triebl-Roth (Austria): Handrobot: Assessment and Therapy of Hand Function in Cerebral Palsy Children
• Karin Schara (Slovenia): Long-term Results of Bone Surgery for Treatment of Hip Dislocation
• Toru Shibata (Japan): Outcomes of Soft Tissue Surgery for Equines Foot Deformity

10:30 - 11:00 Break

11:00 – 12:30 PLENARY SESSION

Chair: Hermina Damjan (Slovenia)

• Yukihiro Kitai (Japan): Profound Cerebral Dysfunction and Brainstem Disorder Underlie Dysphagia in Dyskinetic Cerebral Palsy from Perinatal Asphyxia
• Alexander Au-yang (China): Use of Delphi for Developing Measuring Parameters on Efficacy of Orthotic Treatment for Children with Cerebral Palsy
• Michael Alexander (Israel): Observations of Peroneal Functional Electrical Stimulation (FES) with Cerebral Palsy Paediatric Population

12:30 - 14:00 Break, Poster Viewing, and Visiting the Exhibition

14:00 - 15:30 PLENARY SESSION

Chair: Djurdjica Stevanovic Papic (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

• Ryo Yonetsu (Japan): The Characteristics of Sit-to-Stand and Movement after Physiotherapy in Children wit Spastic Diplegia
• Angelika Toff (Austria): Differences in Seat Surface Inclination on Postural Control during Reaching in Children with Cerebral Palsy
• Diana Brandao (Portugal): Evaluation of a Psychological Intervention Program for Individuals with Cerebral Palsy
• Akmer Mutlu (Turkey): Reliability of Parents for the Classification Systems of Children with Cerebral Palsy

15:30 - 16:00 Break

16:00 – 17:30 PLENARY SESSION

Chair: Andreja Kovac (Slovenia)

• Friedemann Schulze (Germany): Change of Paradigm in Physiotherapy: Is Vojta Therapy still Actual Nowadays?
• Anna Kelemen (Hungary): Principles of Conductive Education
• Michelle Spirtos (Ireland): The Effect of Kinesio Taping at the Thumb and the Wrist in Children with Cerebral Palsy

20:00 Farewell Dinner

Saturday, 4 September 2010

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08:00 – 09:00 TWO MORNING SESSIONS

08:00 – 08:30 SESSION A: Kozyavkin Therapeutic Method

Chair: Hubertus von Voss (Germany)
Case presentation in live by Volodymyr Kozyavkin and his Team (Ukraine): Kozyavkin Therapeutic Method for Cerebral Palsy

08:30 – 09:00 SESSION B: Services for People with Cerebral Palsy

Chair: Mojca Zizek (Slovenia)
Video Presentations: Tatjana Dolenc Velickovic (Slovenia): School for Parents of Children with Cerebral Palsy in “Holiday” Camp

09:30 – 10:30 PLENARY SESSION

Chair: Robert Smith (Australia)

• Johannes de Munter (Germany): Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation in Patients with Cerebral Palsy
• Svetislav Polovina (Croatia): Rehabilitation Method according to Stojcevic Polovina: Is Intensive Rehabilitation Possible on Long Run?
• Lidija Dimitrijevic (Serbia): Aquatic Therapy for Children with Cerebral Palsy

10:30 - 11:00 Break

11:00 – 12:30 PLENARY SESSION

Chair: Desanka Grubic Jakupcevic (Croatia)

• Dhairya Dand (India): JELLOW: An Emotional Communication Device for the Cerebral Palsy Kids
• Maja Jekovec-Vrhovsek (Slovenia): Multidisciplinary Care for Children with Cerebral Palsy and Epilepsy in Slovenia
• Oleh Kachmar (Ukraine): Intensive Neurophysiologic Rehabilitation System

12:30 - 13:00 Break, Poster Viewing, and Visiting the Exhibition

13:00 - 14:00 Free Papers

Chair: Julius Ntobuah (Cameroon)

• Veronika Deysi Colombo (Bolivia): Bolivian Neonatal Care between Urban and Indigenous Population
• Godfrey Muwonge (Uganda): East African Physiotherapist Options and Opinions
• Anteena Aziz (Bangladesh): Factors Influencing Implementation of Occupational Therapy Home Plan for Children with Cerebral Palsy in Bangladesh
• Ozgun Kaya Kara (Turkey): Effect of Gross Motor Milestones on Functional Motor Impairment in Children with Cerebral Palsy

14:00 – 15:00 PLENARY SESSION

Chair: Maja Jekovec-Vrhovsek (Slovenia)

• Diana Brandao (Portugal): Support Group for Parents of Adults with Cerebral Palsy: Impact on their Psychological Well-Being
• Ekaterini Petrohilou (Greece): Effects of a Child's Disability on the Parental Relationship
• Julija Ocepek (Slovenia): Smart Home IRIS

15:00 - 15:30 Break

15:30 – 16:30 Round table discussion with parents: “Quality of Life – the Main Aim of Rehabilitation”

(Participants: Medical Professionals, Parents of Children with Special Needs, Educational Teachers, Psychologists, Care Givers and others dealing with Cerebral Palsy)

Conducting by: Stephen Bennett (USA), Anica Kos (Slovenia), and Joze Primozic (Slovenia)

16:30 CLOSING REMARKS and FAREWELL