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CAPHC Annual Report » now posted!

2011 CAPHC Annual Conference
“Exploring the future of children’s health care: What can we expect? How do we prepare?"
October 16-19, 2011
Ottawa Convention Centre and Westin Ottawa,
Ottawa, Ontario
» Preliminary program and call for abstracts now posted
Deadline for Earlybird conference registration: August 29th, 2011

August 2011
Access & Wait Times in Child and Youth Mental Health:
A Background Paper
CAPHC, The National Infant, Child, and Youth Mental Health Consortium Advisory, and The Provincial Centre of Excellence for Child and Youth Mental Health at CHEO have collaborated in the development of a background paper which draws on pertinent information from research, policy, and practice in order to identify gaps and inform further work to address access and wait times in child and
youth mental health care.
» Access & Wait Times in Child and Youth Mental Health: A Background Paper
» L’accès et les temps d’attente en santé mentale des enfants et des adolescents : Document d’information

August 2011
» Winner of the 2011 Noni MacDonald Award - Dr. Ziad Sohl

June 2011
» 12th Annual Fetal Alcohol Canadian Expertise (FACE) Research Roundtable
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Stanhope Beach Resort & Conference Centre
Prince Edward Island, Canada
Exposure to alcohol in the womb can affect the brain’s capacity for memory, learning and abstract thinking. Speakers at the 12th Annual FACE Research Roundtable will describe new research into how to capitalize on the brain’s plasticity to improve cognitive capacity, impulse control, emotional processing and social understanding. Seating is limited. Register early.
» Click here for more information

June 2011
» FACE pre-conference symposium: "THE PLACE FOR MECONIUM TESTING AS PART OF THE NATIONAL SCREENING TOOL KIT FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH IDENTIFIED AND POTENTIALLY AFFECTED BY FETAL ALCOHOL SPECTRUM DISORDER".
Sponsored by:
The Canadian Association of Paediatric Health Centres FASD Steering Committee and the Public Health Agency of Canada.
» Find out more

May 2011
Workshop Report
Health Clinician-Scientists in Academic Health Science Centres: Protecting an Endangered Species

February 2011
Healthy Active Living - Policy and Practice in Canadian Academic Paediatric Health Centres
» Background and full document (En & Fr)



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