Preemie Things
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Friday, August 24th

1:00 Registration

1.30 Pre-session
A chance to grow : a documentary film by Claire Pankhurst

3:00-4.00 Shelly Barsuhn
Opening address

4:00-5.00 Michael Hynan and Mara Stein
It’s my conference and I’ll cry if I want to: a time to share

5:00 - 7:00 Dinner

7:00 - 10.00 Campfire

Saturday, August 25th

8:30-9:00 Registration

9:00-10:15 Keynote address - Peter A. Gorski, M.D., M.P.A.
The effect of experience on early brain development - translating science into practice and policy

10:15-10:30 Morning tea

10:30- 11.30 Joy Browne, PhD
Developmental interventions for premature and high risk infants : short and long-term outcomes

11:30-12:30 Lunch

12:30- 1:20 Dianne Maroney, RN
Does a preemie ever stop being a preemie?

• Andrea O’Brien
  Transition to home guidelines Becky Hatfield and Stephanie Lerner-Ernsteen
  Ideas and solutions for starting and maintaining NICU support groups
  
  
• Therapy programs

Renee Charlifue-Smith, M.A., CCC-SLP and Lou Ann Humphrey, Ph.D.
Enrich : Implementing IFSP/IEP goals in everyday routines, activities and places

Fast forward : computer based intervention that helps children with auditory processing, reading, and language issues