ACQUIRED BRAIN INJURY: COSTS AND CONSEQUENCES

Friday 11 March 2016, 9.15am registration, Conference 10.00am to 4.30pm

Canada Room & Council Chambers, Lanyon Building, Queen’s University Belfast

5.5 CPD Points, refreshments and lunch provided, email amber.mulholland@qub.ac.uk to register

What is this conference about?

We aim to bring together healthcare, law, education, policy makers, parents and the voluntary sector to raise the profile of childhood ABI.

What is Acquired Brain Injury (ABI)?

Any injury to the brain which has occurred following birth; these may be related to illness or medical conditions (e.g. meningitis, brain tumours, hypoxia) in addition to those caused by trauma (e.g. road traffic accidents, falls, assaults).

Speakers include:

The Honourable Mr Justice Stephens: Opening address

Professor Ann Glang, University of Oregon, USA; Special Education Needs: ‘Education and Brain Injury’

Professor Huw Williams, University of Exeter, UK; Centre for Clinical Neuropsychology Research: ‘Offending Behaviour and Traumatic Brain Injury’

Dr Mark Linden, Queen’s University Belfast, UK; lecturer at the School of Nursing & Midwifery: ‘Brain injury in Northern Ireland’

Dr Eunan McCrudden, Clinical Psychology Department, Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children: ‘Case Study of Brain Injury and the Involvement of the Health, Education and Justice Services’

Monye Anyadike-Danes QC, Bar of Northern Ireland: ‘The legal context’

Maria Treacy, parent; member of Talking Heads: ‘Life after Brain Injury’

Koulla Yiasouma (NICCY) Commissioner for Children and Young people in Northern Ireland: Chairing the plenary discussion

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