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ICAAP
The
Autism, Behavior, and Complex Medical Needs--Downstate (ABC-D) Conference
Planning Committee is seeking presentation proposals for the 4th Annual
ABC-D Conference, "Lives in the Balance: Caring for Children with
Special Needs, Their Families, Their Communities, And Ourselves in These
Precarious Times,” scheduled for Friday, May 4, 2018, at the Regency
Conference Center in O’Fallon, IL. The conference theme has been
determined by current American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) priorities and
past participant feedback.
ABC-D Conference participants learn about
the broad landscape of services and programs that are available to
support children with special needs (including those that have been
impacted by trauma and adversity) from birth through adolescence, and
develop skills to make effective referrals and partner with other
agencies and systems. Each track features sessions that converge with
different systems, developmental services, medical interventions, and
innovative partnerships that benefit children served across
interprofessional groups. More information about ABC Conferences can be
found here.
Proposals are due by Monday, December 4, 2017
at 5pm.
For more information, contact Elise
Groenewegen at egroenewegen@illinoisaap.com
or 312/733-1026 x 204.
ICAAP
The 2018 ICAAP Annual Poster
Session will be held on Friday, February 23, 2018 at the Northern
Illinois University (NIU) campus in Naperville. The Annual Educational Conference
Planning Committee invites pediatricians, fellows, residents, medical
students, pediatric nurse practitioners, and other pediatric health care
providers to share their expertise in delivering pediatric care in health
care settings via a poster session during the conference. Abstracts
should focus on topics of relevance and interest for clinical pediatric
practice. For more information and to submit an abstract, please view and
complete the poster session application. Submissions are due
January 22, 2018. Registration for the 2018 Annual Conference will open
soon.
Chicago
Sun-Times
Emily Cihla was born without
cheekbones and without fully formed ears. She had a cleft palate and a
jaw so small it couldn’t support her tongue, leaving her unable to
breathe. At 17, she has had 15 surgeries to help her eat, hear and speak.
Cihla has a rare genetic disorder called Treacher Collins Syndrome that
affects only 1 in 10,000 to 1 in 50,000 individuals in the world,
according to the National Organization for Rare Diseases.The syndrome,
highlighted in the upcoming film “Wonder,” is characterized by abnormal
shaping of the head and face — common symptoms include missing
cheekbones, short jaws, drooping eyes and misshapen ears. READ MORE
AAP News
In a recent FBI operation, 120
suspected human traffickers were arrested across the U.S., and 84 child
victims recovered. In 2015, Interpol and other organizations launched
Operation Akoma to target traffickers in the agricultural and trade
sectors of the Ivory Coast, recovering more than 48 child victims of
forced labor exploitation between 5 and 16 years of age. Child
trafficking violates basic human rights and constitutes a major global
public health problem. It adversely impacts the physical and emotional
health of the child; causes grief, trauma and disruption to the family;
alters the social cohesiveness of communities; and erodes the basic human
rights underlying societies. READ MORE
ScienceDaily
A new University of Alberta
study shows that the family risk for asthma — typically passed from moms
to babies — may not be a result of genetics alone: it may also involve
the microbes found in a baby's digestive tract. AllerGen investigator and
UAlberta microbiome epidemiologist Anita Kozyrskyj led a research team
that found that Caucasian baby boys born to pregnant moms with asthma --
who are typically at the highest risk for developing asthma in early
childhood — were also one-third as likely to have a gut microbiome with
specific characteristics at three to four months of age. READ MORE
The Conversation
via CNN
When asked to describe a
typical child with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), most
people would describe a young boy who climbs on things, is impatient and
does not do what he is told. Few people would describe a bubbly young
girl with lots of friends, who works hard to get good grades. It may be,
however, that the girl does experience ADHD symptoms that interfere with
her daily life -- and that these symptoms are overlooked by the adults
around her. READ MORE
Medical Xpress
Cutting saturated fat in
childrens' diets reduces the risk of cardiovascular disease in adulthood,
a University of Otago study has found. Lead author Dr Lisa Te Morenga, of
the University's Department of Human Nutrition, says elevated cholesterol
has been linked to cardiovascular disease in adults and preclinical
markers of atherosclerosis (the build-up of fats and cholesterol on
artery walls) in children which increases risk of cardiovascular disease. READ MORE
News-Medical.net
Autism typically involves the
inability to read social cues. We most often associate this with visual
difficulty in interpreting facial expression, but new research at the
Weizmann Institute of Science suggests that the sense of smell may also
play a central role in autism. As reported in Nature Neuroscience,
Weizmann Institute of Science researchers show that people on the autism
spectrum have different — and even opposite — reactions to odors produced
by the human body. READ MORE
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