An introduction to Paediatric Disability and Clinical Assessment Course

Sheffield Children’s NHS Foundation Trust is working in partnership with the British Academy of Childhood Disability (BACD) to offer this course.

Audience: specialist nurses, paediatricians and any professionals working with disabled children and young people and those following different developmental pathways.
Cost: £100

Course content

This course has been developed by paediatric disability experts at Sheffield Children’s NHS Foundation Trust.
After completing the course you will be able to:

• Reflect on your own practice, as well as the policies and practices where you work and be able to make positive changes as a result of your learning.
• Understand concepts of disability and relate these to your work with disabled children and young people.
• Carry out clinical assessment of potentially disabled children and young people.
• Carry out developmental assessment effectively.
• Communicate effectively with children, young people and their families.
• Evaluate and advise on screening and surveillance programmes relating to neurodisability.

Application information

Cost: £100

Registrations are accepted all year round.