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Join BACD!

BACD is an organisation of professionals working in the field of childhood disability. The group operates as an interest group of the British Association of Community Child Health, a speciality group of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, and as the UK branch of the European Academy of Childhood Disability. We encourage membership from all disciplines working in this field.

Download an application form here (PDf file 26kb).

The aims of the BACD are:

• to be a means of networking and mutual support for all those working in district and tertiary level services for children with neurodevelopmental disability
• to promote communication between Child Development Teams
• to organise regular national multidisciplinary meetings on child development and disability
• to promote the development of quality standards, guidelines for good practice and audit in the field of child development and disability
• to encourage debate and promote research into the many outstanding questions in childhood disability
• to work closely with voluntary organisations and others to advocate for children with disabilities and their families

Membership is open to all professionals working in childhood disability. The BACD committee has representation from the disciplines of Paediatrics, Speech and language therapy, Physiotherapy, Occupational therapy, Psychology and Nursing.

Benefits of Joining BACD

• Membership of the only UK multidisciplinary professional organization in Childhood disability
• Reduction on registration fee for all BACD Conferences (CME Accredited)
• Quarterly Newsletter
• Opportunity to network with fellow professionals
• Publications produced by BACD
• Support the promotion of high quality services for Children with disability

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