PERSONAL PRACTICE WORKSHOPS - WEDNESDAY 10 MARCH 2027

All workshops will be 70 minutes long and repeated unless stated otherwise. Delegates will be able to attend 4 workshops - schedule of workshops tbc.

4.5 CPD credits

Confirmed:

  • Building a safety net: How to Write a Transition Summary That Adult Teams Will Actually Use A hands-on session building condition-specific or for undiagnosed, transition letters including anticipatory guidance on adult health risks, surveillance schedules, and red flags. Dr Denise Crozier & Dr Katherine Martin, Consultant Neurodisability Paediatricians, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
  • Implementing the CP Commissioning Framework in practice Dr Charlie Fairhurst, Consultant in Paediatric Neurodisability, Evelina London Children's Hospital, and National Specialty Lead in Children's Neurosciences at NHSe
  • Managing respiratory health and supporting young people to breathe well as they transition into adulthood Rachel Knight-Lozano, Doctoral Clinical and Practitioner Academic Fellow, National Institute of Health and Care; Research Lecturer in Rehabilitation (Postgraduate Studies), University of Plymouth; and Paediatric Physiotherapist, Child and Family Health Devon
  • More Than a Diagnosis: Identity, Independence and Adolescence Young people's relationship with their cerebral palsy diagnosis during adolescence, and how this changes/influences their identity development as they approach adulthood Kirstie Rees, Child and Educational Psychologist, Glasgow
  • Tackling transition for medically complex young people Dr Hannah Nicholson and Dr Mary Salama, CoLab Partnership
  • Tech, AI and the Future of Self-Management: Opportunities for Young Disabled Adults An exploratory workshop on how digital tools, AI assistants, and telehealth are reshaping self-management for young adults with disability — and how to ensure these tools are accessible and equitable MoStrAct Study Team, Sheffield Hallam University 
  • Trainees Workshop (run once only)
  • Research Workshop (run once only)

CONFERENCE - THURSDAY 11 MARCH 2027

TRANSITION MATTERS: Working in partnership from childhood to adulthood with disability

5 CPD credits

08.15Trainees' Networking Meeting
08.45Registration, Refreshments
09.20Welcome & Housekeeping
09.25Preparing young people with neurodisability for transition to adult health services
Dr Sarah Hughes, Paediatric Consultant in Neurodisability, Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust
09.45The Role of the GP in Transition
Dr Rachel Gaywood, GP with Special Interest in Learning Disability, Pembroke Medical Group
10.05The adolescent brain and adolescent development
Dr Catherine Tuffrey, Chair of BACD; Consultant Paediatrician, Hampshire Isle of Wight NHS Foundation Trust
10.25Panel Q&A
10.40Refreshment Break, Exhibition, Posters
11.20The BICYCLE study - children's development transitioning from pre-school to school
Prof Lucy Henry, Professor of Speech & Language, City St George's University of London
11.45Oral Presentations
12.20Paul Polani Lecture 2027: Improving health service provision for young people with disability and autistic adults
Prof Jeremy Parr, Professor of Paediatric Neurodisability, Newcastle University
13.00Lunch, AGM, Exhibition, Posters
14.05SRG Research Update
14.25Sexuality, Relationships and Adulthood: The Conversations We Don’t Have Enough
tbc
14.50Meaningful participation in transition and planning
Eleanor Redding, Ellie Simpson, Grace Stynes and Georgia Vine, D-IMPACT PPI Group
15.15Refreshment Break
15.30Living well with CP
Emma Livingstone, Founder & CEO, UP - the adult Cerebral Palsy movement
15.50Adult rehabilitation services in the UK – an overview
Prof Siva Nair, Chair of British Society of Physical & Rehabilitation Medicine (BSPRM); Professor of Neurosciences and Consultant Neurologist, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
16.10Panel Q&A
16.20Prize Giving for Mac Keith Press Best Poster and Best Oral Presentation 
16.25Close