The 59th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Child Neurology

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[S11] Symposium 11
How can we identify maltreated children in clinics for developmental disabilities and collaborate with other care professionals in education, child health, and welfare?

Fri. Jun 16, 2017 2:10 PM - 4:10 PM Room No.2 (6F Sub Hall)

Chair:Akemi Tomoda(Research Center for Child Mental Development, University of Fukui), Hiroyuki Yokoyama(Fukushima Medical Center for Children and Women, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, Japan)

[Aim]
Child maltreatment is associated with children's social and communicative development. These abnormalities closely resemble those of developmental disabilities, and may not be distinguishable by operational diagnostic criteria and screening tools.
To identify and nurture maltreated children in clinics for developmental disabilities, this symposium aims to provide the following: 1) up-to-date research on child maltreatment and brain science, 2) the symptomology and interventions for attachment disorder, as distinct from developmental disabilities, 3) an adequate legal overview of child maltreatment, and 4) opportunities for collaboration with child care professionals.