The 8th International Conference on children with DCD, Baltimore, June 2009.
Professor Kirby and The Dyscovery Centre research team presented recently published papers at this important international conference. The conference featured leading professionals in the field of DCD research and provided the platform to present current research from The Dyscovery Centre:
- Dynamic touch in typically developing children and children with DCD
- Changes in parents' concerns: Moving from child to adulthood
- Emerging adulthood, driving and DCD
The 7th International Conference on children with DCD, Melbourne, February, 2007.
Professor Kirby presented important work at this important international conference:
- The Footprint Study: motor or planning difficulties?
- DCD - variability by profile and gender
- Defining DCD in emerging adulthood
Invited keynotes given by Professor Amanda Kirby.
- 4th-6th October, 2007 - Dyspraxia Association Conference - From aetiology to independence - Christchurch, New Zealand.
- 17th-18th September, 2007 - Trondheim, Norway.
- 2nd February, 2007 - Paediatricians conference - ADHD and Management - Singapore.
- October 31st, 2006 – GP conference - ADHD and mental health in adolescents - Bangalore, India.
- September 25th, 2006 – paper at the Incorporated Association of Preparatory Schools conference - Lisbon, Portugal.
- October 11th, 2006 - Keynote at National Learning Network Conference -'From Early Years To Employment - Tipping Points in Specific Learning Difficulties'? - Ireland.
- 2nd February 2006 - keynote speaker at inaugural conference on DCD - Diagnosis and support of children and adolescents with developmental co-ordination disorder/dyspraxia - from theory to practice - Oslo, Norway.
- 12th November 2005 - Considering the whole child - from early years to adolescence - practical implications for parents and professionals - HADD national conference, Dublin.
- 23rd November 2005 - Dyspraxia and dyspair: ADHD, sleep and behaviour, Washington, USA.
- 1st-2nd September, 2005 - 2 day training for healthcare professionals, Singapore.
- 3rd September, 2005 - 101 ways to support a child with Dyspraxia, Singapore.
- Feburary, 2005 - Developmental Co-ordination Disorder and related difficulties, Ancona, Italy.
- 2004 - Communication difficulties - Germany Overseas Education Authority - Keynote at conference.
- 8th November 2004 -1st Spanish Dyslexia Association Conference - Overlap in developmental disorders - Mallorca, Spain.
- October 2004 - Developmental Co-ordination Disorder and Dyspraxia - International School in Paris, France - Annual Conference.
- 12th October 2004 – Developmental Dyspraxia - theory into practice - 57th Annual Paediatric Society of New Zealand, Rotorua.
- 30th September 2004 - 3rd Dyspraxia Conference - keynote speaker - Christchurch, New Zealand.
- January 2004 - Developmental Co-ordination Disorder – what is it? Czech Dyslexia Association, Prague.
- February 2003 - ADHD and Primary Care, Cape Town, South Africa.
- October 2003 – Developmental Co-ordination Disorder for Special Education Services - Harare, Zimbabwe.
- October 2002 - DCD - a health or social issue - Zimbabwe - GP conference.
- February 2001 - Communication Skills in Primary Care - Eilat, Israel.
- 1999 - DCD and other learning difficulties - Overseas Education Authority, Germany.