AACPDM Calls for Papers

The 2009 Scientific Program Committee of the American Academy for Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine (AACPDM) has announced a call for abstracts of papers to be presented at its 63rd Annual Meeting. AACPDM Annual Meetings provide information in the basic sciences, prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and technical advances as applied to people with cerebral palsy and developmental disorders. The 2009 Annual Meeting, to be held September 2326, 2009, in Scottsdale, Arizona, will focus on the meeting theme, "Frontiers of Innovation: Combining Technology and Therapy to Improve Outcomes." The Scientific Program Committee will announce which abstracts have been selected in April 2009. The deadline for all abstract submissions is Saturday, January 31, 2009, and abstracts in every category except Multimedia must be submitted online at http://aacpdm.abstractcentral.com/

The AACPDM invites researchers to submit an abstract in one or more of the following categories:

Scientific Free Paper and Poster Presentations: Researchers may designate these scientific abstracts for oral or poster presentation, or allow the Scientific Program Committee to make that decision. Students, residents, and fellows are encouraged to submit abstracts for the Student Scientific Poster category. All accepted abstracts will be published in a supplement to the journal Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology.

Demonstration Posters: These provide an opportunity to present new ideas, instruments (diagnostic and outcome tools), techniques and technologies, pilot work, interesting service-delivery models, and items in other areas pertaining to the care of children with developmental disabilities. These abstracts will not be published in Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology.

Instructional Course Lectures: These are focused educational courses, which may be didactic and/or interactive, and are presented by one or more individuals or groups. The Scientific Program Committee will also select "Breakfast with the Experts" sessions from abstracts submitted in this category.

Multimedia Presentations: Audio/visual presentations of up to 30 minutes may be made on one DVD (U.S. format only) or IBM-compatible CD-ROM, and mailed to AACPDM. They may not be submitted online. Selected submissions will become part of the AACPDM Multimedia Library and will be available for viewing at the Annual Meetings. For a multimedia-abstract form, visit www.aacpdm.org/meetings/2009/abstracts.php

For more information, visit www.aacpdm.org/meetings/2009/