Svenska Barnläkarföreningens sektion för

barn- och ungdomsneurologi med habilitering

Vidareutbildningsdagar 22-23 januari 2004

Läkarsällskapet, Klara Östra Kyrkogata 10, Stockholm

Sunnerdahl Symposium on

Cognitive dysfunction

Thursday January 22:

9.30 Registration and coffee

10.00 Opening and introductory remarks (Dr L Westbom, Lund)

10.05 Introduction to the seminar on Cognitive dysfunction (Dr T Sejersen, Stockholm, Prof H Forssberg (chairpersons)

10.15 Genetic predisposition for dyslexia (Juha Kere, Stockholm)

11.00 Perinatal factors influencing the expression of ADHD (Gunilla Bohlin)

11.45 PUFA (poly-unsaturated fatty acids) and the development of neurodevelopmental disorders (Per Gustavsson, Linköping)

12.15 Lunch

13.15 Developmental dyslexia: specific phonological deficit or general

sensorimotor dysfunction (Franck Ramus, Paris)

14.0 Dopamine transmission and cognitive functions in children with ADHD (Hans Forssberg/Elisabeth Fernell))

14.30 Refreshments

15.00 – 17.00 Årsmöte för Svenska Barnläkarföreningens sektion för

barn-och ungdomsneurologi med habilitering

Friday January 23:

Chairpersons: Elisabeth Fernell, Hans Forssberg

09.00 Understanding autism: insights from mind and brain

(Elisabeth Hill, London)

9.45 Functional brain imaging in autistic children (Monica Zilbovicius, Orsay)

10.30 Coffee

11.00 Pharmacological treatment in neurodevelopmental disorders

(Elias Eriksson, Göteborg)

11.45 Computerised training of working memories in children with ADHD (Torkel Klingberg, Stockholm)

12.15 Lunch in the city

13.15 Psychosocial treatment of children with ADHD from a behavioural perspective (Agneta Hellström, Uppsala)

14.00 Refreshment

14.30 Presentation of dissertations in the field of Neuropediatrics

15.30 Closure of seminar