The Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health in Wales, with FAB Research
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Start Date: 24 November 2006
End Date: 24 November 2006
Duration 9.15 - 4.15
Location Cardiff, South Wales
Venue The Holiday Inn Hotel, Cardiff City Centre
Diet, Nutrition and Behaviour
A full-day conference organised by the ACAMH in Wales, in collaboration with FAB Research.
Find out about the latest research into the effects of diet on child hehaviour, learning and mood, and its implications for parents and practitioners in health, education and allied disciplines.
Material covered will be generally applicable, but with particular relevance to conditions such as ADHD, dyslexia, dyspraxia, mood disorders and the autistic spectrum.
Speakers include:
Dr Alex Richardson
Senior Research Fellow at the University of Oxford; Founder Director of Food And Behaviour Research; and author of 'They Are What You Feed Them'
David Rex
Child Health Lead Dietitian for NHS Highland; and Healthy Eating in Schools Co-ordinator
ACAMH is multidisciplinary and welcomes attendance from those in learning support, psychology, education, educational psychology, psychiatry, nursing, social work, youth justice, indeed anyone working within Child & Adolescent Mental Health.