6TH ANNUAL NATIONAL CONFERENCE
MUMBAI
THEME: Neonatal Therapy to Strengthen the Maternal-Neonatal Bond
15-17TH NOVEMBER, 2024
Venue:
YMCA International House & Programmes Center
18, YMCA Road, Mumbai Central, Mumbai – 400 008.
SCIENTIFIC CHAIRPERSON:
Shailaja Jaywant,
Assistant Professor, Occupational Therapy,
Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College, Sion, Mumbai
ORGANIZING SECRETARY:
Usha Kasar,
Assistant Professor, Occupational Therapy,
Seth GS Medical College, KEM Hospital, Mumbai
CONFERENCE COORDINATOR:
Sanika Gawade,
Senior Occupational Therapist,
Lokmanya Tilak Municipal General Hospital, Sion, Mumbai
Promotion
Dr Sheetal Vivek Dhande
Occupational Therapist, Vidya Vikas Hospital, Nashik.
Jyoti Saini,
Director, ShamsYos Rehabilitation
Clinic, Ambernath
Sponsorship
Sonal Sharma, Mumbai
Registration and Reception
Prachi Gangurde,
Consultant Peadiatric Occupational Therapist,
Dr Vasantrao Pawar Medical College & Research Centre, Nashik
Helping Hands Peadiatric Rehabilitation Centre, Nashik.
Workshops
1
Neonatal Therapist's Assessments
Speaker: Sanika Gawade is an occupational therapy professional residing in Mumbai, India. She has pioneered in implementing the concepts of neonatal therapy in the institute where she works full time as an clinical occupational therapist. Sanika works in LTMG hospital, Sion Mumbai & has keen interest & vast clinical experience in treating neonates. She has done Masters in Occupational therapy from Mumbai University & OTRL (USA). Sanika has presented papers & splint in national conference of All India Occupational therapy Association & has received Best splint award. Apart from her liking for patient care & communication, she is interested in travelling distances & reading.
2
Empowering Mother-infant dyad in feeding technuque
At the end of workshop participant will be able to
1.Objectively assess the oral motor skills in Neonates.
2. plan & provide intervention for improving feeding skills in mother-infant dyad
Speaker: Shailaja Jaywant is working as Assistant Professor in Occupational Therapy at LTM Medical College at Mumbai for more than 35 years. She is registered International Board-Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC®), with expertise in the field of Feeding Assessment & Intervention in Preterm Neonates & Infants’ Developmental Care in the first 1000 days of life. She is a Recipient of the P. N. Berry Scholarship by the Govt. of India to study in the United Kingdom (UK) and honoured with the Professional Excellence Award by the All-India Occupational Therapists’ Association in 2024.
3
Relationship Based Intervention in the NICU
At the end of workshop
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The shift to parenting and the early stages of the formation of parent-infant relationships will be recognizable to participants.
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In the framework of developing relationships, participants will learn how to relate to parents as an act of support.
Speaker: Hemant Nandgaonkar is an occupational therapist in Mumbai, India. He has advanced training in Developmentally Supportive Care, Newborn Behavioral Observation, Infant Driven Feeding, as well as Hand Therapy, Ayres Sensory Integration® Therapy, Kinesiotaping, Thera-Band®, Research, and Ethics. He is currently employed as an Assistant Professor at the Occupational Therapy School and Centre, Seth G. S. Medical College, and K.E.M. Hospital. He now serves as President of the Association for Neonatal Therapists in India and on the editorial board of the Indian Journal of Occupational Therapy.
4
Sensory Intervention and strategies in NICU
Speaker: Geetha M. Arora is a Neonatal & Paediatric Occupational Therapist, Clinical Director of MOVE N GROW - Neonatal & Pediatric Occupational Therapy Clinic, Noida. She is trained in NBO (Neonatal Behavioral Observatiion), NBAS ( Neonatal Behavioral Assessment Scale), Brazelton Institute Boston, SENSE program, Certified in IGNITE (Core Training & Mentoring program for Neonatal Therapist), Neonatal Touch & Massage ( NTMTC), Advances in NICU Feeding Management (BWH, Harvard Medical School Teaching Hospital, Boston),SOFFI Method (Supporting Oral Feeding Fragile Infants), Beckmann oral motor assessment & intervetion, SOS feeding program, Advanced level in prechtl’s General Movement Assessment, Sensory Integration Therapy (USC), Advanced mentorship in SPD (STAR Institute).She is a visiting Neonatal Occupational Therapist in renowed hospitals in delhi NCR. National and international speaker, researcher and author. She is passionate about supporting premature infants and families in the NICU and in follow-up programs and is keenly interested in creating awareness about Neonatal Therapy.
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Post Discharge Monitoring the of NICU Graduates
Speaker: Usha Bhojane-Kasar is a Mumbai based Occupational Therapist and has been working in the field of Pediatric Rehabilitation & Neonatalology. She is presently working as Assistant Professor at Occupational Therapy School and Centre, Seth G. S. medical College and K.E.M. Hospital, post graduate teacher for developmental disabilities at Maharashtra University of Health Sciences. She is Certified in Ayres Sensory Integration, Kinesiotaping and trained in Handwriting Without Tears, Myofascial Release Technique and has attended numerous workshops and trainings in NDT. She has presented various research papers in national conferences and received Youth Talent Award, Best Scientific paper at the National level conferences of All India Occupational Therapists Association. In her career as an Occupational Therapist, Usha has also been involved in community awareness and education of teachers and parents.
WHO CAN ATTEND
Neonatal Therapist, Neonatologist,
Neonatal Nurse, Lactation Consultant,
Palliative Therapist, Pediatrician
Occupational Therapist, Physical Therapist, Speech Therapist,
Feeding And Swallowing Therapist,
Psychologist, Ophthalmologist,
FOR ALL
REGISTRATION GROUP OFFER
TILL 10th November, 2024
GROUP OF FIVE - Rs. 21625/-
(SAVE MORE THAN RS. 15,000/-)
INDIVIDUAL
MEMBERS - Rs. 5775/-
NON MEMEBERS Rs. 7500/-
Payment details Payment will be accepted by NEFT
Bank Name :Canara Bank
Branch :Mumbai, Parel
Name of the Account holder :Association of Neonatal Therapists Account number :0110201004920 IFSC CODE :CNRB0000110
Simple Registration Process
Pay by NEFT - Send Your details along with transaction details to neonataltherapistindia@gmail.com
TENTATIVE AGENDA OF THE CONFERENCE - NOVEMBER 2024
November 15, 2024
Workshop
Neonatal Therapists Assessments
Dr. Sanika Gawade
Panel Discussion
Strategies to follow developmental supportive care in NICU in Indian set up
Skill Lab
&
Topic Presentation
Skill Lab
- Handling of neonate in the NICU
Strategies of splints & positioning in NICU
Dr. Nimisha
TENTATIVE AGENDA OF THE CONFERENCE - NOVEMBER 2024
November 16, 2024
Scientific Presentation
1. Effect of multisensory stimulation on Neuro behavioral Regulation in preterm infants – A scoping review
2.Adherer to developmentally supportive care – A memory – Based approach v/s a mobile app Based approach – Shubhangi Bankar
Poster Discussion
TBA
Workshop
Empowering mother infant dyad during feeding
Dr. Shailaja Jaywant
Relation Based intervention in NICU
Dr. Hemant Nandgaonkar
TENTATIVE AGENDA OF THE CONFERENCE - NOVEMBER 2024
November 17, 2024
Original Paper Presentation
1. “Analysis of sensory processing abilities in moderate to late preterm & term infants-a comparative study
Dr. Komal Mengaji
2. Effect of kangaroo mother care (KMC) on anxiety level of mother having late
preterm infants – Dr. Shraddha Patil
3. prevalence of sensory processions disorder in 0 – 6th month infants receiving early intervention services – an observational descriptive study
Dr. Shubhangi Bankar
Workshop
Sensory Intervention & strategies in NICU
Dr. Geetha Arora
Post discharge monitoring of NICU graduates
Dr. Usha Bhojane - Kasar
Valedictory Function
TBA
Gayathri S
Hrucha Varadkar
Tarini Prasad Pani
Sampada
Pratiksha Ramraje
Runali Bagade
Nivedita Gawand
Kalyani K
Deepa Sundereswaran
Shailaja Jaywant
Komal Meghanji
Monika Manek
Hemant Nandgaonkar
Prapti Saxena
Pooja Kiran More
Pritish Kumar Dash
Shubhangi Banker
Nivedita Gawand
Sakshi Gujar
Ruchita Shirke
Muskaan Kaul
Jayashree Jadhao
Usha Kasar
Akanksha
potdar
Danish Shaikh
Preema P
Aakanksa Potdar
Punyasloka Rath
Sakshi Gujar
Jayshri Kalyankar
Ruchita Shirke
Nidhi Mishra
Geetha M Arora
Aachal Nagpure
Mansi Chadwa
Sanika Gawade
Nimisha Konde
Shraddha Patil
Aarti Harwandkar
Guidelines for Preparation of Presentation for Oral Scientific Paper presentation/& e-Poster 1.Set the slide size of the page to “On-screen show” and landscape orientation in the page set-up section (Portrait orientation will not be displayed properly). 2.Use standard slide size (4:3). 3.Presentation time for Oral scientific paper is 10 minutes + 5minutes Q&A session. For the presentation of Poster time allotted is 8minutes+2 minutes QA session 4.Presentations can be in Microsoft Office Power Point version 2010-2013 in .ppt or .pptx format only or higher version. (You can use other presentation software like to Canva, googleslides or slidesgo but please download as Powerpoint and use it for the conference presentation) 5.Use high-contrast but minimal colors for lettering (font vs background); do not place too much text on each slide. 6.Prefer presenting data using info-graphics, tables, graphs, clinical pictures and short key messages. 7.Presentations can include text, figures, charts, tables, images, and artwork but an e-Poster should not include any audio, video or animation. 8.Do not use special fonts which are not part of the standard PowerPoint package as this will cause problems while uploading your file and will not display well during the presentation. 9. Total number of slides should not exceed 30 slides for oral scientific paper presentation and Slide for e-Poster presentation the size of the poster should be 30 inches*20 inches