The EPNS is delighted to offer FREE 1 hour to 1.5 hour long webinars on topics of key interest to Child Neurologists on the 2nd Wednesday of each month at 17:00h CET. Each webinar is broadcast live on Zoom and available for FREE to anyone who would like to register. Don’t worry if you are not available for the live broadcast, because fully paid up EPNS members will be able to access a recording of the full session via the EPNS website after the event.
Next EPNS EDUCATIONAL Webinar
EPNS/EAN Joint webinar on Functional Neurological Disorders in children and adolescents – an important yet underrecognised diagnosis.
Functional neurological disorders (FND) are increasingly recognized in children and adolescents, yet diagnosis and management remain challenging in everyday clinical practice. This joint EPNS/EAN webinar will provide a practical, clinically oriented overview of paediatric FND, with particular emphasis on recognizing positive diagnostic features and distinguishing FND from other neurological and neuropsychiatric conditions. The speakers will discuss the spectrum of motor, sensory and paroxysmal functional symptoms in young people, principles of communicating the diagnosis to children and families, and current approaches to multidisciplinary treatment. Through expert presentations and clinically relevant examples, the webinar aims to 1) increase awareness of paediatric FND, 2) provide child neurologists / other healthcare professionals with practical tools for timely diagnosis and 3) effective management.
By the end of this presentation, participants will be able to:
- Recognize the spectrum of functional neurological disorders (FND) in children and adolescents, including functional motor symptoms / seizures and other common paediatric presentations.
- Identify positive clinical features supporting a diagnosis of FND and apply a rule-in diagnostic approach rather than considering FND solely as a diagnosis of exclusion.
- Differentiate paediatric FND from other neurological and neuropsychiatric conditions, while recognizing that FND may coexist with neurological disease.
- Apply key principles of communicating the FND diagnosis and initiating management, including developmentally appropriate psychoeducation, family involvement, rehabilitation and multidisciplinary treatment.
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.
Registration is free and all are welcome, so please share this invitation with your colleagues! We hope you will join us.
Participants who attend the entire webinar will automatically receive a certificate of attendance within 7 days.
More EPNS Educational webinars will be coming your way, and details will be shared here in due course. Look out for registration opening for the following:
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If you are an EPNS Member and have any questions, or you are interested in joining the EPNS, you are very welcome to email info@epns.info