England: Contact a Family's 'Counting the Costs 2014' survey found Families with disabled children are going without the basics. Some are going without food and heating more than once a month. Some children are even going without specialist equipment, therapies and hospital appointments.

This isn't something new, but it's getting worse. The number of families going without food has doubled in the last two years. Nearly a third of families with disabled children are going without heating. The impact for many is debt, stress and ill health and for some, marriage breakdown.

Read the full report: http://www.cafamily.org.uk/media/805120/counting_the_costs_2014_uk_report.pdf

Abstracts are invited for Free Paper (Oral) and Electronic Poster (E-Poster). Abstracts are welcome on any topic relevant to paediatric neurology; papers must not have been published elsewhere.

The deadline for abstract submission is Friday 16 January 2015.

Abstracts should be submitted by the presenting author. Only one author per abstract can be nominated as the 'presenting author'.

Visit: http://www.epns2015.org/home.html

Every two years, the International Association for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Allied Professions (IACAPAP) hosts its World Congress in locations around the world. In 2016, it's Calgary's turn!

Be one of thousands of child psychiatrists and representatives from the allied professions of nursing, psychology, social work, pediatrics, public health, education, social sciences and other relevant fields from around the world gathering in Calgary, Alberta, Canada in 2016.

The mission of the 2016 Congress is to bring together Children's Mental Health professionals to exchange and present scientific research and information for the betterment of child and adolescent mental health globally, nationally and regionally.

In addition, the Canadian Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry will hold their 36th annual conference jointly with IACAPAP 2016.

Visit: http://www.iacapap2016.org/