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Journal of Current Pediatric Research | Volume: 23

March 14-15, 2019 | London, UK

International Conference on

Pediatrics & Neonatal Healthcare

Introduction:

Primary CarePhysicianswere found tobeonly less

than 20% efficient in identifying EBD [Emotional, Behavioural

and Developmental problems1 in children. Subsyndromal and

sub-threshold (sub-clinical) cases of Neuro-developmental

Disorders like, Autism, ADHD (Attention Deficit & Hyperactivity

Disorder), Learning Disorders and Difficulties and Neuro-

disabilities like CP (Cerebral Palsy), Spina bifida occulta etc. are

mostly detected after their neural-plasticity are compromised.

Objectives:

Refininging a model of combination of (1) effective

Early Interventional tools for children with special needs and (2)

a Universal Practice Mode for them, which works wonders in

Kolkata Developmental Model.

Methods:

Combining (1) (a) Prechtle’s2 Methods for General

Movements Assessments (GMA) for accurate (98%) Early

Detection (ED) for Cerebral Palsy (CP) in At-Risk Population, (b)

LEAP-CP Study3 looking at parent delivered Early Intervention

(EI) delivered to infants screened positive for CP using GMA

Start5, a Parent-Implemented Intervention for Symptomatic

Infants for Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and (e) PACT

Study, UK archiving evidence of success for ASD treatment6

through parent training, we can identify risks of most neuro-

developmental disorders in early infancy, thereby instituting

a novel method of interventions based on available science,

which is emerging as a clinically highly effective intervention.

This enabled us to propose a Universal Care Pathway for such

children, as Kolkata Development Model. This model has

already presented at the Glasgow Annual Conference of RCPCH

[Royal College of Paediatrics & Child Health], UK on 13thMarch,

2018; the EACD [European Academy of Childhood Disability]

Annual Conference, Tbilisi, Georgia on 26th May, 2018 and

Keynote Address at Paris International Pediatric Conference

(AlliedHealth) on 16thAugust, 2018. At the London Conference,

2019 this Keynote address is presented with members from

Child Development Centre, Apollo Gleneagles Hospital, Kolkata

presenting some of its key scientific components. This model

is adoptable equally, with local adjustments, both in resource-

crunched as well as resourced countries, equally!

Speaker Biography

Anjan Bhattacharya has worked in Newham University Hospital and Newham Primary

Care Trust, London as a Developmental Paediatrician. He worked for 12 years in the

UK in Paediatrics. He has skills in assessing children’s mental development using

Griffiths tool and Bayley III Scale for Infants and Toddlers. He uses the Gold Standard

diagnostic evaluation of children with Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule [ADOS]

and Autism Diagnostic Interview - Revised [ADI - R] technique. He is an RCPCH, UK

examiner for MRCPCH UK and DCH, UK examinations. He is also an honorary affiliate

tutor and course coordinator of DCH/IPPC of Sydney University Australia. He is ex-head

DNB program of AGH, Kolkata and DNB center appraiser of NBE, New Delhi. He worked

as an international medical expert in a medicolegal case involving childhood disability

in Singapore. He is an office bearer of two chapters of Indian Academy of Pediatrics,

nationally.

anjancdc@gmail.com

Anjan Bhattacharya

Apollo Gleneagles Hospital, India

Universal practice model for early detection and early intervention in children with

special needs –The Kolkata Model

Notes:

Anjan Bhattacharya, Curr Pediatr Res, Volume 23

DOI: 10.4066/0971-9032-C1-010