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Summer camp 2010

Each year, SHALVA’s children with special needs enjoy a two week summer break, far away from the hot city. For the parents of these children, it is difficult to remember a time when they could not rely on the desperately needed renewal that is a result of this critical break.

The New Center

In 2012 the new Shalva National Children's Center will be opened in Jerusalem. It will be the largest of its kind in Israel, servicing toddlers, children, teenagers and their families throughout the year...

News & Events

Shalva and Hadassah Medical Center again co-sponsored the Second Annual Gerry Schwartz and Heather Reisman International Congress on Children with Chronic Disorders & Disabilities. Meeting at Jerusalem's Regency Hotel on Mount Scopus on December 3 and 4, the Congress drew over 300 field professionals from Israel and overseas.

Participants included pediatricians, general practitioner‘s, nurses, rehabilitative specialists, counselors, social workers and students who all attended to learn more about the special care and special needs of children with chronic disorders and disabilities and their families. Topics included multidisciplinary care for children with disabilities, transitioning to adulthood, the challenge of financing care for children with chronic diseases, practical management of children with specific types of chronic disease, nutritional management in pediatric chronic disease and caring for the child with chronic disease in the community.

The internationally notable list of renowned guest speakers included:

Howard C. Bauchner, Editor-in-Chief, Archives of Disease in Childhood.
Richard M. Katz, Vice President, Medical Affairs, Mt.Washington Pediatric Hospital.
Robert M. Kliegman, Chief Editor, Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics.
John J. Reisman, Chief of Pediatrics,Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario.
Ellis D. Avner, Editor, Pediatric Nephrology, Associate Dean, Medical College of Wisconsin.
Sally S. Cohen, Director, Nursing Management, Policy & Leadership Specialty, Yale University, School of Nursing.
Miles Weinberger, Director, Pediatric Allergy & Pulmonary Division, Children's Hospital, University of Iowa.
Arie Rimmerman, Social Welfare & Social Planning School of Social Work, Social Welfare & Health Sciences, University of Haifa and member of Shalva's International Scientific Committee.

The congress was a great success with attendees expressing their interest in continuing the “conversation” with their colleagues throughout the year and at the next Congress!

Click here, for more information about the Second Annual Congress on Chronic Disorders & Disabilities

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