KBHN at DOHAD 2022 Survey Form

Thank you for joining Kids Brain Health Network at DOHaD Congress 2022! We hope you learned more about our advocacy and the role of KBHN in helping children live their best lives! As part of our consultative nature, we would like to hear your feedback, comments and suggestions to better improve the delegate experience [...]

2022-08-30T10:10:26-08:00August 29th, 2022|Uncategorized|

Putting Artificial Intelligence to Work for Families

Symposium to Showcase How Researchers Are Harnessing AI to Help Prevent and Manage Childhood Neurodevelopmental Disabilities For promoting the health of the human brain, one of the promising tools at our disposal is—fittingly enough—the artificial brain. In a KBHN-sponsored symposium called “Applications of Artificial Intelligence to Improve Health Outcomes Across the Lifespan” at DOHaD [...]

2022-08-25T08:53:58-08:00August 22nd, 2022|Events|

Shaping a Healthy Brain from the Start

DOHaD 2022 World Congress events will offer a deep dive into the link between early brain development and mental health. Even though most of us don’t remember the first few years of life, they matter immensely. That’s because they shape the architecture of the developing brain and influence lifelong well-being. For example, early experiences [...]

2022-08-25T08:53:47-08:00August 22nd, 2022|Events|

KBHN-DOHaD Congress 2022: Open Public Panel

An Open Public Panel, in conjunction with the 12th World Congress on the Developmental Origins of Health and Disease (DOHaD), is being held in Vancouver on August 28, 2022. Early childhood development is determined by the interaction between our genetic make-up and the environment, all of which includes the situation and lifestyles of both [...]

2022-08-12T12:21:51-08:00August 12th, 2022|Events|

Newsletter – Summer 2022

Meet Alex, a sixteen-year-old boy living with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder. Alex has many complex needs, and a main source of support is the Fetal Alcohol Resource Program (FARP), which connects kids and their families to local FASD supports. WATCH VIDEO Building a Village of Support: Alex's Story “For families like ours, where our children have amazing abilities and [...]

2023-05-05T09:30:05-08:00June 23rd, 2022|Newsletters|

Newsletter – Spring 2022

  When Mimi was diagnosed with autism at the age of two, she could barely communicate. Now four years old, Mimi communicates using sounds and words, skills that were taught and nurtured through the Social ABCs program. WATCH VIDEO   The Social ABCs: Mimi's Story Mimi and her mom spent 12 weeks working with a [...]

2023-05-05T09:31:46-08:00June 23rd, 2022|Newsletters|

The Fetal Alcohol Resource Program

When a child receives a diagnosis of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD), families often don’t know where to turn and struggle to find supports that are FASD informed. The Fetal Alcohol Resource Program exists to change this. The program was established in 2015 as a community-based collaboration involving Citizen Advocacy Ottawa (now ABLE2), the [...]

2023-05-04T18:07:55-08:00May 25th, 2022|News|

Building a Village of Support: Alex’s Story

For Tracy and Eric, adoption always felt like the right choice. They adopted their first two children—daughter Mackenzie and son Alex—in 2010, and their family expanded in 2011 when they adopted their youngest son, Jackson. It became apparent early on that all three kids had complex developmental needs, and the couple spent many years [...]

2023-05-04T18:09:38-08:00May 25th, 2022|News|
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