The Philippine Society for Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics 9th Biennal Convention with the theme Uniquely Different: Embracing Diversity across the lifespan. It was held last September 5 and 6, 2017 at Novo-hotel Manila Araneta Center Quezon City. Most participant were Health Care Providers such as Doctors, Pediatricians, therapies, teachers, parents, and other health care services. The theme was to view every individual with unique differences mostly those children with special needs.
Children especially those with special needs, deserve unconditional love and nurturing care from the people around them. Doctors and healthcare providers are expected to go an extra mile to fully understand and positively respond to the needs for their kids with physical, mental and social deficiencies and inabilities.
The PSDBP equipped the participants with the latest approaches and innovations in the developmental and behavioral pediatrics, through this event, may learn new updates on researches about child care and neurodiversity. This will definitely help in the evaluation and handling of cases of children with attention- deficit hyperactive disorder, autism spectrum disorder and learning disorder. They give some approach like conventional and environmental approach or by the mixed of both approach. They also see to it that a research was done to prove that to this approaches.
The speakers from different areas of expertise discuss what to be done on children with special needs. They discuss not to view the negative behaviors of children with this kind of condition but to see the positive side of them. That they can be productive and they can also succeed with the areas they excel. They just need guidance and encouragement and with proper approach. The two day event gives the participant a different views on how to deal, manage and care for the children with special needs that they need our outmost love that they are also humans.. not just they are special but they are uniquely different and they needs guidance and care throughout their lifespan.
The professional organization has a mission to make every Filipino child, particularly those with special needs, attain the best quality of life, through competent, compassion able, collaborative and ethical care..
This event will help us to assess our children in Bahay Aurora. Every children has their unique potential, we also need to view their weaknesses in a different aspects and how to see the positive side of them. Some are slow learners, some are fast, but we just need to encourage them and to overcome those fear or hindrance for them to learn. Mostly do it with patience, care and love.