La Leche League, Tralee
In association with CAIPe (Centre for Advancement of Inter-professional Education), Department of Nursing and Health and Humanities, ITT and HSE is delighted to host

'PARENTING OUR CHILDREN - ART AND SCIENCE 2010'

AGENDA
9.30-10am Registration (stalls include: LLL, ITT, HSE, Kerry Mum and Baby, and Kids are Funk)
10-10.15 Welcome and introduction: Mary Fitzgibbon LLL Tralee & ITT

Session 1
10.15-11.15 Parent-infant sleeping and feeding behaviour what we do and why Professor Helen Ball, BSC, MA, PhD
11.15 Tea/coffee break
11.45-12.15 Parent-infant sleeping cont’d
12.15-12.45 Open forum for questions and discussion

Session 2 (students and health professionals)
2-2.30pm Registration
2.30-4.15pm Parent-infant sleeping and behaviour: issues for health professionals Professor Helen Ball, BSc, MA, PhD

Professor Helen Ball, BSc, MA, PhD is Professor of Anthropology and Director of the Parent-Infant Sleep Lab at Durham University. She has been studying infant feeding and infant sleep since 1995, working with organisations at home and abroad, on ways to facilitate bedding-in for breastfeeding support in hospitals. Her current research involves behavioural and physiological investigations of infant and child sleep- and the effect on child obesity. Professor Ball runs the ‘Parent-Infant Sleep Lab’ at Queen’s Campus, Stockton and also conducts research in various local hospitals and the community.

To book a place please text or ring 086-1249913 or email Mary.Fitzgibbon@staff.ittralee.ie

Places are limited. Children and babies welcome.

Individual €15 per session
Family €20 per session
Student €10 per session