Wow, its that time of year again and our 22nd annual Kids 'n' Us Conference: Families Facing Diabetes will be held on Saturday, May 1st, 2010 in Edmonton, Alberta at the Chateau Louis Conference Centre.
This year our keynote speaker is Joe Solowiejczyk - RN,CDE MSW. He is the Clinical Manager of Counselling & Presentations for Animas Corporation, a Johnson and Johnson Company. A healthcare professional who has lived with Type 1 diabetes for 50 years, Joe is able to translate his personal experiences into patient care. As a nurse, diabetes educator and family therapist, he specializes in assessing how family dynamics impact the management of diabetes and designs interventions that result in more effective coping and optimal metabolic control.
This one day conference is for everyone who is involved in the care of a child with T1 Diabetes together with your children who have T1 Diabetes and their siblings and friends!
You will also have a chance to browse through our sponsor/vendor displays to see all the gadgets and devices out there to help in caring for your child!
Attendance keeps on increasing and we have attendees not only from Alberta, but also from N.W.T., Saskatchewan and British Columbia. We have limited capacity so early registration is advised! We also have early bird registration discounts this year!
More information on registration and the break outs sessions can be found on our website - www.kidsnus.ca.
This year our keynote speaker is Joe Solowiejczyk - RN,CDE MSW. He is the Clinical Manager of Counselling & Presentations for Animas Corporation, a Johnson and Johnson Company. A healthcare professional who has lived with Type 1 diabetes for 50 years, Joe is able to translate his personal experiences into patient care. As a nurse, diabetes educator and family therapist, he specializes in assessing how family dynamics impact the management of diabetes and designs interventions that result in more effective coping and optimal metabolic control.
This one day conference is for everyone who is involved in the care of a child with T1 Diabetes together with your children who have T1 Diabetes and their siblings and friends!
You will also have a chance to browse through our sponsor/vendor displays to see all the gadgets and devices out there to help in caring for your child!
Attendance keeps on increasing and we have attendees not only from Alberta, but also from N.W.T., Saskatchewan and British Columbia. We have limited capacity so early registration is advised! We also have early bird registration discounts this year!
More information on registration and the break outs sessions can be found on our website - www.kidsnus.ca.