Pre-Congress Courses

Counselling Skills
Nigel Beail, Consultant Clinical Psychologist. Head of Psychological Services for Barnsley Learning Disability Service. Honorary Chair in Psychology at the University of Sheffield, UK

Psychopharmacotherapy
Marco Bertelli, Co-chair of the WPA-SPID (World Psychiatric Association Section Psychiatry of Intellectual Disability). Co-chair of the SIRM (Italina Society for the study of Mental Retardation), I

Biopsychological Features Influencing Acts of Aggression: A Triadic Mental Health Assessment and Treatment Model
William I. Gardner, Clinical psychologist and Emeritus Professor in the Rehabilitation Psychology Program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA

Psychodynamics in Psychopathology in Persons With Intellectual Disability: Diagnostics and Clinical Interventions based on Cases Studies
Johan De Groef, Psychoanalyst and General Manager of Zonnelied: a Service Provider for Adults with ID. Freelance assistant of the section orthopedagogiek of the Catholic University Leuven, B
Anton Došen, Psychiatrist and Emeritus professor of Psychiatric Aspects of Intellectual Disability at the Radboud University, Nijmegen. Professor at the University of Zagreb, NL /HR

Dementia and Intellectual Disability: Assessment, Management, Caring Environment
Matthew P. Janicki, Associate Professor of Human Development at the Institute of Disability and Human Development at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Director for Technical Assistance for the Rehabilitation Research and Training Center in Aging with Mental Retardation, USA

Intellectual disability, Psychotrauma and EDMR; Treatment of PTSD by the EMDR method
Reinout Lievegoed, Psychiatrist, Zonnehuizen kind en jeugd, Zeist, NL
Liesbeth Mevissen, Clinical Psychologist, Stichting Philadelphia, Nunspeet, NL

Assessing Mental Health Problems in Children and Adolescents: The ChA-PAS interview (a new addition to the PAS-ADD system)
Steve Moss, Member of the Estia Centre, Guy's Hospital, London. Honorary Senior Lecturer at the Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College, London, UK

Diagnosis and Assessment in Autism Spectrum Disorder
Rositta Symalla, Psychologist, Psychotherapist, Coordinator in  Autism Program Bethel. head of Consulting Service Autism. Managing Director of Autea Institute (Training Center), D

Structured training of social skills - a contribution to social inclusion
Sabine Behrend, v. Bodelschwinghsche Anstalten Bethel, Bielefeld, D
Sabine Obermann, v. Bodelschwinghsche Anstalten Bethel, Bielefeld, D