The Impact of Trauma on Development
This presentation will address the impact of trauma in the first 1000 days of life.
It will explore the impact of the ‘toxic uterus’ – a term developed by Professor Venter. Further, it will investigate the impact of abuse and neglect on the developing brain and briefly look at HIV and trauma.
HPCSA Awards 3 CEUs
This talk will be available 30 days from registration.
Speaker:
Professor André Venter was the Academic Head of the Department of Pediatrics and Child Health at The University of the Free State. His special area of interest is child development and he obtained his Doctorate in 1991 in this field at the University of Alberta, Canada.