Скачать или смотреть Your child has a disability: When doctors break the 'bad news'

Children born preterm are at higher risk of brain-based disabilities such as cerebral palsy or autism.

Neonatal follow-up is important to identify early signs that could suggest a disability so intervention can be initiated as early as possible to improve functional outcomes and quality of life.

However, communicating a diagnosis of a developmental disability is difficult for both the parents and the clinicians.

The quality of the communication process can shape how parents will adapt.

Dr. Thuy Mai Luu, pediatrician and medical director of CHU Sainte-Justine Neonatal Follow-Up Program and Associate clinical professor of pediatrics at Université de Montréal, will discuss the physician’s perspective on how parents can ask questions and share their experience with their health care professionals to foster resilience.

Live, this Friday, at 1 pm EST.