The Rehab for Kids conference is a national conference organised by the Queensland Paediatric Rehabilitation Service (QPRS), Queensland Children’s Hospital, and partnered with the Australasian Cerebral Palsy Clinical Trials Network (AusCP-CTN), to provide the latest information and research relevant to paediatric rehabilitation.

The Queensland Paediatric Rehabilitation Service (QPRS) provides coordinated family-focused rehabilitation, health assessments and interventions for children and adolescents with a range of disabilities resulting from injury, illness or disease. Our goal is to maximise function, prevent or minimise predictable complications and improve quality of life for children.

The conference will showcase research from the Australasian Cerebral Palsy Clinical Trials Network, including recent advances and issues on some of the work being done to improve early diagnosis and intervention for children with, or at risk of, cerebral palsy. We will highlight the latest research and innovations in early detection, neuroprotection, interventions and their implementation into clinical practice.

The conference will provide health professionals with opportunities to update skills and knowledge with colleagues involved in the rehabilitation of children and adolescents with:

• acquired neurological injury or illness e.g. brain injury
• spinal cord dysfunction
• spina bifida
• cerebral palsy and similar conditions
• limb difference and amputation
• low incidence conditions e.g. achondroplasia

QPRS is pleased to announce that our biennial, flagship conference, Rehab For Kids will be held in Brisbane at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre from 3-5 March 2027. 

We would like to take this opportunity to offer you the ability to sponsor this event which will see the coming together of professionals from around Australia in person.

Rehab For Kids is expected to attract up to 250 delegates including medical specialists, general practitioners, allied health professionals, nurses, researchers, students, and parents/carers of children who have received rehabilitation.

The conference will provide an insight into the following topics:

• Physical Rehabilitation: assessment and treatment approaches
• Cognitive Rehabilitation: assessment and treatment approaches
• Psycho-social issues
• Rehabilitation of children with brain injuries, cerebral palsy or like conditions
• Management of children with spina bifida
• Environmental modifications/assistive technology
• Models of service delivery
• Resources/tools to support children’s rehabilitation
• The changing face of health and disability services
• Neuroscience
• Community programs
• Transitions including: starting school, to high school, adulthood
• Participation
• Consumer consultation and involvement

Benefits of sponsoring include the ability to demonstrate your knowledge, research, equipment, products and services. Sponsorship entitlements are designed to have impact before, during and after the event.

There are several packages available which can be viewed on the website.

A call for abstracts will be opened in coming weeks. We also encourage all prospective sponsors to submit a paper for review by the conference scientific committee for potential inclusion in the program at Rehab for Kids 2027.

If you would like more information on the conference content, please contact Megan Thorley:

rehabconference@health.qld.gov.au or QPRS (07) 3068 2950