Over 600 ICCAP participants feted to dinner
KUCHING: More than 600 delegates attending the 13th International Conference on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology ( ICCAP) 2018 were feted to a gala dinner at a hotel here Tuesday.
The delegates from 35 countries including the UK, US, Nigeria, Canada, Australia, Singapore and Hong Kong were entertained with performances by children from Tadika Bodhi, a ‘ Gendang Pampat’ led by Cikgu Mambong from Asadia, and a karaoke session.
Super Skills for Life programme in Bahasa Malaysia ( SSL- BM) was also launched atthe dinner. It was translated by University Malaysia Sabah ( UMS) academicians - Suwaibah Zakaria and Aminuddin Ibrahim Laskar - and was presented by Prof Cecilia Essau.
The conference, which enters its 13th edition this year, runs from Aug 6 to 8 in Kuching, the fi rst time it was held outside of the UK.
Conducting the conference were officials from the Department of Psychology at University of Roehamptyon in London, UK, in collaboration with the Sarawak government and Sarawak Convention Bureau ( SCB). It was attended by researchers, practitioners and policy- makers working in the fields of youth and mental health.
Altogether, 12 speakers delivered their keynote address.
According to ICCAP 2018 organising chairperson Prof Cecilia Essau, theobjective of the conference is to enhance the resilience of children, young people and families through innovative research, prevention and service development.
Minister of Welfare, Community Well Being, Woman, Family and Childhood Development Dato Sri Fatimah Abdullah, the ministry’s permanent secretary Dr Saadiah Abdul Samat and head of Early Childhood Development Division Dr Siti Zaliha Reduan were present.