King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center in Jeddah will organize the Sixth Conference on Growth Inhibition in Children at Park Hyatt Hotel from May 20 to May 22.

Dr. Hiba Atiyyah, chairperson of the organizing committee, said the conference with the theme “How far we reached in quality of services” would discuss the concept of quality of services being extended to children with special needs in medical, rehabilitation, education and community fields.

The conference will also focus on a number of pivotal points, such as fundamentals and regulations for diagnosis and treatment, in addition to designing of programs for treatment and rehabilitation.

According to Atiyyah, the conference will review the efficiency of the programs designed for these children. It will also examine how far these programs are adapted to the conditions, capabilities and requirements of the children and their positive impact on the life of the children and their parents.

Atiyyah said the fifth conference that was held under the patronage of Prince Sultan bin Salman, chairman of the Disabled Children's Association (DCA), made several recommendations.

“As part of implementing these recommendations, the Saudi Society for the Guardians of the Disabled was constituted. An Early Intervention Diagnostic Center was also opened in Jeddah under the direct aegis of Prince Sultan bin Salman,” she said.

The center provides family-centered early intervention services for infants and toddlers with developmental delays.

Atiyyah noted that growth inhibition is a disease or health complication that may happen in children and hampers their normal growth.