Communications Committee
Responsibilities
To ensure EACD will be highly visible to families, clinicians and academics in the field of childhood disability, and to ensure EACD will provide high quality, accessible information, education and resources to enable best practice for individuals with childhood-onset disabilities and their families.
Members
Chair Lorna Wales, OT, PhD Senior Lecturer (Education) in Occupational Therapy UNITED KINGDOM Member John Coughlan, PT, MSc Member of the EACD Families & Users' Forum; LUXEMBOURG | Member Oleh Kachmar, MD, PhD Head of Innovative Technologies Department and Information Center; International Clinic of Rehabilitation, Truskavets Member Álvaro Hidalgo-Robles, PT, MSc Lecturer and Researcher at the SPAIN |
Procedure
The EACD General Management Committee elects the members to form the EACD Communications Committee. Communications Committee members are elected for a period of 3 years.
Role of Communications Committee Members
The Communications Committee members are expected to work closely together with each other. Communications Committee members have to be members of EACD and must attend the EACD Annual Meetings during their term.
The responsibilities and duties of the EACD Communications Committee members are:
- To build a community of EACD members and build the profile of EACD as an organisation by using a range of communication channels.
- To inform and update the membership on the ongoing activities and events of EACD
- To communicate and disseminate research findings relevant to the mission of EACD across Europe and beyond, and to facilitate the communication of research findings to clinical practice in an easy accessible way where appropriate.
- To foster co-operation and communication between people with an interest in childhood-onset disabilities in Europe and beyond.
- To encourage people to become professionally active in the field of childhood-onset disability
- To support the other members of the Communications Committee with any tasks and/or decisions as requested.
- To present on request of the GMC, during a GMC meeting and/or AGM meeting an update on EACD's Communication Strategy.
Accountability
EACD Communications Committee members are accountable to the EACD General Management Committee for the stated duties and responsibilities.