Join us to explore innovative interventions supporting children with congenital heart disease.
Children with congenital heart disease (CHD) are at increased risk for neurodevelopmental issues, particularly in executive functioning—critical for academic success and overall well-being. Despite growing recognition of these difficulties, effective, targeted interventions remain limited.
This conference will explore promising strategies to support neurodevelopmental, behavioral and mental health outcomes—we will examine interventions being implemented in the population of children with CHD but also those that have been successfully implemented in other populations, covering a wide range of ages and approaches. 

Sessions will cover both conceptual frameworks and practical approaches to complex interventions, with insights from researchers, clinicians, and stakeholders.
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Preconference workshop 15.4.2026 2-5 pm (separate registration)

• From Concept to Care: Developing and Testing an Intervention for Children with CHD? Alenka Schmid and team registration 
• Nursing intervention: family centered care for cardiac patients: Chantal Etter and team registration
• Prenatal mental health screening: Johanna Calderon and Julie Deninotti registration
• Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement with ECHDO (European congenital heart disease organization) registration

Venue:
Lecture Hall 
Research Building, University Children’s Hospital Zurich
August-Forel-Strasse 51
8008 Zurich, Switzerland