Programme
🎉 We're preparing something truly special!
The very first edition of our congress, back in 2017, planted the seeds for deep and transformative reflection. This year, we return to our roots… but with a fresh perspective!
📚 The 2026 program is being shaped around the core themes that marked the beginning of this journey — now enriched by everything we've learned along the way.
Get ready to reconnect with ideas, revisit key debates, and discover new perspectives that bridge past, present, and future.
Workshop 1 - PSYCHOEDUCATIONAL AND SOCIO-EMOTIONAL STRATEGIES FOR INTERVENING WITH BULLIES IN PRIMARY EDUCATION (6-11 YEARS OLD)
- 9 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
- Jan. 28, 2026
- Joaquim Leitão Room
- Workshop
Andrea Cascales Martínez
Speaker
Reyes López López
Speaker
Learn what bullying truly is, how to identify potential perpetrators, and what can be done from home or the classroom. This workshop offers tools for addressing bullying from an evidence-based perspective. It is designed for professionals in educational and socio-emotional fields seeking concrete strategies to work with bullying situations, specifically with bullies.
Webinar "Deinstitutionalization of Children and Young People in Europe - portraits and examples of care systems in Slovenia and Croatia"
- 10 a.m. - noon
- Jan. 28, 2026
- Online Session
- Webinar
WS 2 - HOW TO INTERVENE WITH VICTIMS OF SCHOOL BULLYING: AN EVIDENCE- BASED GUIDE
- 11 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
- Jan. 28, 2026
- Joaquim Leitão Room
- Workshop
Andrea Cascales Martínez
Speaker
Reyes López López
Speaker
This workshop offers a practical, updated, and evidence-based overview of how to effectively intervene with victims of school bullying. Drawing from current evidence, the session provides specific resources and tools for socio-educational professionals seeking to improve early detection and responses to victimization.
Keynote Lecture "OS CAÇA-ALFACES"
- 2 p.m. - 3 p.m.
- Jan. 28, 2026
- A.Pedro Vasconcelos Room
- Keynote Lecture
Pedro Chagas Freitas
Keynote Speaker
Sara Melo
Chair
Uma palestra que não é bem uma palestra. Um stand-up que não é bem uma comédia. Um manual de sobrevivência de lágrimas com ironia. OS CAÇA-ALFACES não é sobre o triunfo que enche todas as palestras de autoajuda. É sobre não morrer enquanto tropeças. É sobre olhar para a tua própria desgraça e ter vontade de rir. É um espetáculo para quem caiu muitas vezes e ainda sente a terra na boca. Para quem está cansado de palestras motivacionais com sorrisos fluorescentes. OS CAÇA-ALFACES não é um convite ao sucesso; é um brinde aos sobreviventes.
Simposyum 1: Adolescência em risco: comportamentos aditivos e regulação emocional
- 3 p.m. - 4:10 p.m.
- Jan. 28, 2026
- Online Session
- Online Oral Presentation
Parallel Sessions – Oral Presentations 1A
- 3 p.m. - 4:10 p.m.
- Jan. 28, 2026
- Fonseca e Costa Room
- Oral Presentations
Parallel Sessions – Oral Presentations 1B
- 3 p.m. - 4:10 p.m.
- Jan. 28, 2026
- A.Pedro Vasconcelos Room
- Oral Presentations
Parallel Sessions – Oral Presentations 1C
- 3 p.m. - 4:10 p.m.
- Jan. 28, 2026
- Joaquim Leitão Room
- Oral Presentations
Parallel Sessions – Oral Presentations 1D
- 3 p.m. - 4:10 p.m.
- Jan. 28, 2026
- Online Session
- Online Oral Presentation
Round Table | Public Policies for Childhood and Adolescence
- 4:30 p.m. - 6:45 p.m.
- Jan. 28, 2026
- A.Pedro Vasconcelos Room
- Round Table
Child Guarantee: A Structural Solution or an Aspirational Policy? An Analysis of Progress and Key Challenges
(Round Table Communication)
Sónia Maria Cunha Ferreira de Almeida Coordenadora Nacional da Garantia para a Infância
The Child Protection System – What Challenges?
(Round Table Communication)
Ana Isabel Valente Presidente da CNPDPCJ
Public Health Policies: A Matter of Children’s Rights
(Round Table Communication)
Ana Isabel Guerreiro International expert in children’s rights
Parallel Sessions – Oral Presentations 2A
- 6 p.m. - 7:20 p.m.
- Jan. 28, 2026
- Fonseca e Costa Room
- Oral Presentations
Parallel Sessions – Oral Presentations 2B
- 6 p.m. - 7:20 p.m.
- Jan. 28, 2026
- A.Pedro Vasconcelos Room
- Oral Presentations
Parallel Sessions – Oral Presentations 2C
- 6 p.m. - 7:20 p.m.
- Jan. 28, 2026
- Joaquim Leitão Room
- Oral Presentations
Parallel Sessions – Oral Presentations 2D
- 6 p.m. - 7:20 p.m.
- Jan. 28, 2026
- Online Session
- Online Oral Presentation
Symposium 2: Schizo-Obsessive Disorder: Interface Between Psychotic and Obsessive-Compulsive Symptoms
- 8:30 a.m. - 9:40 a.m.
- Jan. 29, 2026
- Online Session
- Online Oral Presentation
Parallel Sessions – Oral Presentations 3A
- 8:30 a.m. - 9:40 a.m.
- Jan. 29, 2026
- Fonseca e Costa Room
- Oral Presentations
Parallel Sessions – Oral Presentations 3B
- 8:30 a.m. - 9:40 a.m.
- Jan. 29, 2026
- A.Pedro Vasconcelos Room
- Oral Presentations
Parallel Sessions – Oral Presentations 3D
- 8:30 a.m. - 9:40 a.m.
- Jan. 29, 2026
- Online Session
- Online Oral Presentation
Round Table | Growing Up in an Obesogenic Environment: 10 Years Later…
- 9:45 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.
- Jan. 29, 2026
- A.Pedro Vasconcelos Room
- Round Table
The Obesogenic Environment: An (Un)breakable Barrier?
(Round Table Communication)
Raquel Leitão Nutritionist Professor - ESE - IPVC
Motor education and physical activity at school in obesogenic environments: Between educational rhetoric and a forgotten reality
(Round Table Communication)
César Sá Professor and Researcher at IPVC
Obesity is not just an aesthetic issue
(Round Table Communication)
Hugo Rodrigues Pediatra | CH Alto Minho - V. Castelo
Symposium 3: Direitos da Criança em Ação: Da Proteção ao Brincar
- 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
- Jan. 29, 2026
- A.Pedro Vasconcelos Room
- Oral Presentations
Parallel Sessions – Oral Presentations 4D
- 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
- Jan. 29, 2026
- Online Session
- Online Oral Presentation
Parallel Sessions – Oral Presentations 4B
- 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
- Jan. 29, 2026
- Fonseca e Costa Room
- Oral Presentations
Parallel Sessions – Oral Presentations 4C
- 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
- Jan. 29, 2026
- Joaquim Leitão Room
- Oral Presentations
Lecture: "What happens in childhood does not stay in childhood"
- 12:30 p.m. - 1:15 p.m.
- Jan. 29, 2026
- A.Pedro Vasconcelos Room
- Keynote Lecture
João Pedro Gaspar
Keynote Speaker
Carlos Gil Escobar
Chair
Symposium 4: Grupos Terapêuticos em Serviços Hospitalares de Pedopsiquiatria
- 2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
- Jan. 29, 2026
- A.Pedro Vasconcelos Room
- Oral Presentations
Parallel Sessions – Oral Presentations 5B
- 2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
- Jan. 29, 2026
- Fonseca e Costa Room
- Oral Presentations
Parallel Sessions – Oral Presentations 5C
- 2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
- Jan. 29, 2026
- Joaquim Leitão Room
- Oral Presentations
Parallel Sessions – Oral Presentations 5D
- 2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
- Jan. 29, 2026
- Online Session
- Online Oral Presentation
Round Table | Child Abuse and Neglect in Pediatrics
- 3:50 p.m. - 5:20 p.m.
- Jan. 29, 2026
- A.Pedro Vasconcelos Room
- Round Table
Signs and Diagnoses – The Challenging Role of Justice in Children’s Lives
(Round Table Communication)
Paulo Guerra Juiz Desembargador - Tribunal da Relação de Coimbra
Abusos e Maus Tratos em Pediatria. Abordagem da saúde
(Round Table Communication)
Maria de Lurdes Torre Pediatrician | SPS-SPP
Prevention Is Transformation: A Systemic Change for Childhood
(Round Table Communication)
Rute Agulhas Forensic Psychologist
Interparental Violence: Risk Factors and Impact on Children
(Round Table Communication)
Isabel Dias Sociologist, Lecturer/Researcher
Parallel Sessions – Oral Presentations 6D
- 5:20 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
- Jan. 29, 2026
- Online Session
- Online Oral Presentation
Parallel Sessions – Oral Presentations 6A
- 5:20 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
- Jan. 29, 2026
- Fonseca e Costa Room
- Oral Presentations
Parallel Sessions – Oral Presentations 6B
- 5:20 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
- Jan. 29, 2026
- A.Pedro Vasconcelos Room
- Oral Presentations
Parallel Sessions – Oral Presentations 7A
- 8:30 a.m. - 9:40 a.m.
- Jan. 30, 2026
- Fonseca e Costa Room
- Oral Presentations
Parallel Sessions – Oral Presentations 7B
- 8:30 a.m. - 9:40 a.m.
- Jan. 30, 2026
- Joaquim Leitão Room
- Oral Presentations
Parallel Sessions – Oral Presentations 7D
- 8:30 a.m. - 9:40 a.m.
- Jan. 30, 2026
- Online Session
- Online Oral Presentation
Round Table | Living with Complex Illness – A Community Perspective
- 9:45 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.
- Jan. 30, 2026
- A.Pedro Vasconcelos Room
- Round Table
A social perspective on the labyrinth of complex illness
(Round Table Communication)
Paula Namora Assistente Social
From the Complexity of Illness to the Proximity of Care: Bridges in Pediatric Palliative Care
(Round Table Communication)
Ana Paula Fernandes Specialist in Pediatric Oncology
Caring for the family is also caring for the child.
(Round Table Communication)
Ana Patacho Gestora de Desenvolvimento Fundação Infantil Ronald McDonald
Round Table I Inclusion: Challenges and Opportunities
- 11:40 a.m. - 1:10 p.m.
- Jan. 30, 2026
- A.Pedro Vasconcelos Room
- Round Table
João Canossa Dias
Speaker
Luísa Monteiro
Speaker
Mariana Silva
Speaker
Sara Nunes & Juliana Simões
Speaker
Isabel Monteiro da Costa
Chair
CATL Inclusivo – Serviço de Luxo ou Imperativo do Sistema?- Parte I
(Round Table Communication)
João Canossa Dias Rehabilitation Technical Director and Speech Therapist
CATL Inclusivo – Serviço de Luxo ou Imperativo do Sistema?- Parte II
(Round Table Communication)
Mariana Silva Technical Director of CATL, ARCIL
RANU: From Dream to Reality
(Round Table Communication)
Luísa Monteiro Senior Consultant, ENT Surgeon
Grão a Grão Project: Prevention for Inclusion
(Round Table Communication)
Sara Nunes & Juliana Simões Projecto Grão a Grão
Symposium 5: Brincar é o Segredo Mais Bem Guardado do Ser Humano
- 2 p.m. - 3 p.m.
- Jan. 30, 2026
- A.Pedro Vasconcelos Room
- Oral Presentations
Projects Presentation
- 2 p.m. - 3 p.m.
- Jan. 30, 2026
- Fonseca e Costa Room
- Oral Presentations
Parallel Sessions – Posters Discussion
- 2 p.m. - 3 p.m.
- Jan. 30, 2026
- Joaquim Leitão Room
- Oral Presentations
Round Table | Traditional and Emerging Addictions
- 3 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
- Jan. 30, 2026
- A.Pedro Vasconcelos Room
- Round Table
Luísa Morais
Speaker
Neide Urbano
Speaker
Rosário Carmona e Costa
Speaker
Filipa Pancada Fonseca
Chair
Old Addictions in New Generations: The Reality of Adolescents
(Round Table Communication)
Neide Urbano Médica Pedopsiquiatra
New Addictions, Old Skills – What Do We Need to Address in the New Paradigm?
(Round Table Communication)
Rosário Carmona e Costa Clinical psychologist. Child and adolescent psychotherapist | Belong - Institute of Development and Health - Belong - Instituto de Desenvolvimento e Saúde