At 8:30 AM on Monday, September 15th, 2025, the Training Program on Developmental – Behavioral Pediatrics will be held at Tam Anh Research Institute (TAMRI) by Dr. Colleen Anne Kraft, MD, MBA.
The program is designed to update and enhance knowledge for doctors and healthcare professionals in screening, diagnosing, and interdisciplinary collaboration to support children with developmental disorders. Moreover, this program emphasizes the importance of collaboration between schools and kindergartens in detecting early signs of developmental delays. Our speakers will also share their findings about future directions of Pediatrics globally and in Vietnam specifically.
Key Speaker: Colleen Anne Kraft, MD, MBA
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Colleen Anne Kraft, MD, MBA Clinical Professor of Pediatrics
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As a professor at the Department of Pediatrics, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Prof. Colleen Anne Kraft is a renowned medical educator and researcher in pediatric development and education.
As a former President of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), she has always been at the forefront in constructing training programs for screening and diagnosing developmental disorders. Her research focuses on improving children’s emotional, social, and behavioral health through interdisciplinary approaches. |
Program Detail
| Timeline | Content | Speaker |
| 08:00 – 08:30 | Greet and Meet | |
| 08:30 – 08:45 | Opening Speech | |
| 08:45 – 09:25 | Approach to Developmental Diagnosis: Autism or Not? | Colleen Anne Kraft, MD, MBA |
| 09:25 – 10:05 | Developmental Screening, Autism, and Socio-Emotional Health | |
| 10:05 – 10:15 | Break | |
| 10:15 – 10:55 | Clinical Case Discussion & Q&A | Colleen Anne Kraft, MD, MBA |
| 10:55 – 11:00 | Morning Session Summary | Colleen Anne Kraft, MD, MBA |
| 11:00 – 13:00 | Lunch Break | |
| 13:00 – 13:45 | Autism Diagnosis: Next Steps | Colleen Anne Kraft, MD, MBA |
| 13:45 – 14:30 | The Future of Pediatrics | |
| 14:30 – 14:40 | Break | |
| 14:40 – 15:25 | Collaboration with Schools and Kindergartens in Identifying Developmental Delays | Colleen Anne Kraft, MD, MBA |
| 15:25 – 16:00 | Discussion & Closing | |
Project VN Foundation (PVNF) is a non-profit organization established in 1996, in the United States,. This organization focuses on volunteer activities in Vietnam. PVNF focuses its activities on newborns and women’s care, reducing neonatal mortality, and training medical staff. Their operation network stretches from the far north of Vietnam to the Mekong Delta, cooperating with many major hospitals in Vietnam.
