Colin Kennedy is Professor of Neurology and Paediatrics at the University of Southampton and a Consultant Paediatric Neurologist at Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust, and principal investigator on several long term funded studies, including those requiring national or international collaboration. He is a former president of the European Paediatric Neurology Society and the British Paediatric Neurology Association, and a past convenor of the European Committee of National Advisers in Paediatric Neurology. He has a particular interest in the care of children with neurological problems in Eastern Europe and Central Asia.

• PART 1: PRINCIPLES OF CHILD NEUROLOGY IN INFANCY1 Terms, definitions and concepts -  Colin Kennedy2 Interprofessional working: user and carer involvement  - Audrone Prasauskiene and Maryze Schoneveld van der Linde3 Clinical epidemiology and evidence-based medicine  - Andrew L. Lux4 Promoting child development - Boika Rechel and Dainius Puras5 Neurological and neurodevelopmental assessment - Leena Haataja, Vittorio Belmonti and Giovanni Cioni6 Prevention of neurological disease in infants - Jane Williams and Colin Kennedy7 Cranial imaging - Brigitte Vollmer8 Neurophysiological investigations - Bernhard Schmitt and Varsine Jaladyan9 Biochemical and haematological testing - Valerie Walker and Mary Morgan10 Drug treatments: drugs, vitamins and minerals - Imti Choonara and Peter Baxter11 Nonpharmacological treatment - Ilona Autti-RämöPART 2: PRACTICE CLINICAL SETTINGS12 Neonatal encephalopathy - Gian Paolo Chiaffoni and Daniele Trevisanuto13 Neonatal seizures, including metabolic epileptic encephalopathies - Barbara Plecko14 Acute non-febrile encephalopathy - Tiina Talvik, Fenella Kirkham, Tuuli Metsvaht and Inga Talvik15 Acute neurological illness with fever: meningitis, encephalitis and infective space-occupying lesions - Rachel Kneen and Charles Newton16 Post-neonatal epileptic seizures - Hans Hartmann and J. Helen Cross17 Non-epileptic paroxysmal disorders in infancy - John B.P. Stephenson and Alla Nechay18 Macrocephaly, including hydrocephalus - Colin Kennedy19 Microcephaly, including congenital infections - Richard Chin and Vlatka Mejaski-Bosnjak20 The floppy infant - Ulrika Ådén and Thomas Sejersen21 Early developmental impairment and neurological abnormalities at birth - Richard W. Newton, Ilona Autti-Rämö and Audrone Prasauskiene22 Cerebral palsy - Florian Heinen and Peter Baxter23 Central nervous system disorders of movement other than cerebral palsy - Peter Baxter and Florian Heinen24 Progressive loss of skills - Meral Topcu, Dilek Yalnýzoglu and Richard NewtonAppendix 1: Growth charts

Colin Kennedy is Professor of Neurology and Paediatrics at the University of Southampton and a Consultant Paediatric Neurologist at Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust, and principal investigator on several long term funded studies, including those requiring national or international collaboration. He is a former president of the European Paediatric Neurology Society and the British Paediatric Neurology Association, and a past convenor of the European Committee of National Advisers in Paediatric Neurology. He has a particular interest in the care of children with neurological problems in Eastern Europe and Central Asia.

• PART 1: PRINCIPLES OF CHILD NEUROLOGY IN INFANCY1 Terms, definitions and concepts -  Colin Kennedy2 Interprofessional working: user and carer involvement  - Audrone Prasauskiene and Maryze Schoneveld van der Linde3 Clinical epidemiology and evidence-based medicine  - Andrew L. Lux4 Promoting child development - Boika Rechel and Dainius Puras5 Neurological and neurodevelopmental assessment - Leena Haataja, Vittorio Belmonti and Giovanni Cioni6 Prevention of neurological disease in infants - Jane Williams and Colin Kennedy7 Cranial imaging - Brigitte Vollmer8 Neurophysiological investigations - Bernhard Schmitt and Varsine Jaladyan9 Biochemical and haematological testing - Valerie Walker and Mary Morgan10 Drug treatments: drugs, vitamins and minerals - Imti Choonara and Peter Baxter11 Nonpharmacological treatment - Ilona Autti-RämöPART 2: PRACTICE CLINICAL SETTINGS12 Neonatal encephalopathy - Gian Paolo Chiaffoni and Daniele Trevisanuto13 Neonatal seizures, including metabolic epileptic encephalopathies - Barbara Plecko14 Acute non-febrile encephalopathy - Tiina Talvik, Fenella Kirkham, Tuuli Metsvaht and Inga Talvik15 Acute neurological illness with fever: meningitis, encephalitis and infective space-occupying lesions - Rachel Kneen and Charles Newton16 Post-neonatal epileptic seizures - Hans Hartmann and J. Helen Cross17 Non-epileptic paroxysmal disorders in infancy - John B.P. Stephenson and Alla Nechay18 Macrocephaly, including hydrocephalus - Colin Kennedy19 Microcephaly, including congenital infections - Richard Chin and Vlatka Mejaski-Bosnjak20 The floppy infant - Ulrika Ådén and Thomas Sejersen21 Early developmental impairment and neurological abnormalities at birth - Richard W. Newton, Ilona Autti-Rämö and Audrone Prasauskiene22 Cerebral palsy - Florian Heinen and Peter Baxter23 Central nervous system disorders of movement other than cerebral palsy - Peter Baxter and Florian Heinen24 Progressive loss of skills - Meral Topcu, Dilek Yalnýzoglu and Richard NewtonAppendix 1: Growth charts

Colin Kennedy is Professor of Neurology and Paediatrics at the University of Southampton and a Consultant Paediatric Neurologist at Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust, and principal investigator on several long term funded studies, including those requiring national or international collaboration. He is a former president of the European Paediatric Neurology Society and the British Paediatric Neurology Association, and a past convenor of the European Committee of National Advisers in Paediatric Neurology. He has a particular interest in the care of children with neurological problems in Eastern Europe and Central Asia.

• PART 1: PRINCIPLES OF CHILD NEUROLOGY IN INFANCY1 Terms, definitions and concepts -  Colin Kennedy2 Interprofessional working: user and carer involvement  - Audrone Prasauskiene and Maryze Schoneveld van der Linde3 Clinical epidemiology and evidence-based medicine  - Andrew L. Lux4 Promoting child development - Boika Rechel and Dainius Puras5 Neurological and neurodevelopmental assessment - Leena Haataja, Vittorio Belmonti and Giovanni Cioni6 Prevention of neurological disease in infants - Jane Williams and Colin Kennedy7 Cranial imaging - Brigitte Vollmer8 Neurophysiological investigations - Bernhard Schmitt and Varsine Jaladyan9 Biochemical and haematological testing - Valerie Walker and Mary Morgan10 Drug treatments: drugs, vitamins and minerals - Imti Choonara and Peter Baxter11 Nonpharmacological treatment - Ilona Autti-RämöPART 2: PRACTICE CLINICAL SETTINGS12 Neonatal encephalopathy - Gian Paolo Chiaffoni and Daniele Trevisanuto13 Neonatal seizures, including metabolic epileptic encephalopathies - Barbara Plecko14 Acute non-febrile encephalopathy - Tiina Talvik, Fenella Kirkham, Tuuli Metsvaht and Inga Talvik15 Acute neurological illness with fever: meningitis, encephalitis and infective space-occupying lesions - Rachel Kneen and Charles Newton16 Post-neonatal epileptic seizures - Hans Hartmann and J. Helen Cross17 Non-epileptic paroxysmal disorders in infancy - John B.P. Stephenson and Alla Nechay18 Macrocephaly, including hydrocephalus - Colin Kennedy19 Microcephaly, including congenital infections - Richard Chin and Vlatka Mejaski-Bosnjak20 The floppy infant - Ulrika Ådén and Thomas Sejersen21 Early developmental impairment and neurological abnormalities at birth - Richard W. Newton, Ilona Autti-Rämö and Audrone Prasauskiene22 Cerebral palsy - Florian Heinen and Peter Baxter23 Central nervous system disorders of movement other than cerebral palsy - Peter Baxter and Florian Heinen24 Progressive loss of skills - Meral Topcu, Dilek Yalnýzoglu and Richard NewtonAppendix 1: Growth charts