At the end of September 1984 Dr. M. Velickovi and Prof. H. Prechtl with the help of the International Cerebral Palsy Society organized an international conference on "New develop- ments in the assessment of early brain damage" in Bled, Yugo- slavia. I was invited as a speaker at this conference and I went there, curious, but without too much knowledge about the central theme: cerebral palsy. During the conference and a satellite meeting I became impressed by the quality of various contributions and also by the great variety of problems related to the etiology, early diagnosis, management and...

At the end of September 1984 Dr. M. Velickovi~ and Prof. H. Prechtl with the help of the International Cerebral Palsy Society organized an international conference on "New develop- ments in the assessment of early brain damage" in Bled, Yugo- slavia. I was invited as a speaker at this conference and I went there, curious, but without too much knowledge about the central theme: cerebral palsy. During the conference and a satellite meeting I became impressed by the quality of various contributions and also by the great variety of problems related to the etiology, early diagnosis, management and...