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Causes: Health, Surgical Specialties
Mission: The association of children's prosthetic-orthotic clinics (the association) is a national nonprofit corporation located in rosemont, illinois organized to promote the exchange of knowledge and information in pediatric prosthetics and orthotics, the improvements of the care of individuals requiring prosthetic or orthotic devices, and the fostering of cooperative research, development and evaluation efforts among member clinics. Activities are funded by member dues, annual meeting revenue and newsletter advertisement income.
Programs: The society sponsors educational/scientific medical meetings & conferences to disseminate the development of procedures relating to prosthetic-orthotic treatment of the orthopaedically disabled child.
publication of periodic newsletter disseminating information relative to advances in the prosthetic-orthotic treatment of the orthopaedically disabled child.
awards to promote residents' research.
membership expenses & courses and website expenses to support the association's mission.