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Pediatric Life Care Plan/Treating Children

🗓️ Air Date: February 25, 1 PM ET

About the Event

Developing life care plan projections for children requires a fundamentally different approach than for adults. Growth, development, evolving functional abilities, family dynamics, and long-term medical uncertainty all shape how future needs must be evaluated and supported.

This live webinar, presented by Dr. Neal Alpiner, MD, explores the intricacies involved in projecting life care needs for pediatric populations across the lifespan. The session examines how early injuries, congenital conditions, and developmental impairments can influence medical care, therapeutic services, education, equipment, and support requirements over time.

Attendees will gain insight into how pediatric life care planners assess changing needs at key developmental stages, account for anticipated transitions into adolescence and adulthood, and develop projections that are both clinically sound and defensible in medico-legal settings. Emphasis is placed on evidence-based methodology, interdisciplinary coordination, and realistic long-term planning that reflects both medical complexity and quality-of-life considerations.

This session is designed for attorneys, claims professionals, and litigation stakeholders seeking a clearer understanding of how pediatric life care plans are constructed—and why accurate, forward-looking projections are critical in cases involving children.

Meet the Presenter Dr. Neal Alpiner, MD

Dr. Neal Alpiner, MD is a triple board-certified physician in Pediatrics, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, and Life Care Planning, with nationally recognized expertise in complex neurologic injury, life expectancy analysis, and long-term functional prognosis across the lifespan. His clinical and academic work integrates neurorehabilitation principles with biologically informed assessment of cellular health, neuroinflammation, and recovery potential following neurologic disease or injury.

Dr. Alpiner’s practice focuses on medically complex pediatric and adult populations, including individuals with acquired brain injury, stroke, spinal cord injury, neuromuscular disease, developmental neurologic disorders, and chronic medical fragility. He is particularly interested in disorders of arousal, cognition, endurance, and motor recovery, and in how mitochondrial dysfunction, cellular senescence, sarcopenia, and chronic neuroimmune activation influence functional trajectories, rehabilitation potential, and life expectancy. His work emphasizes individualized, pathology-driven analysis rather than reliance on population-based assumptions.

In addition to his clinical work, Dr. Alpiner is the President and Co-Founder of the American Association of Pediatric Life Care Professionals, an organization dedicated to advancing standards, education, and interdisciplinary collaboration in pediatric life care planning. Through this role, he has contributed to the development of pediatric-specific frameworks for life expectancy analysis, future care needs, and functional forecasting in children with complex congenital, neurologic, and catastrophic injuries.

Dr. Alpiner has held leadership roles in designing physician-driven neurorehabilitation and life care planning models that integrate high-fidelity neurologic examination, impairment based functional analysis, and longitudinal medical decision-making. He is actively involved in educating physicians and allied professionals on rigorous documentation, biologic plausibility, and defensible methodology in life care planning, particularly in cases involving neurologic injury and lifelong care needs.

Dr. Alpiner is the author of three books, including his most recent work, Unleashed Intelligence, which explores neuroplasticity, cellular health, and longevity through a systems based neuroscience lens. He is a frequent lecturer for national and regional audiences on neurorehabilitation, pediatric and adult life care planning, disorders of consciousness, and the application of cellular and systems biology to long-term prognosis.

Attendee Benefits

Continuing Legal Education (CLE) Credit Included

Earn accredited CLE while exploring how expert opinions are formed, analyzed, and defended in complex cases, supporting stronger case strategy and evidentiary decision making.

Certificate of Completion for Your Records

Each session includes a certificate of completion to document your participation for compliance, credentialing, and internal professional development tracking.

Live Expert Q&A with Real World Insight

Engage directly with experienced clinicians and medico legal experts during live Q&A. Ask case specific questions, explore gray areas, and gain perspective grounded in real world practice, not theory.

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Frequently Asked Questions

FAQ for the Behind the Case – 2026 Medico-Legal Webinar Series.

What is the Behind the Case medico-legal webinar series?

Behind the Case is an expert-led medico-legal webinar series that examines the clinical reasoning, expert methodology, and strategic decision-making behind complex injury and litigation cases. The series focuses on how medical evidence, life care planning, vocational analysis, and cost projections are developed and defended.

Who should attend these medico-legal webinars?

These webinars are designed for attorneys, claims professionals, adjusters, risk managers, nurse case managers, and litigation stakeholders involved in workers’ compensation, personal injury, catastrophic injury, and long-term care cases.

How does Behind the Case support stronger legal and claims outcomes?

By clarifying how expert opinions are formed, supported, and defended, the series helps participants identify risk earlier, evaluate expert work more effectively, and make informed decisions that support defensible claims management and litigation strategy.

Who is eligible to receive a certificate?

Certificates are available to attorneys, claims professionals, case managers, and other litigation and insurance stakeholders who attend or view the full session.