Today marks day 2 of The Current Trends In Autism 2008 conference, which is being held April 11-12, at the Boston Marriott Burlington.
Walk-in registration is being accepted at the conference ($25 late registration fee).
Speakers will include Margaret Bauman, Timothy Buie, Marvin Natowicz, Charles Henry, Ronald Kleinman, Sheldon Wagner, Michael Weiss, Stephen Shore, Dorry Brown, Diane Chugani, Marianne Fougere, Dorothea Iannuzzi, Anne Larkin, Pat Levitt, Michael Mancusi, James McPartland, Nancy Minshew, Soma Mukhopadhyay, Isaac Pessah, Joel Smith, Stacey Szklut and many others.
Visit
http://www.ladders.org/pdf/CTIA_2008.pdf for information and schedule.
Current Trends In Autism 2008 Conference - Day 2
Today marks Day 2 of The Current Trends In Autism 2008 conference, which taked place on April 11 and 12, 2008 at The Boston Marriott Burlington in Burlington, MA.
Walk-in registration is being accepted at the conference ($25 late registration fee).
Visit http:// www.ladders.org/pdf/CTIA_2008.pdf for conference information, schedule and registration form.
Speakers include:
- Margaret L. Bauman, MD, Director, LADDERS/MassGeneral Hospital for Children
- Dorry Brown, MEd, Director, Group Language Therapy Program, Children's Hospital Boston at Waltham, Center for Communication Disorders
- Tim Buie, MD, LADDERS/MassGeneral Hospital for Children
- Diane Chugani, PhD, Professor of Pediatrics and Radiology, Children's Hospital of Michigan, Dept. of Pediatrics - PET Center
- Marianne Fougere, LICSW, Counseling Collaborative
- Charles Henry, MD, LADDERS/MassGeneral Hospital for Children
- Dorothea Iannuzzi, LICSW, Riverside Community Care
- Anne Larkin, PhD, Professor of Education, Lesley University
- Pat Levitt, PhD, Annette Schaffer Eskind Chair; Professor of Pharmacology; Director, Vanderbilt Kennedy Center for Research on Human Development
- Michael Mancusi, LICSW, East Boston Neighborhood Health Center
- James McPartland, PhD, Associate Research Scientist, Child Study Center, Yale
- Nancy Minshew, MD, Prof. Of Psychiatry & Neurology, Univ. of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
- So ma Mukhopadhyay, BS, MS, Chemistry and BA Education, HALO - Helping Autism through Learning and Outreach
- Marvin Natowicz, MD, PhD, Cleveland Clinic
- Isaac Pessah, PhD, Director, Center for Children's Environmental Health and Disease Prevention, UC Davis
- Stephen Shore, EdD, PhD
- Joel Smith, PhD, Executive Director, Autism Services Association
- Stacey Szklut, MS, OTR/L, Executive Director, South Shore Therapies
- Sheldon Wagner, PhD, LADDERS/MassGeneral Hospital for Children
- Michael Weiss, PhD
Topics include
- Preparing For Success In Adult Life For People With Autism:
- Looking Inside the Brain of Individuals with ASD
- Where is the Medical in Biomedical Interventions for Autism?
- Genetic and Metabolic Causes of Autism: Insights from Clinical Practice and Research Studies
- Autism as a Movement Disorder: Implications for Understanding Hyperlexia and Literacy
- Identifying and Shifting Sensory Based Behaviors: Strategies to Improve Participation
- Behavioral DEVELOPMENT (Not Management) from Childhood to Adolescence in Stereotypes, Language, and Social Cognition
- Environmental Risks Factors in ASD: What We Know/What We Need to Know
- How Brain Imaging Can Help Us Understand Critical Periods Of Brain Development
- Autism as a Disorder of Neural Connectivity & Information Processing
- Translational Research Opportunities: Personal Lessons Learned
- Vocational Success
- The Development of Face Processing in Autism
- A Clinical Model for Observational Learning
- Where Do We Go From Here? Putting Together the Pieces; Setting Priorities, and Finding Balance for Your Family
- He's an Adult-Now What?
- Promoting Language and Social Skills in Young Children: A Group Model for Intervention
- Rapid Prompting Method (RPM)
- Treating Aggressive and Disruptive Behaviors in Autism Spectrum Disorders