Day 2 -- 2008 Current Trends In Autism Conference
- By Michael Chmura
- Published 04/3/2008
- Autism
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.
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
