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Day 1: Friday, April 11
7:00am
Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:00am
Opening Remarks
CTIA 2008 Planning Committee; Margaret L. Bauman, MD;
Felice Loverso, PhD; Jan Feinstein; Ronald Kleinman, MD;
Vince Goglia, Michael Chmura
8:30am
Stephen Shore, PhD
Preparing for Success in Adult Life for People With Autism: An Inside View
9:30am
Margaret L. Bauman, MD
Looking Inside the Brain of Individuals with ASD Throughout the Course of their Development
10:30am
Break and Exhibits
11:00am
Timothy Buie, MD
Where is the Medical in Biomedical Interventions for Autism?
12:00pm
Networking Reception
Exhibits and the Higashi High School Band
12:30pm
Lunch
1:30pm
Concurrent Sessions
Session A
Marvin Natowicz, MD, PhD: Genetic and Metabolic Causes of Autism: Insights from Clinical Practice and Research Studies
Session B
Michael Weiss, PhD: Autism as a Movement Disorder: Implications for Understanding Hyperlexia and Literacy
2:40pm
Concurrent Sessions
Session A
Marvin Natowicz, MD, PhD: Disturbances of Mitochondrial Energy Production and the Autism Spectrum Disorders
Session B
Stacey Szklut, MS, OTR/L: Identifying and Shifting Sensory Based Behaviors: Strategies to Improve Participation
Session C
Sheldon Wagner, PhD: 5 Lessons, 6 Strategies and 7 Principles: Behavioral DEVELOPMENT (Not Management) from Childhood to Adolescence in Stereotypies, Language, and Social Cognition
3:40pm
Break and Exhibits
4:00pm
Isaac Pessah, PhD
Environmental Risks Factors in ASD: What We Know/What We Need to Know
5:00pm
Wrap-up Day 1
Margaret L. Bauman, MD
5:45pm
Awards Reception
All Conference Participants are Welcome
Fruit, Cheese and Cash Bar
Day 2: Saturday, April 12
7:15am
Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:00am
Opening Remarks (report to respective concurrent session rooms)
8:10am
Concurrent Sessions
Session A
Soma Mukhopadhyay, BS, MS, Chemistry and BA Education:
Rapid Prompting Method (RPM)
Session B
Charles Henry, MD: Treating Aggressive and Disruptive Behaviors in Autism Spectrum Disorders
9:20am
Concurrent Sessions
Session A
Anne Larkin, PhD: He’s an Adult–Now What?
Session B
Dorry Brown, MEd: Promoting Language and Social Skills in Young Children: A Group Model for Intervention
10:20am
Break and Exhibits
10:35am
Concurrent Sessions
Session A
Dorothea Iannuzzi, LICSW; Michael A. Mancusi, LICSW, BCD; Marianne K. Fougere, LICSW: Where Do We Go From Here? Putting Together the Pieces; Setting Priorities, and Finding Balance for Your Family
Session B
Howard Shane, PhD; James Sorce, PhD: A Clinical Model for Observational Learning
11:45am
Concurrent Sessions
Session A
James McPartland, PhD: The Development of Face Processing in Autism
Session B
Joel Smith, PhD: Vocational Success
12:45pm
Lunch
1:45pm
Diane Chugani, PhD
How Brain Imaging Can Help Us Understand Critical Periods of Brain Development: Role in the Development of New Interventions
2:45pm
Nancy Minshew, MD
Autism as a Disorder of Neural Connectivity & Information Processing
3:45pm
Break and Exhibits
4:00pm
Pat Levitt, PhD
Translational Research Opportunities: Personal Lessons Learned from Autism Spectrum Disorders
5:00pm
Closing Remarks
Dr. Margaret Bauman
Saturday Dinner Panel (separate admission)
5:45pm
Speaker Reception and Buffet Dinner (participants must be confirmed, separate entry fee)
An opportunity to speak to a panel of CTIA 2008 speakers and expert clinicians from LADDERS on the many realistic treatments, therapies and education programs for individuals with an autism spectrum disorder.
Day 1: Friday, April 11
7:00am
Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:00am
Opening Remarks
CTIA 2008 Planning Committee; Margaret L. Bauman, MD;
Felice Loverso, PhD; Jan Feinstein; Ronald Kleinman, MD;
Vince Goglia, Michael Chmura
8:30am
Stephen Shore, PhD
Preparing for Success in Adult Life for People With Autism: An Inside View
9:30am
Margaret L. Bauman, MD
Looking Inside the Brain of Individuals with ASD Throughout the Course of their Development
10:30am
Break and Exhibits
11:00am
Timothy Buie, MD
Where is the Medical in Biomedical Interventions for Autism?
12:00pm
Networking Reception
Exhibits and the Higashi High School Band
12:30pm
Lunch
1:30pm
Concurrent Sessions
Session A
Marvin Natowicz, MD, PhD: Genetic and Metabolic Causes of Autism: Insights from Clinical Practice and Research Studies
Session B
Michael Weiss, PhD: Autism as a Movement Disorder: Implications for Understanding Hyperlexia and Literacy
2:40pm
Concurrent Sessions
Session A
Marvin Natowicz, MD, PhD: Disturbances of Mitochondrial Energy Production and the Autism Spectrum Disorders
Session B
Stacey Szklut, MS, OTR/L: Identifying and Shifting Sensory Based Behaviors: Strategies to Improve Participation
Session C
Sheldon Wagner, PhD: 5 Lessons, 6 Strategies and 7 Principles: Behavioral DEVELOPMENT (Not Management) from Childhood to Adolescence in Stereotypies, Language, and Social Cognition
3:40pm
Break and Exhibits
4:00pm
Isaac Pessah, PhD
Environmental Risks Factors in ASD: What We Know/What We Need to Know
5:00pm
Wrap-up Day 1
Margaret L. Bauman, MD
5:45pm
Awards Reception
All Conference Participants are Welcome
Fruit, Cheese and Cash Bar
Day 2: Saturday, April 12
7:15am
Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:00am
Opening Remarks (report to respective concurrent session rooms)
8:10am
Concurrent Sessions
Session A
Soma Mukhopadhyay, BS, MS, Chemistry and BA Education:
Rapid Prompting Method (RPM)
Session B
Charles Henry, MD: Treating Aggressive and Disruptive Behaviors in Autism Spectrum Disorders
9:20am
Concurrent Sessions
Session A
Anne Larkin, PhD: He’s an Adult–Now What?
Session B
Dorry Brown, MEd: Promoting Language and Social Skills in Young Children: A Group Model for Intervention
10:20am
Break and Exhibits
10:35am
Concurrent Sessions
Session A
Dorothea Iannuzzi, LICSW; Michael A. Mancusi, LICSW, BCD; Marianne K. Fougere, LICSW: Where Do We Go From Here? Putting Together the Pieces; Setting Priorities, and Finding Balance for Your Family
Session B
Howard Shane, PhD; James Sorce, PhD: A Clinical Model for Observational Learning
11:45am
Concurrent Sessions
Session A
James McPartland, PhD: The Development of Face Processing in Autism
Session B
Joel Smith, PhD: Vocational Success
12:45pm
Lunch
1:45pm
Diane Chugani, PhD
How Brain Imaging Can Help Us Understand Critical Periods of Brain Development: Role in the Development of New Interventions
2:45pm
Nancy Minshew, MD
Autism as a Disorder of Neural Connectivity & Information Processing
3:45pm
Break and Exhibits
4:00pm
Pat Levitt, PhD
Translational Research Opportunities: Personal Lessons Learned from Autism Spectrum Disorders
5:00pm
Closing Remarks
Dr. Margaret Bauman
Saturday Dinner Panel (separate admission)
5:45pm
Speaker Reception and Buffet Dinner (participants must be confirmed, separate entry fee)
An opportunity to speak to a panel of CTIA 2008 speakers and expert clinicians from LADDERS on the many realistic treatments, therapies and education programs for individuals with an autism spectrum disorder.
