Learning & Developmental Disabilities Evaluation & Rehabilitation Services

Conference Schedule

Conference Schedule & Registration Form (PDF)

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.

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