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CONFERENCE PROGRAM
NEW FORMAT (For a PDF version of the full brochure, click here ) |
MORNING PANELS on |
Afternoon consurrent seminars on a variety of topics, including
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- Improving Educational Outcomes, with
- Howard Gardner, PhD (creator of multiple intelligences theory)
- T.Berry Brazelton, M.D.
- Stanley Greenspan, M.D.
- Looking Inside the Brain and Mind as Autism develops: Why Some Children Learn to Develop Creativity, Empathy, and Abstract Thinking
- Margaret Bauman, M.D.
- James Stieben, Ph.D.
- Serena Wieder, Ph.D
- Earliest Indicators of ASD: The Do's and Don'ts of Early Intervention
- Rebecca Landa, Ph.D.
- Stanley Greenspan, M.D.
- New Understanding and Treatment of ADHD, OCD, Anxiety, and Behavior Problems in Children with ASD
- Ricki Robinson, M.D.
- Eric Hollander, M.D.
- Clara LaJonchere, Ph.D.
- The Stigma of Diagnosis
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- Autism Speaks Research Initiatives
- Research Methodology and Targeted Interventions for Children and Siblings Identified as at Risk for ASD
- Greenspan Social-Emotional Growth Chart: A Screening Questionnaire for Infants and Young Children
- Floortime™ and Social Groups
- Families
- Communication and Language Development
- Mood Swings in Babies and Children
- Understanding Aggression from a DIR® Perspective
- DIR® and Touchpoints
- The PLAY Project
- Transitions: A Parent's Journey
- Beginning Floortime™: Fostering Early Stages of Engagement and Purposeful Communication
- Finding the Intersect of Language and Affect: How Interdisciplinary Dialogue Informs DIR® Intervention
- Facilitating the Development of Oral-Motor/Speech Skills within the DIR® Framework
- DIR® Programs for Middle and High School Students
- Look into my Eyes! A Floortime™ Parent Project
- And many more!
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Pre-Conference Workshops, Thursday November 8, 2007
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Post-Conference Workshops, Sunday November 11, 2007 |
- Sensory Organization and the Developmental, Individual Difference, Relationship-Based (DIR®) Model
- The Interconnected Highway to Creativity and Abstract Thinking: A View of Visual Spatial Capacities
- Floortime™ for Novice Players
- The Affect-Based Language Curriculum (ABLC): An Interactive Program for Parents, Therapists, and teachers
- DIR® Programs for Pre-School and Elementary Children
- The Biomedical Approach to the Evaluation and Treatment of Children with Autistic Spectrum Disorders: The DIR® Approach to medication Management
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- Literacy for Non-Verbal Children
- Communication Through the DIR® Lens: A "Tool Kit" of Ideas and Strategies
- Functional Emotional Assessment Scale (FEAS)
- Program Evaluation: Funders Want It; Children Demand It
- The DIR® and IEP Goal Bank
For complete information, download PDF version of the Conference Brochure |
NETWORKING OPPORTUNITIES |
- International Networking Lunch
Friday November 9. 12:15-1:45PM
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Saturday November 10. 12:30-2:00PM |
- Spanish Breakfast - Desayuno con Personas de Habla Hispana
Sunday November 11. 7:00-8:00AM |
- Poster Sessions: DIR® based programs from throughout the U.S. and overseas will feature DIR®-Based clinical practice models, early intervention, educational, social interaction and creative art programs.
- Friday November 9; 2:30-3:15PM
- Saturday November 10: 2:45-3:30PM
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