Critical Factors for Optimal Outcomes for Children with Autism and Special Needs

November 9-11, 2007

For complete information, download PDF version of the Conference Brochure

Conference Plenary Panels on Friday, Saturday and Sunday mornings:

• 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
  • Morton Gernsbacher, PhD.

Concurrent Seminars on Friday and Saturday afternoons

• 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!