Redefining the Potential for Emotional and Social Functioning in Children with Autism and Special Needs

November 9-11, 2008

• Pre-Conference Workshops

Conference Plenary Panels on Friday, Saturday and Sunday mornings:

• New Research On Social And Emotional Gains And Changes In Brain Functioning In Children With ASD; Results From New Outcome Studies On The DIR®/Floortime™ Approach with presentations by Stanley Greenspan, M.D., Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Behavioral Science and Pediatrics, George Washington University
• New Insights Into Identifying And Treating Medical Conditions Associated With ASD with presentations by Richard Kelley, M.D., Ph.D., Professor of
  Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University
• A Bioethical Approach To Overcoming Problems With Behavior & Aggression In The Education Of Children With ASD with presentations by Stanley Greenspan, M.D., Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Behavioral Sciences and Pediatrics, George Washington University

Concurrent Seminars on Friday and Saturday afternoons were organized around general themes

• The DIR® Model and Intervention
• Clinical Cases
• Education
• Research
• Policy and Advocacy