Morgan Autism Center is proud to announce that this year's 13th Annual Conference will be held at the Campbell Heritage Theatre. Save on tickets simply by calling Lisa Lemke to sign up at (408) 241-8161 or by visiting HERE now!
Schedule
7:30 am - 8:15 am Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:15 am - 8:30 am Welcome and Introduction
8:30 am - 10:00 am Dr. Barry Prizant "Fostering Positive Parent-Professional Relationships"
10:00 am - 10:30 am Break
10:30 am - 11:30 am Dr. Barry Prizant CONTINUED
11:30 am - 1:00 pm Lunch Breakout Session
1:00 pm - 2:30 pm Science Panel Featuring Dr. Gayle C. Windham, Dr. Joachim Hallmayer, and Jill Escher "The Latest in Autism Research: Genetics, Epigenetics, and the Environment" -OR- Dr. Grace Gengoux "From First Words to First Friends: Pivotal Response Treatment Strategies for Parents and Professionals"
2:45 pm - 4:15 pm Autism Housing Panel Presenting in partnership with Autism Society SF Featuring Kris McCann, Jan Stokley, Mark Gilfix, and Anna Wang "Housing for Adults with Autism and Developmental Disabilities" -OR- Ruth O-Hara "Sleep in Children with ASD: A Treatment Opportunity"
** Schedule Subject to Change ** Barry has more than 40 years experience as a clinical scholar, consultant, researcher and program consultant to children and older persons with Autistic Spectrum Disorders (ASD) and related developmental disabilities and their families. He is a licensed Speech-Language Pathologist and holds the Certificate of Clinical Competence (CCC-SLP) of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. Barry has served as a tenured Professor of Communication Disorders at Southern Illinois University and Emerson College, where he developed specialty tracks in language disabilities and autism in the Master’s and Doctoral programs. He also was Founder and Director of the Communication Disorders Department at Bradley Hospital, with an Associate Professor Appointment in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry in the Brown University Program in Medicine, and was an Advanced Post-Doctoral Fellow in Early Intervention at UNC-Chapel Hill. Barry has developed family-centered programs for newly diagnosed toddlers with social-communication disabilities and ASD and their families in hospital and university clinic settings, and consults widely to schools and agencies in New England as well and nationally and internationally, from early intervention through high school settings.Barry has more than 40 years experience as a clinical scholar, consultant, researcher and program consultant to children and older persons with Autistic Spectrum Disorders (ASD) and related developmental disabilities and their families. He is a licensed Speech-Language Pathologist and holds the Certificate of Clinical Competence (CCC-SLP) of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. Barry has served as a tenured Professor of Communication Disorders at Southern Illinois University and Emerson College, where he developed specialty tracks in language disabilities and autism in the Master’s and Doctoral programs. He also was Founder and Director of the Communication Disorders Department at Bradley Hospital, with an Associate Professor Appointment in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry in the Brown University Program in Medicine, and was an Advanced Post-Doctoral Fellow in Early Intervention at UNC-Chapel Hill. Barry has developed family-centered programs for newly diagnosed toddlers with social-communication disabilities and ASD and their families in hospital and university clinic settings, and consults widely to schools and agencies in New England as well and nationally and internationally, from early intervention through high school settings. |