Description
The 6th Elizabeth A. Connelly Memorial Conference:
AUTISM THROUGHOUT THE LIFESPAN
WHO SHOULD ATTEND
Medical and health professionals; psychologists; psychiatrists; researchers; education professionals, including teachers, special education teachers, and speech pathologists; staff members of service provider agencies; parents and caregivers; and adolescents and adults with autism spectrum disorder
CONFERENCE PROGRAM
8:00–8:30 AM
REGISTRATION AND CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST
8:30–9:00
WELCOME
W. Ted Brown, MD, PhD
Director, Institute for Basic Research in Developmental Disabilities
(IBR)
Jill A. Pettinger, PsyD
Assistant Deputy Commissioner, OPWDD Statewide Services
James Molinaro
Borough President, Staten Island
9:00–10:15
WHERE DID THE NEW DSM-5 CRITERIA COME FROM, AND
WHERE WILL THEY TAKE US?
Catherine Lord, PhD
Director, Center for Autism and the Developing Brain, Weill Cornell
Medical College and New York Presbyterian Hospital,
White Plains, NY
10:15–10:30
BREAK
10:30–11:45
TRAJECTORIES OF LIFESPAN DEVELOPMENT IN
PEOPLE WITH AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS
Marsha R. Mailick, PhD
Director, Waisman Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison;
Chair, Developmental Disabilities Research Centers
Association
11:45–1:00 PM
LUNCH
1:00–2:15
BRINGING SCIENCE TO THE COMMUNITY: A NEW
SYSTEM OF HEALTHCARE DELIVERY FOR INFANTS
AND TODDLERS WITH AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS
Ami Klin, PhD
Director, Marcus Autism Center, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta;
Professor & Chief, Division of Autism and Related Disorders,
Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA
2:15–2:30
BREAK
2:30–3:45
COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE TREATMENTS FOR
AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS: THEIR USE AND
THE EVIDENCE BEHIND THEIR USE
Susan L. Hyman, MD
Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Neurodevelopmental &
Behavioral Pediatrics, University of Rochester Medical Center,
School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY
3:45–4:00
CLOSING REMARKS AND EVALUATIONS
