2017 Agenda

Program is based on a minimum of 25% of time allowed for questions and answers.

Friday Nov 10

8:00-8:30 Registration and Breakfast
8:30-8:45 Welcome and house keeping
8:45-9:30 The Rita and the Evidence
Roula Choueiri
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9:30-10:15 Technology and apps in LD
Todd Cunningham
10:15-10:45 Break
10:45-11:30 Tourettes/OCD/ADHD
Jennifer Saltzman-Benaiah
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11:30-12:30 Genetics and Hypotonia
James Dowling
12:30-1:30 Lunch
1:30-3:00

Workshops

  • Hip Surveillance care pathway in CP
    Anne Kawamura and Chun Kim
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  • Advanced care planning in Children with complex Developmental and medical needs
    Andrea Hoffman
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  • Developmental Approach to Down Syndrome
    Rudaina Banihani and Nirit Bernhard
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  • The Rita-T (rapid intervention screen test for ASD in Toddlers)
    Roula Choueiri
    *must participate in both afternoon workshops
3:00-3:15 Break
3:15-4:45 Workshops Repeat

Sat Nov 11

8:15-8:45 Registration and Breakfast
8:45-9:45 Hawke Family Lecture
State of the Art: Current Concepts in the Diagnosis and Treatment of CP
Darcy Fehlings
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9:45-10:15 Break
10:15-10:45 OT and Sensory interventions in ASD
Moira Pena
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Sensory Processing Solutions (PDF)
10:45-11:15 Cannabinoids and Epilepsy – catching up with the evidence
Blathnaid McCoy
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11:15-11:45 ASD Clinical Trials Today and Tomorrow
Evdokia Anagnostou
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11:45-1:15 Lunch on your own
1:15-2:45

Workshops

  • Challenges and Advocacy in The Educational system
    Nicky Jones Stokreef
  • Feeding Challenges in ASD
    Sharon Smile, Rebecca Perlin and Christie Raffaele
  • Challenging ASD cases
    Mohammad Zubairi and Melanie Penner
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  • The Rita-T (rapid intervention screen test for ASD in Toddlers)
    Roula Choueiri
    *must participate all afternoon in same workshop
2:45-3:00 Break
3:00-4:30 Workshops Repeat