2023 Agenda

Friday, November 3, 2023

01:00 Hawke family lecture: Advancing Equity for Racially Minoritized Children and Youth on the Autism Spectrum
Brian Boyd
02:00 Concordance of ASD Diagnosis
Melanie Penner
02:30 The Very early premature infant-what we know
Paige Church
03:00 Break
03:15

Workshops – Choose 1

  1. The right to read
    Todd Cunningham, Nicky Jones-Stokreef
  2. Integration of clinical pathways into practice
    Darcy Fehlings
  3. Update on augmentative communication-what is new
    Margarette Ettore
  4. Assessing and treating co-occurring mental health concerns in neurodevelopmental disorders
    Danielle Baribeau, Amanda Sawyer
04:45 End of Day

Saturday, November 4, 2023

09:00 See me for ME-lived Experience
Dana Geall
10:00 Update on Movement Disorders
Carolina Gorodetsky
11:00 Break
11:15

Workshops – Choose 1

  1. Assessing and treating co-occurring mental health concerns in neurodevelopmental disorders
    Danielle Baribeau, Amanda Sawyer
  2. The state of childhood disability internationally-what can be done
    Selamenesh Tsige
  3. Navigating common feeding challenges in children with physical and developmental disabilities
    Andrea Hoffman, Rebecca Perlin, Christie Raffaele
  4. Sleep Challenges in Neurodevelopmental disorders and when to order a sleep study
    Golda Milo-Manson, Indra Narang
  5. The art (and science) of navigating challenging conversations
    Anne Kawamura, Jessica Lynch
12:45 End of Day