17th Annual Seaver Center Advances in Autism Conference (Walk-ins welcome!)

ATTENTION: IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO REGISTER AFTER 6:00AM ON SUNDAY, OCTOBER 6TH, PLEASE REGISTER ON-SITE AT 8:30-9:00AM. Thank you!

Program Description
With the increasing rate of autism diagnoses and a rapidly aging young adult population with autism, there is a need to increase the sophistication of the diagnosis, assessment, and treatment of autism and autism spectrum disorders and share this information with psychiatrists, neurologists, other health care professionals, and consumers/family members. This is the main purpose of the Advances in Autism Conference.

The goal of the Conference is a general update and enhancement of knowledge related to the accurate recognition, diagnosis, and treatment of autism spectrum disorders. With this knowledge, physicians, health care professionals, and teachers can better serve people with autism and provide optimal services to their patients with autism spectrum disorders. For families who attend, this conference will inform them of the current trends in diagnosis, research, and treatment and provide information on options/resources they might otherwise not have had access to.

Our conference is an annual one-day event held at Mount Sinai School of Medicine. It includes a series of lectures and workshops given by accomplished professionals in the field of autism. The purpose of the conference is to advance knowledge of the practicing psychiatrist, neurologist, psychologist, geneticist, other health care professional, educator, family member and social worker as to the accurate recognition, diagnosis, and treatment of autism spectrum disorders.


SCHEDULE

8:30AM On-site registration

9:00 Opening Remarks
Joseph D. Buxbaum
John D. Cohen
Melanie Goldberg

9:45 Getting to Novel Treatment Approaches in Autism Spectrum Disorders
Joseph D. Buxbaum

10:30 Coffee Break

10:45 Growing up with Autism: A Sister’s View
Jamie Rosenblum

11:00 Brain and Behavioral Effects of Social Skills Treatment in ASD
A. Ting Wang

11:45 Environmental Factors and Autism Risk
Avi Reichenberg

12:30PM Lunch

1:30 Afternoon Introductions
Hirschell Levine
Lee Rambeau
Marco Damiani

2:00 Keynote Presentation: Studying Oxytocin in Autism Spectrum Disorders: Great Promise or Great Hype?
Linmarie Sikich

3:00-4:30 Workshops (A, B, C)

WORKSHOP A
Psychosocial Interventions in Autism Spectrum Disorders: From Research to the Community
Michelle Gorenstein-Holtzman
Danielle Halpern
A. Ting Wang
Deena Spindler

WORKSHOP B
Current Trends in the Pharmacological Treatment of Autism: A Panel of Experts
Alexander Kolevzon
David Grodberg
Charles Cartwright
Peter Della Bella

WORKSHOP C
Transitioning Across the Spectrum: A Focus on Education, Residential Opportunities, and Day Programming
Samantha Feinman
Harry Nussbaum
Jennifer Shaoul
Tom Ott