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1:30 PM-3:00 PM |
#1645- Introduction to Autism Spectrum Disorders and the ASA Conference 103 |
| Cathy Pratt |
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#1213- Adults With Autism: What Does the Future Hold?* 104 |
| Ruth C. Sullivan, Anna P. Hundley and Mike Smith |
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#1654- Special Needs Planning for Persons with Autism 107 |
| Bart Stevens |
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#1627- Your Grandchild Has Autism..... Now What?* 109 |
| John Shouse |
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#1077- Practical Solutions for the Home* 204 |
| Brenda S. Myles, Kristi Sakai and Ronda Schelvan |
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#1643- Peer Play and the Autism Spectrum: Creating Social and Imaginary Worlds Together 205 |
| Pamela Wolfberg |
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#1086- Strategies to Promote Academic Achievement for Students on the Autism Spectrum* 206 |
| Julie A. Donnelly |
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#1546- The Critical Role of Joint Attention in the Treatment of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders 209 |
| Jennifer S. Durocher |
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#1451- The Effect of Picture Communication Symbols on the Verbal Comprehension of Young Children with Autism* 210 |
| Janet Preis |
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#1300- Middle School and High School - Strategies for Success Ctr Blrm |
| Jeanne Lyons and Cindy Hart |
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#1287- Using Visual Supports in Residential Settings* East Blrm |
| Lottie Koster, Kendra Chaplin and Phil Blevins |
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#1610- Autism Software Panel Discussion: Overview of Products, Best Practices, Research, & Future Directions* W Blrm |
| Robert Stromer, Karl Smith, Jeffrey Weisman, Robert Caron, Lars Lidén, Mark Shelley and Laurie Jacobs |
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#1668- CompuThera* W Blrm |
| Robert Caron |
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#1673- Discrete Trial Trainer* W Blrm |
| Karl Smith |
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#1675- Discussion* W Blrm |
| Robert Stromer |
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#1677- Mission of Autism Technology Developers Association* W Blrm |
| Karl Smith |
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#1671- Social Skill Builder* W Blrm |
| Laurie Jacobs |
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#1670- Special Minds* W Blrm |
| Mark Shelley |
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#1667- Talk Autism* W Blrm |
| Ron Oberleitner |
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#1669- Teach Town* W Blrm |
| Christina Whalen |
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3:30 PM-5:00 PM |
#1647- Issues and Strategies in Supporting Students in General Education Settings 103 |
| Cathy Pratt and Kristie Lofland |
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#1638- MetLife/MetDesk Annual Financial Planning Workshop 104 |
| Nadine O. Vogel |
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#1554- Growing Old with Autism: A Guide for Families 107 |
| Audrey I. Horne and Elizabeth (Liz) Roth |
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#1198- An Ounce of Prevention: Using Empirically Based Strategies to Avoid Challenging Behaviors 109 |
| Kara Hume |
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#1641- The Cycle of Tantrums, Rage, and Meltdowns: Understanding Difficult Moments 204 |
| Brenda S. Myles, Amanda Lautenschlager and Terri Cooper Swanson |
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#1234- The Autism-Mercury Connection* 205 |
| James B. Adams |
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#1431- Supplement Navigation: A Tour of Supplements and Medical Interventions Recommended For Autism* 206 |
| Jerrold J. Kartzinel |
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#1524- Autism Network for Individuals with Hearing and Visual Impairments* 210 |
| Margaret P. Creedon, Carol Schall, Terese Pawletko and Dolores Bartel |
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#1666- Dolores Bartel, Parent Network Co-Director 210 |
| Dolores Bartel |
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#1679- Parents' Perspective 210 |
| Michael Kanter |
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#1375- Author's Workshop for Persons with ASD and Other ASD Authors Ctr Blrm |
| Gerald D. Newport, Stephen M. Shore, Jessica Kingsley, Valerie Paradiz, Wayne Gilpin and Keith Myles |
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#1620- Finding the Truth: Evaluating Different Kinds of Evidence to Create Best Practices* East Blrm |
| Bryna Siegel |
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#1519- Computer Assisted Technology for Adults with Autism* W Blrm |
| Anna P. Hundley, Dr. Jeff Sigafoos, Dr. Carolyn Garver, Alonzo Andrews and Dr. Mark O'Reilly |
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8:30 AM-10:00 AM |
#1168- Classroom and Communication Skills Preschool Program: Educating Students with Autism in a Natural School Environment* 103 |
| Colleen M. Hannigan and Megan Ahlers |
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#1533- From The Horses' Mouths To The Foals' Ears: Explaining Autism To Children 104 |
| Lars Perner, Stephen M. Shore, Kassiane Sibley, Michael John Carley and Patricia E. Clark |
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#1386- "God Does Not Make Garbage" A Dialogue in Our World 107 |
| Johnny Seitz and Chris Rials-Seitz |
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#1491- Where Do We Go From Here? Autism and Transition to Work and Higher Education* 108 |
| Elin Doval |
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#1538- How to Present an Autism Awareness Program for Your Child's Classmates 109 |
| Jeanne Lyons |
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#1582- Asperger Syndrome: Managing Neurobiological Differences in Inclusive Classrooms* 204 |
| Lynda Geller |
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#1097- Effective Advocacy--How to make good things happen* 205 |
| Jeff Sell |
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#1181- Oxidative Stress in Autism: What Parents Should Know 206 |
| Woody R. McGinnis |
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#1513- Autism Inside.....Out 209 |
| Marty Murphy |
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#1278- A Systems Approach to Autism and Sensory Processing Challenges 210 |
| Judith Bluestone |
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#1644- The 10 Habits of Effective Teachers (of Students with ASD) Ctr Blrm |
| Carol Ann Gray |
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#1642- There’s a Lot More to Pragmatics than Requesting East Blrm |
| Diane Twachtman-Cullen |
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#1658- Autism Treatment Network, Closing the Gap in Medical Care for Individuals with Autism (I) W Blrm |
| Richard Fade |
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10:30 AM-12:00 PM |
#1600- Stress & Coping in Persons with Autism Spectrum Disorders 103 |
| Grace Baron, Matthew S. Goodwin, June Groden, Gerald Groden and Lewis P. Lipsitt |
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#1417- Developing Flexible Strategies for Employment for Adults with Autism 104 |
| Anne S. Holmes and Jamie Douglas |
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#1606- Early Identification: Pennsylvania First Signs 107 |
| Brenda L. Eaton M. Ed. and Mary L. Barbera |
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#1083- Speaking for Ourselves: Autism Spectrum Individuals Panel 108 |
| Julie A. Donnelly |
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#1261- Fostering Mutual Friendship for Children with ASD 109 |
| Heather, C. McCracken |
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#1253- Building Bridges Between First Responders and Individuals with Autism ~ Appropriate Preparedness 204 |
| Carolyn A. Gammicchia and Andrew W. Gammicchia |
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#1441- Stereotypy in children with ASD: Why it Occurs and what to do about it* 205 |
| William H. Ahearn |
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#1407- The Use of Dietary Enzyme Supplements for Gluten and Casein Intolerance* 206 |
| Devin Houston |
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#1248- Adult Services; How Medicaid and its associated national provisions can have such a difference in interpretation in various states 209 |
| David Holmes and ira Fingles |
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#1502- No Adults Left Behind: Strategy Plans for winning the Unemployment/Underemployment War. 210 |
| Herman T. Fishbein Ed.D |
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#1392- Writing CAN be Child's Play: The Writing Together Program* Ctr Blrm |
| Linda W. Hagood |
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#1404- How Do You Know? The Prevalence of Autism Spectrum Disorders* East Blrm |
| Jane M. Charles, Barbara Becker-Cottrill, Catherine E. Rice and Walter H. Jenner |
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#1659- Autism Treatment Network, Closing the Gap in Medical Care for Individuals with Autism (II) W Blrm |
| Richard Fade |
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1:30 PM-3:00 PM |
#1682- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services* Center Exhibit Hall |
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#1681- Friday Keynote Session* West Exhibit Hall |
| Paul Shattuck |
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3:30 PM-5:00 PM |
#1217- Facilitating Friendships Between Children With ASD And Their Peers 103 |
| Tara Tuchel |
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#1646- Annual Meeting of the Network of Autism Training and Technical Assistance Programs (NATTAP) 104 |
| Cathy Pratt and Barbara Becker-Cottrill |
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#1503- Weathering Autism in Relationships and Visual Stimuli* 107 |
| David F. Hamrick |
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#1540- Establishing Repertoires of Thematic Play in Children with Autism using Video Modeling 108 |
| Rebecca MacDonald and Betsy Dangel |
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#1101- Autism in College: A Parent's Perspective* 109 |
| Ann B. Palmer |
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#1215- Social Skills, Sexuality, and Growing Up: Addressing the Needs of Youth and Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorders* 204 |
| Shana Nichols, Audrey Blakeley-Smith, Judy Reaven and Susan Hepburn |
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#1637- For Fathers Only* 205 |
| James Ball |
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#1224- Responding to Metabolic and Genomic Abnormalities: Improving Outcomes through Nutritional Biochemistry 206 |
| J. Jeffrey Bradstreet |
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#1601- Our Life in a Nutty Shell, Living with Autism and Loving It 209 |
| Carolyn Gammicchia, Andrew W. Gammicchia, Nicholas Gammicchia and Alexander Gammicchia |
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#1472- Action! Social Skills Instruction Incorporating Video Modeling 210 |
| Linda C. Murdock |
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8:30 AM-10:00 AM |
#1139- Early Childhood Social-Communication/Work Skills: A Transdisciplinary Group Approach* 103 |
| Jocelyn Warren, Trisha Gallagher and Karen Coulter |
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#1403- Promoting Quality in the Design and Delivery of Services for Adults with Autism* 104 |
| Jeffrey Markowitz and Carol B. Markowitz |
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#1444- Non-Spectrum Spouses of Individuals with Autism 107 |
| Susan J. Moreno |
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#1663- Embedded Skills* 108 |
| Jennifer Pasley Nietfeld |
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#1415- Parents as Interventionists 108 |
| Jennifer Pasley Nietfeld, Juli C. Liske and Mark T. Harvey |
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#1665- When the Resources Don't Fit, Design Treatments for Your Child* 108 |
| Juli C. Liske |
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#1204- Outcomes of Early Intervention Over 2 Years: Comparisons of Clinic-Based and Parent-Managed Programs* 109 |
| Veronica Smith and Karen Bopp |
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#1437- Ten Things You Need to Know When Your Child Turns 18* 204 |
| Jaime B. Parent and Bryan Parent |
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#1605- How to identify best practices and programs for educating children with autism* 205 |
| Peter J. Doehring |
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#1541- Teach Us All: Social Learning in a Group Setting* 206 |
| Ann W. Kennedy, Kristie Wade, Claire Dunn, Amy Piazza and Tara McDougal |
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#1544- An Inclusionary Tale: One child. One story. Many miracles. 209 |
| Mary Donnet Johnson, Sherry Henshaw Corden and Dr. William Allen |
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#1580- Early Literacy Instruction For Children With Autism And Related Disabilities 210 |
| Ann-Marie Orlando and Greg Valcante |
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10:30 AM-12:00 PM |
#1484- Assessment and Treatment of Feeding in Children with Autism: One Team's Approach* 103 |
| Jocelyn Warren, Patricia Blackwell, Eva Roberts Markham and Diana C. Pantalos |
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#1423- The Role of Imagery and Verbal Processing in Language Comprehension 104 |
| Nanci Bell |
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#1604- Walk Awhile in My Autism: Sensitivity Presentations to promote Understanding of ASDs 107 |
| Kate McGinnity and Nanette Negri |
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#1126- Empowering Parents with More Than Words The Hanen Program for Parents of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder 108 |
| Fern Sussman |
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#1500- Is College in Your Future? Plan, Prepare and Succeed!* 204 |
| Lars Perner and Kimberly Ramsey |
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#1532- Blending Effective Strategies and Assistive Technology: The Underpinnings for Success in a classroom for students with Autism* 205 |
| Tracie Mauch and Myra Jessie Flint |
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#1548- Nutritional Abnormalities in Autism, and the Effect of Nutritional Supplementation* 206 |
| Tapan Audhya and James B. Adams |
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#1430- Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Anxiety Symptoms in Children with High-Functioning ASD 209 |
| Judy Reaven, Susan Hepburn, Shana Nichols and Meena Dasari |
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#1614- Creating a Camp for Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders 210 |
| Spencer D. Nolan, Anastasia Hubbard and Jill Hudson |
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1:30 PM-3:30 PM |
#1676- Closing Keynote Session* Grand Blrm |
| Stephen M. Shore |
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