Charman Montreal Wksp Oct28-Screening and early intervention

[Guest guest]

Early Diagnosis and Treatment Approaches for Preschool Children with Autism

Spectrum

Disorder

with

Dr. Tony Charman

Over the past 10 years a UK-based research group has conducted a number of

studies

testing whether it is possible to prospectively screen for autism, what the

outcome is for

children identified and diagnosed with autism before the age of 2 years and

whether

parent training approaches to developing early communication abilities are

effective. Dr.

Charman will present an overview of this program of work and recent findings

from

related studies by other groups. Understanding the `natural history' of

development in

different domains in children with autism has important implications for

assessment and

for the design of treatment studies.

The Presenter:

Dr. Tony Charman is Reader in Neurodevelopmental Disorders in the Behavioural &

Brain

Sciences Unit of the Institute of Child Health, University College London. He

trained as a

Clinical Psychologist at the Institute of Psychiatry and read Natural Sciences

at Cambridge

University. An internationally recognized expert in the field of autism

research, Dr.

Charman's main research interest is the investigation of social, cognitive and

communicative development in children with autism and other neurodevelopmental

disorders. He has extensive experience in the clinical application of this work

via

screening, early intervention and epidemiological studies. Dr. Charman is an

Associate

Editor of the Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders and the Journal of

Child

Psychology and Psychiatry and on the Editorial Board of the journal: Autism: The

International Journal of Research and Practice.

Date:  October 28, 2004

Location:   Hilton Montreal Airport

Cost: Professionals: $ 225.

Parent / Student * $150.

(Refreshments and lunch included)

* Full-time student with valid ID card.