Topics and Speakers
2006 Contemporary Practices in Early Intervention and School-based Settings:
Fourth Annual Institute

April 7-8, 2006
Desmond Hotel
Malvern, PA

Keynote Address: Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders: What Do We Know and What Do We Need to Know? Amy Wetherby, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, Center for Autism and Related Disabilities, Florida State University

Parents as Partners: Working with the Child in Context. Judy Grossman, DrPH, OTR, FAOTA, Center for the Developing Child and Family at the Ackerman Institute for the Family, New York, NY

Making Teaming Work in Early Childhood Services. Lynn Jeffries, PT, Ph.D., PCS, Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Oklahoma

Problem Eaters: Is it Sensory, Behavior, Oral-Motor, or What? Donna Reigstad, MS, OTR, Lead Occupational Therapist, Women and Children's Hospital of Buffalo, NY

Updates in Sensory Integration Theory and Practice. Roseann Schaaf, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA, Vice Chairman and Director of the Graduate Programs in Occupational Therapy, Thomas Jefferson University

Early Red Flags of Autism Spectrum Disorders: From Early Identification to Early Intervention. Amy Wetherby, PhD, CCC-SLP, Center for Autism and Related Disabilities, Florida State University

Using What's Already There: Making Natural Routines Work! Bobbi Strawser-Butch, MS, OTR, Assistant Professor of Occupational Therapy, Elizabethtown College

It's Just Another Tool: Assistive Technology for Communication. Amy Goldman, MA, CCC, Associate Director, Institute on Disabilities, Temple University