Case Western Reserve University

The Global Dialogue Cafe: Autism Virtual Symposium - April 23rd, 2014 - sponsored by the International Center for Autism Research and Education at Case Western Reserve University

A joint project of Cisco Systems, CWRU’s Information Technology Services, the Laura and Alvin Siegal Lifelong Learning Program at CWRU and Autism Speaks.

On April 23rd over a five hour period, The Autism Virtual Symposium brings together scholars sharing some of their latest research on Autism in an open and interactive conversation with participants across North America. Fully live "active" participation via Telepresence is available in the cities and locations identified on the schedule below. Individuals who wish to connect via their own personal devices to see and listen to the symposium will have access through a dedicated internet link.

The Global Dialogue Cafe offers an exciting experience for connecting “communities of interest” around the world with international experts in a wide range of subject areas. As opposed to the “passive” educational opportunities available through podcasts, MOOCs, and other more typical online modalities, the technology platform for this project encourages fully interactive engagement from all participants. The Café provides an informal setting for interested individuals to participate actively with others in their local community, as well as at partner locations around the world, in faculty-facilitated discussion on topics of interest to the general community.

Session Details

	CALIFORNIA (UCLA)	OMAHA (University of Nebraska)	CLEVELAND (Case Western Reserve University)	PITTSBURGH (University of Pittsburgh/Duquesne)	PHILADELPHIA (Children's Hospital of Philadelphia)	NEW HAVEN (Yale University)
12:00 – 12:15 Introduction			Lynn Singer Introduction
12:15 – 1:00 Biologically Based Assessments of ASD			Anthony Wynshaw-Boris Hypothesis-driven investigation of the pathophysiology of autism		Bob Schultz Causal Mechanisms – what do we know, and what is the research agenda going forward?	James McPartland Developing an interactive social neuroscience of ASD
1:00 – 1:50 Social and Language Assessment with Young Children			Gerald Mahoney Parent mediated intervention effects on the social and language development of young children with ASD	Diane Williams The Late-Talking Child: Is it ASD? Developmental Language Disorder? Or, Individual Difference?
2:00 – 2:50 Using Behavioral Management in ASD PLENARY SESSION		Wayne Fisher Treatment of Severe Destructive Behavior in Children with Autism Using Recent Refinements of Functional -Communication-Training Treatment
3:00 – 3:50 Motor, Cognitive and Language Development	Shafali Jeste Brain-based approaches to characterize cognitive domains in high-risk infants and young children with ASD		Mark Strauss Thinking Differently— How infants, children and adults with autism process information	Jana Iverson Early Motor and Communicative Development in Infants at Heightened Risk for ASD
4:00 – 4:50 Standards for Medical Assessment and Treatment of ASD			Nancy Roizen Treatment for ASD: Medications & Other.		Susan Levy Standards for medical assesment and treatment of ASD

Location Details

Live Stream:
http://tv.case.edu/caselive

Cleveland:

Kelvin Smith Library on Case Western Reserve Campus
11055 Euclid Avenue
Room 215
Cleveland, Ohio 44106-7151
Parking is available in the Severance Hall Garage: http://library.case.edu/ksl/aboutus/visitorinfo/
CWRU employees, please bring your Case ID for library access.

Siegal Lifelong Learning Campus
26500 Shaker Blvd.
Room 302
Beachwood, OH 44122
Parking is available on site.