9th Annual International Meeting For Autism Research ... - Confex

Program
6:30-1:30P Registration (Registration Desk One Lvl 5)
7:00-8:00A Coffee & Pastries (Grand Ballroom Pre-Function Area Lvl 5)
8:00-8:15A
8:15-9:15A
Introduction: Simons Foundation (Grand Ballroom A-F Lvl 5)
Keynote : Amanda Woodward: “Infants’ grasp of others’ intentions”
Saturday May 22 – AM
9:15-9:45A Break (Franklin Hall B Lvl 4 )
9:45-11:45A IES: Medical Care of Children and Adolescents with ASD: Findings From the Autism Treatment Network (Grand Ballroom F Lvl 5)
9:45-11:45A
11:45-1:00P
Oral Session: Brain Imaging 2 (Grand Ballroom
ELvl 5)
Lunch Break
Oral Session: Neuropathology (Grand Ballroom
AB Lvl 5)
Oral Session: Comorbidities (Grand Ballroom
CD Lvl 5)
8:00-1:00P Posters
& Exhibits
(Franklin Hall B
Lvl 4)
Services,
Human Genetics,
Neurophysiology,
Cognition &
Epidemiology
Keynote Address
131 Infants’ Grasp of Others’ Intentions
8:15 AM - 9:15 AM - Grand Ballroom A-F Level 5
Speaker: A. Woodward; University of Maryland
This talk will consider the early development of
social perception in typically developing infants.
The perception of others as intentional agents is
fundamental to human experience and foundational
to development. Recent research reveals that this
cornerstone of social perception has its roots early in
infancy, and that it draws structure from the universal,
early emerging human experience of engaging in
goal-directed action. Infants’ own action capabilities
correlate with their emerging tendency to view others’
actions as organized by goals. Moreover, interventions
that facilitate new goal-directed actions alter infants’
perception of those same actions in others. These
effects seem to depend on the first-person aspects of
infants’ experience. These findings open new questions
about how doing leads to knowing in the social domain.
Invited Educational Symposium
132 Medical Care of Children and Adolescents
with Autism Spectrum Disorders: Findings From
the Autism Treatment Network
9:45 AM - 11:45 AM - Grand Ballroom F Level 5
Moderator: C. Lajonchere; Autism Genetic Resource Exchange/
Cure Autism Now
Knowledge of medical conditions that accompany
ASD is limited. Recommendations for evaluation and
management are often based on small case series and
reports, and supporting data have not been consistent.
Common medical problems include gastrointestinal
symptoms, sleep problems, and seizures. The Autism
Treatment Network (ATN) was formed to advance
understanding of medical comorbidities of ASD
and to use this knowledge to shape best practices.
This session will (1) describe common medical comorbidities
seen in children and adolescents with
ASD using data from the ATN patient registry of over
1200 individuals, and (2) discuss approaches to
treatment. Panelists will discuss methods of screening,
evaluation, and treatment of gastrointestinal, sleep and
EEG abnormalities; development of evidence-based
guidelines for managing medical co-morbidities; and
newly initiated research studies regarding the physical
health of children and adolescents with ASD.
9:45 132.001
Introductory Remarks.
10:00 132.002
ASD and GI Co-morbidities: What do we know?. G. J. Fuchs*,
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
10:25 132.003
Sleep disorders in ASD - Diagnosis and Treatment. B. A. Malow*,
Vanderbilt University
10:50 132.004
EEG Abnormalities: Identifi cation and signifi cance. S. E. Swedo*,
National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health
11:15 132.005
Next Steps: Clinical Guidelines and Research in Progress. D. L.
Coury*, Nationwide Children’s Hospital
Oral Sessions
133 Brain Imaging 2
9:45 AM - 11:45 AM - Grand Ballroom E Level 5
9:45 133.001
Growth Curves for Longitudinal Regional Brain Volumes in Autism
Vs. Typical Development. J. E. Lainhart* 1 , C. Ravichandran 2 , A.
Froehlich 1 , M. B. DuBray 1 , T. Abildskov 3 , E. Bigler 1 , A. L. Alexander 4
and N. Lange 5 , (1)University of Utah, (2)McLean Hospital/Harvard
Medical School, (3)Brigham Young University, (4)University of
Wisconsin, (5)Harvard University
10:00 133.002
An Examination of Brain Size in Infants at High Risk for Autism:
Preliminary Findings From the Infant Brain Imaging Study. H. C.
Hazlett* 1 , K. Botteron 2 , H. Gu 3 , R. McKinstry 4 , S. Paterson 5 , M.
Styner 6 and J. Piven 3 , (1)University of NC, (2)Washington University,
(3)University of North Carolina, (4)Washington University in St.
Louis, (5)University of Pennsylvania and Children’s Hosptial of
Philadelphia, (6)UNC
10:15 133.003
Subgroups of Abnormal Growth Trajectories: A Longitudinal
Analysis of Amygdala Growth in Young Children with Autism. C. W.
Nordahl*, R. C. Scholz, T. J. Simon, S. J. Rogers and D. G. Amaral,
M.I.N.D. Institute, University of California at Davis
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