Stages of Autism: Adolescence & Beyond
2nd BiennialConference
Hamilton Convention Centre, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
April 23rd & 24th, 2008
Due to the overwhelming success of our 1st ever Stages of Autism Conference, where we saw 300 parents, educators, service providers and healthcare practitioners from all over Canada and the US come through our doors; we have set forth to endeavour to produce yet another highly informative and multifaceted conference. Don’t miss out on this great opportunity to attend a very unique conference that will provide an open forum for discussion and cover a multitude of topics related to adolescent and adult Autism Spectrum Disorders.
The Stages of Autism: Adolescence & Beyond 2nd Biennial Conference is presented by Woodview Manor, Autism Support Services, a division of Woodview Children’s Centre and the Offord Centre for Child Studies, McMaster University and McMaster Children’s Hospital. More than 300 delegates attended and included a mix of parents, educators, service providers and healthcare practitioners from all over Ontario and beyond; as well as an impressive line-up of phenomenal speakers. This Conference offered a unique opportunity for open forum discussions and covered a multitude of topics related to adolescent and adult Autism Spectrum Disorders.
Some Speakers That Have Been Confirmed *
□ Professor Patricia Howlin, Professor of Clinical Psychology; Consultant Clinical Psychologist; St. George’s Healthcare Trust, London, U.K.
□ Dr. Catherine Lord, Director of the University of Michigan’s Autism and Communication Disorders Centre (UMACC), Michigan, United States
□ Dr. Susan Bryson, Professor & Craig Chair in Autism Research , Department of Pediatrics , IWK Health Centre, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
□ Dr. Pat Miranda, Professor in the Department of Educational and Counseling Psychology and Special Education at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
□ Dr. Peter Szatmari, Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences; Director, Offord Centre for Child Studies, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
* Please note that speakers set to present may change due to circumstance beyond our control
All That Jazz & Silent Auction
Flamboro Downs, 967 Hwy #5 West, Flamboro (Hamilton), Ontario, Canada
Sunday, March 2, 2008
Hamilton is volunteering, and Volunteer Hamilton has been engaging people in grassroots initiatives and leadership roles for over 42 years. Today over 130,000 citizens are volunteering by delivering meals, visiting hospital patients, tutoring a reader, coaching sports teams or leading organizations. Volunteer Hamilton conducts vital work of promoting and developing volunteers for our over 130 member agencies, from the Big Brother/Big Sisters to the Kidney Foundation and from Ronald McDonald House to the Girl Guide.
Please join us for an afternoon of live jazz performances, fine dinning, great racing & gaming action, all in support of Volunteer Hamilton.
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