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Join us for the 2015 National Pediatric Developmental Differences Forum (NPDDF) inaugural event, Connecting the Dots, in Chicago, IL. Learn from an impressive collection of speakers and hear how research is guiding the treatment of autism, sensory processing disorder and executive functioning.
The mission of the NPDDF is to raise awareness, communication and utilization of relationship-based therapeutic models with children challenged by developmental differences. Participants will join colleagues from the following disciplines:
Education, Pediatric Medicine, Occupational Therapy, Speech Language Pathology, Social Work, Psychology
Participants can expect to gather knowledge from keynote speakers and in breakout sessions to better understand how evidence-based research and information gathered through case studies are proving the efficacy of relationship-based therapies in the development of children with developmental differences.
*The following IL EI credit has been awarded to this Conference:
Friday, October 23, 2015
8:30 am-10:00am-Keynote Speaker –Reimagining Development – Myth and Potential -The DIR FLOORTIME Model-1 INT, 0.25 ATY, 0.25 TYP
10:30am-11:45am
Breakout Session – A
Individual Differences in Sensory-Motor Processing and their Links with Early Social-Emotional Communication-0.75 INT, 0.25 ATY, 0.25 TYP
Breakout Session – B
Demystifying Data Collection – Conducting Research and Collecting Data Within a Relationship-Based Therapeutic Preschool Model-1.25 INT
Breakout Session – C
When It Seems Like Nothing is Happening – Sticking Out DIR For the Long Haul-1.25 INT
12:45pm-2:15pm- Keynote Speaker-Technology Meets Science: Towards a New Quantitative Path of Hope in Autism Spectrum Disorders-1 INT, 0.5 ATY
2:45pm-4:00pm
Breakout Session – A
Case study focused on relationship-based therapies and sensory processing-1 INT, 0.25 ATY
Breakout Session – B
Motivating, Engaging, and Teaching with Technology-1.25 INT
4:00pm-5:30pm
Keynote Speaker –Time for PLAY: Evidence for Developmental and Parent-Mediated Autism Interventions-1 INT, 0.5 WWF
Saturday, October 24, 2015
8:30am-10:00am
Keynote Speaker – Executive Functioning Strategies- 1INT, 0.25 TYP, 0.25 ATY
10:30am-11:45am
Breakout Session – A
Executive Functioning and the DIR-FCD Model in Schools-0.5 INT-partial credit awarded. Breakout Session – B
Learn and Move Together to the Sights and Sounds of Writing: Effectively Use Music and Movement to Teach Letter Formation and Promote Early Literacy-0.25 TYP, 0.25 INT
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