UConn Health Center, Farmington, CT, October 26th, 2019. Changing Behaviors and Optimizing Learning Through Integrated Interventions is for families, educators, therapists, and providers who care for children and adults with fragile x-associated disorders and autism spectrum disorders.
* Featuring Internationally Renowned Fragile X and Autism Spectrum Disorder Experts:
- Tracy Murnan Stackhouse, MA, OTR/L, Developmental FX
- Ruth Meissner, MA, CCC-SLP, Developmental FX
- Sharyn Lincoln, MS, CGC, Boston Children’s Hospital
- Jonathan Picker, MBChB, PhD, Boston Children’s Hospital
Presentations include:
- Fragile X syndrome (FXS): the most common cause of inherited mental impairment.
- Fragile X-associated disorders (FAD), which result from a mutation of a single gene within the X chromosome.
- Recent clinical trial results and upcoming new trials.
- The “biological realities” of FXS, particularly hyperarousal and anxiety, attentional difficulties, atypical language profile, social drive associated with social anxiety, gestalt learning, and sequential processing deficit with motor planning and neuromotor difficulties.
- How to address the response to internal drives that result from the “biological reality” created from FXS.
- Questions and Answers: Panel Discussion
Fees apply, registration is required to https://give.fragilex.org/event/2019-connecticut-educational-conference-changing-behaviors/e245404 or contact Tammy and Andy Selinger 860-233-1904 or connecticut@fragilex.org