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SPD Foundation 7th International Symposium

SENSORY PROCESSING DISORDER: Advanced Research and Innovative Practice


Hyatt Regency Boston – One Avenue de Lafayette – Boston, Massachusetts

November 7 & 8, 2008 – International Symposium

November 6 – Pre-Conference Institute

Start planning now to attend the SPD Foundation's 7th International Symposium in Boston. The Symposium will feature two information-packed days of presentations by top researchers and leading clinicians preceded by a first-ever day-long Pre-Conference Institute showcasing new assessment tools.

Program highlights:

  • Four keynote presentations spotlighting the latest SPD research
  • One keynote presentation on the status of the DSM-V initiative
  • Separate break-out tracks for research and treatment A pre-conference day dedicated to new assessment tools

Keynote and featured speakers:

Lucy Jane Miller, PhD, OTR, Founder and executive director, SPD Foundation
David L. Pauls, PhD, Director of Psychiatric and Neurodevelopmental Genetics Unit in the Center for Human Genetic Research, Massachusetts General Hospital, and Harvard Medical School
John J. Foxe, PhD, Professor and program director, Cognitive Neuroscience Department, City College of the City University of New York, and the Nathan S. Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research
Alice S. Carter, Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Massachusetts
Margaret L. Bauman, MD, Medical Director, Department of Pediatrics, Massachusetts General Hospital Ladders, and Harvard Medical School

Schedule:

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Thursday, November 6th Pre-Conference Institute: $199 – Participants registering for the Symposium and Institute receive 10% discount on Symposium tuition.
Friday, November 7th
Saturday, November 8th

Symposium Learning Objectives

  • Understand at a neurological level the difference between multi sensory integration in children with Sensory Processing Disorder and typically developing children
  • Understand how to design sensory integration intervention at school
  • How to differentiate parasympathetic function in the subtypes of Sensory Processing Disorder
  • How to implement intervention for adults with Sensory Processing Disorder
  • How to identify psychophysiological features that differentiate ADHD from Sensory Processing Disorder
  • How to identify sensory strategies that are effective with toddlers and preschoolers

Institute Learning Objectives

  • How to use a variety of new evaluation tools for children: birth to 19 years old
  • How to measure functional performance at school and the clinic and obtain standardized scores as well as clinical ratings
  • Understand the revisions in the Sensory Integration and Praxis Test and the new praxis screening test.

Continuing Education Credit

SPD Foundation is an AOTA Approved Provider of Continuing Education. Symposium participants will receive a certificate of attendance for 12.5 contact hours and 1.25 CEU's. Institute participants will receive a certificate of attendance for 6 contact hours and .6 CEU's. AOTA does not endorse specific course content, products, or clinical procedures.

Tuition:

$350 Early Bird – before August 15
$395 Discounted – from August 15 – September 30
$425 Regular and walk-in (space permitting) from October 1

Registration

IF YOU ARE AN SPDF INDIVIDUAL/FAMILY MEMBER, please use the Member Sign-in button at the top of this page to log in before you register. Your 10% member discount can be applied ONLY if you have logged on prior to registering. (Discount does not apply to combined Symposium and Pre-Conference tuition, which already is discounted.)

Select one from the options below.

SPD Symposium and
Pre-Conference Institute
COMBINED
November 6 - 8, 2008
$554 *

SPD Symposium ONLY
November 7 - 8, 2008
$395

SPD Pre-Conference Institute ONLY
November 6, 2008
$199

*Includes 10% discount on SPD Symposium tuition. Offer not valid with any other offer, promotion or savings. Offer may be applied to more than one registration.

Cancellation Policy:

Cancellations received in writing by October 3, 2008 will be refunded minus a $50 processing fee. No refunds will be given for cancellations received after October 3, 2008. Substitutions will be permitted as long as written request is received by October 23, 2008. No substitutions will be permitted after October 23, 2008.

Exhibitors

SPD Foundation is pleased to announce that the following sensational organizations will be exhibiting at our 7th International Symposium.

Howda Designz Sensory Critters Sensory Resources STICKIDS

Therapro College Internship Program Flaghouse Henry OT

Spiral Foundation Occupational Therapy Associates - Watertown P.C. STAR Center SPIO - Stabilizing Pressure Input Orthosis

Accommodations

SPD Foundation has obtained special pricing for Boston accommodations for Symposium participants. Click here for information.

Downloadable Flyer

If you an OT, educator, parent, or other supporter who can help us promote our 7th International Symposium, click here to download a flyer you can reproduce and distribute to help us get the word out.

For information and registration, call 303.794.1182.

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