SPD Foundation 7th International Symposium Schedule
Pre-Conference Institute - Thursday, November 6th
An all-day workshop on new assessment tools
| 8:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. | Registration |
| 8:30 a.m. – 8:45 a.m. | Welcome - Lucy Jane Miller, PhD, OTR |
| 8:45 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. | Revision of Sensory Integration and Praxis Test (SIPT): An update and plan
Shelley Mulligan, PhD, OTR
Associate Professor,
University of New Hampshire |
| 10:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. | Break |
| 10:15 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. | Measuring functional
performance at school and
in the clinic: Miller Function &
Participation Scales (MFUN)
and Goal Oriented Assessment
of Life Skills (GOALS)
Sarah A. Schoen, PhD, OTR
Director of Applied Research,
SPD Foundation |
| 11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. | Lunch |
| 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. | Vestibular, proprioceptive,
and tactile clinical assessment
in any environment:
Cornerstones of intervention
planning
Jane Koomar, PhD, OTR
Executive Director,
OTA-Watertown,
The Spiral Foundation |
| 2:00 p.m. – 2:15 p.m. | Break |
| 2:15 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. | Praxis screening technique for
the busy therapist
Teresa May-Benson, ScD, OTR
Research Director,
The Spiral Foundation |
| 3:15 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. | Break |
| 3:30p.m. – 3:45 p.m. | Sensory Processing Measure: Usefulness in team collaboration
Diana A. Henry, MS, OTR Co-author, Sensory Processing Measure (SPM); author,
Tool Chest: For Teachers, Parents and Students™ |
| 3:45.m. – 4:45 p.m. | Using a variety of evaluations for children birth-19: The what, when and how
Lucy Jane Miller, PhD, OTR Executive Director, SPD Foundation and STAR Center |
| 4:45 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. | Q & A Session – All faculty |
Friday, November 7th
| 8:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. | EXHIBITS and Registration |
| 8:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. | Welcome |
| 9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. | Keynote: Achieving diagnostic recognition for SPD: A journey toward the DSM-V
Lucy Jane Miller, PhD, OTR
Founder and Executive Director, SPD Foundation |
| 10:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. | EXHIBITS and Break |
| 10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. | Keynote: Sensory Processing Disorder and multisensory integration: Perspectives from neuroscience
John J. Foxe, PhD
Nathan Kline Institute, City College of the City University of New York |
| 11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. | Lunch and EXHIBITS |
Break-out Lectures
| RESEARCH TRACK
Psychophysiology Findings in SPD | STRATEGIES TRACK
Intervention for SPD
across Lifespan and Culture |
| 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. | Atypical multisensory integration in
children with SPD
Barb Brett-Green, PhD
SPD Foundation
|
Mini Tools for Tots: Sensory strategies for toddlers and
preschoolers
Diana A. Henry, MS, OTR
Co-author, Sensory Processing Measure (SPM); author,
Tool Chest: For Teachers, Parents and Students™
|
| Differential parasympathetic functions in
SPD: A case for subtypes
Roseann C. Schaaf, PhD, OTR
Thomas Jefferson University |
Using a group model to provide OT/SI
Wilma J. Dorman, OTR
Occupational Therapy Resources, Inc.
|
| 3:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. | EXHIBITS and Break | EXHIBITS and Break |
| 3:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. | Psychophysiologic features differentiating
ADHD from SPD
Shelly J. Lane, PhD, OTR
Stacey Reynolds, PhD, OTR
Virginia Commonwealth University
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Intervention for adults with SPD: The sensory
emotional core
Moya Kinnealey, PhD, OTR
Temple University
|
| Neurophysiology of multisensory
integration in SPD, Autism and typically
developing children
Sophie Molholm, PhD
The City College of New York |
Cross-cultural issues in SPD treatment and diagnosis
Elisabeth Söchting, MA, OT
President, GSIO, Austrian SI organization
Colleen Basaraba, B.Ed., B.Sc.O.T.R.(C), O.T.R.
Kids Can...
Co-Chair of the Int'l Comm. for SIGN
Calgary, Alberta, Canada |
Evening Activity Option
| 6 p.m. – 8 p.m. | Welcome reception hosted by the Spiral Foundation at OTA – 124 Watertown St., Watertown, Massachusetts
The Spiral Foundation invites participants at the SPD Foundation's 7th International Symposium to a wine and cheese
reception and tour of Boston's leading SI facility. Information and sign-up at the Spiral/OTA-Watertown table. |
Saturday, November 8th
| 8:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. | EXHIBITS and Registration |
| 8:30 a.m. – 8:45 a.m. | Welcome |
| 8:45 a.m. – 9:45 a.m. | Keynote: Relationship between SPD and problem behaviors: A prospective
longitudinal study of SPD behaviors and relation to psychopathology
Alice S. Carter, PhD
Professor, University of Massachusetts, Boston |
| 9:45 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. | EXHIBITS and Break |
| 10:15 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. | Keynote: Sensory Processing Disorder: Considerations from genetics
David L. Pauls, PhD
Professor, Harvard Medical School; Director, Center for
Human Genetic Research at Massachusetts General Hospital |
| 11:15 a.m. – 12:45 p.m. | Lunch and EXHIBITS
Optional: Sensory Integration Global Network meeting.
All welcome! Lunch available for purchase. |
Break-out Lectures
| RESEARCH TRACK
Etiology and Praxis: Further
Understanding of SPD | STRATEGIES TRACK
Intervention at Home and School |
| 12:45 p.m. -
3:00 p.m. | Neuroanatomical observations in the brain:
Clues to Sensory Processing Disorder
Margaret Bauman, MD,
Harvard Medical School
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Designing intervention for school success
June Bunch, MS, OTR,
Jan Hollenbeck, MS, OTR
Sharon Ray, ScD, OTR
Partnership for Advancement of School
Service Providers (PASS), Boston
|
| Molecular mechanism for a sensory
processing disorder in ADHD
Michael Segal, MD, PhD
SimulConsult, Inc. |
Great strategies for young children at school and home
Carol Stock Kranowitz, MA
Author, The Out-of-Sync Child
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| 3:00 p.m. –
3:15 p.m. | EXHIBITS and Break | EXHIBITS and Break |
| 3:15 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. | Motor adaptation in children with SPD,
Autism and typical development
Paul DiZio, PhD
Brandeis University
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Combining trauma, attachment and SI Intervention
Jane Koomar, PhD, OTR
Spiral Foundation, OTA-Watertown
Elizabeth Warner, PsyD
Trauma Center, Brookline
Anne Westcott, LICSW
Trauma Center, Brookline
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| Association between dyspraxia, fitness
and obesity
Sharon A. Cermak, EdD, OTR
Boston University |
Parenting children with SPD: Joys, challenges
and strategies
Ellen S. Cohn, ScD, OTR
Boston University |
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