Los Ninos Services

Hilton NY Hotel
Friday and Saturday
April 18-19 2008

PROGRAM

SCHEDULE AT A GLANCE

Preliminary Program & Schedule

	FRIDAY

9:45 – 4:00	Expo - Visit Exhibitors Displays

8:30 – 9:45	Keynote (Session 101)
	T. Berry Brazelton, MD, Joshua Sparrow, MD - Touchpoints: Stresses and Supports for Parents – A Way of Optimizing Their Child’s Development

10:00 – 11:50	Half Day Workshop (Session102)
	Joshua Sparrow, MD, Terry Ann Lunt - Touchpoints - A Developmental, Relational Approach to Optimizing Family Development

10:00 – 4:00	Full Day Workshop (Session 103)
	Vincent Carbone, PhD - Teaching Nonvocal Learners with Autism to Talk

9:45 – 10:00	Break - Expo - Visit Exhibitors

10:00 – 10:50	Session 104
	Cecilia McCarton, MD, Ivy Feldman, PhD - Autism Spectrum Disorder: From Diagnosis to Treatment Using an Integrated Model
	Session 105
	Eileen Flicker, EdD - Developmental Discipline

11:00 – 11:50	Session 106
	Myrna Shure, PhD - How to Think, Not What to Think: A problem solving approach to early high-risk behaviors
	Session 107
	Nina Lublin, MSEd, Lauris Dubos, PhD, Jana Fromer - Educational and Community Resources for Children with Special Needs

11:50 – 1:00	Lunch & Sprout Film Festival/Expo - Visit Exhibitors

1:00 – 3:50	Session 108
	Dina Castro, PhD - Foundations of Cultural Diversity

1:00 - 1:50	Session 109
	Public Television’s Not Just for Kids: Resources for Adults, too! Kim Mullaney, Associate Director for State and Local Education Services, Emily Zyko, Family Literacy Project Manager, Naveen Sultan, Family Literacy Assistant, all of Thirteen/WNET
	Session 110
	Betty Crea Davidson, JD – Special Education Law and Advocacy: What Parents Need to Know

2:00 – 2:50	Session 111
	Robin Aronow, PhD - Life After Nursery School: Educational Options in NYC
	Session 112
	Suzanne Abrams, CCC-SLP - Facilitating Language: Understanding Typical and Atypical Development

3:00 – 3:50	Session 113
	Susan Griss – Minds in Motion: Integrating Creative Movement into the Early Childhood Curriculum
	Session 114
	Kathy Langworthy – Children and Nature

	SATURDAY

10:00 – 2:00	Expo -- Visit Exhibitors Displays

9:00 – 9:50	Keynote (Session 201)
	Raun Kaufman – From Autism to Recovery: A New Approach to Beat the Odds

10:00 – 11:50	Half Day Workshop (Session 202)
	Dina Castro, PhD - Working with Linguistically Diverse Children

10:00 – 2:50	Full Day Workshop (Session 203)
	Raun Kaufman, Carolina Kaiser - The Son-Rise Program: Implementing Breakthrough Strategies for Children with Autism and Other Related Challenges

10:00 – 10:50	Session 204
	Kim West, LCSW-C - Good Night, Sleep Tight: How to Help Your Child Go to Sleep, Stay Asleep and Wake Up Happy
	Session 205
	Response To Intervention Review Of Literature Joyce Whitby, MSEd, NYC Metro Director of Strategic Initiatives, Headsprout Early Reading

11:00 – 11:50	Session 206
	Meredith Lewis, MSEd - Supporting Emergent Literacy for Preschool Classrooms
	Session 207
	Cecilia Cruse, MS, OTR/L – Sensory Solutions in the Classroom

11:50 – 1:00	Expo - Visit Exhibitors Lunch and Cultural Program: Flamenco Latino

1:00 – 2:50	Half Day Workshop (Session 208)
	Desiree Murray, PhD – ADHD in Preschoolers: Assessment and Intervention

1:00 – 1:50	Session 209
	Rick Ellis - Reggio Emilia: What Are The Implications for the American Early Childhood Educator?
	Session 210
	Marilyn Agin, MD - The Late Talker-Delay vs. Disorder: Perspective of a neurodevelopmental pediatrician
	Session 211
	Implementing DEC Recommended Practices: Challenges and Support Chun Zhang, PhD, Professor, Graduate School of Education, Fordham University

2:00 – 2:50	Session 212
	Betty Davison, JD, Dianne Renna, - Overcoming Challenges of Parenting a Child with Special Needs
	Session 213
	Leslie Feldt, MA - Healthy Habits the Sesame Street Way!