Autism Spectrum Disorder

  3.0 CME/CEU* Credits

 
A Continuing Medical Education Activity

 Sponsored by

Health Services for Children

  with Special Needs, Inc.

Tuesday, November 7, 2006

3:00pm - 6:00pm

The HSC Pediatric Center

  The HSC Conference Center

  1731 Bunker Hill Road, NE

  Washington, DC  20017

COST:

  $20.00 Physicians & Nurse Practitioners

  $10.00 Non-Physicians

OBJECTIVES:

At the end of the activity the participants will:

• Know the early signs of autism and the importance of identification and medical work up.
• Identify and monitor the most impairing autism behaviors in children and adolescents. 
• Describe the complexities of treating behaviors related to Autism. 
• Identify and monitor the cognitive, adaptive and social deficits of children and adolescents on the autism spectrum. 
• Describe strategies to improve social, communication and behavioral autism impairments. 
• Make differential diagnoses and assessments within the autism spectrum. 
• Employ age-appropriate pharmacotherapy for target symptoms. 
• Devise strategies to ensure medication adherence and counsel patients and their parents accordingly.

Target Audience: Psychiatrists, Neurologists, Pediatricians/PCPs, Psychologists, Residents, Nurse Practitioners, Nurses, Social Workers, and other health care providers caring for autistic children and adolescents.

To register, go to our website and download the form at http://hscsn-net.org/ under the "Health Education" tab,

or for more information, contact Tracy Ruffin, 202-721-7176 or truffin@hscsn.org.