Wednesday 11th April
MAIN AUDITORIUM:
09:00 – 09:30 KEYNOTE: THE EVER CHANGING BRAIN – N Hadjikhani, USA
09:30 – 10:30 GENETICS, EPIGENETICS, AND THE BRAIN I
09:30 – 09:50 Genetics of ESSENCE – T Bourgeron, France
09:50 – 10:10 Pre- and perinatal factors in ESSENCE – L Thompson, UK
10:10 – 10:30 Population impact of stress, maltreatment and neurodevelopmental problems – P Wilson, UK
10:30 – 11:00 COFFEE
11:00 – 12:10 GENETICS, EPIGENETICS, AND THE BRAIN II
11:00 – 11:20 Cholesterol, steroids, and vitamin D – C Allely, UK
11:20 – 11:40 Neuroanatomy of autism – M Bauman, USA
11:40 – 12:10. KEYNOTE: GENETICS RESEARCH REVEALS THE VARIABILITY OF BRAIN DEFICITS IN AUTISM –
L Waterhouse, USA
12:10 – 13:10 SCREENING AND DIAGNOSIS
12:10 – 12:30 Screening for language disorder and autism- what is the point? – C Miniscalco, Sweden
12:30 – 12:50 Early diagnosis of ESSENCE – E Fernell, Sweden
12:50 – 13:10 ‘Detected’ but ‘undiagnosed’: Intellectual disability in the paediatric clinic – A O’Hare, UK
13:10 – 14:20 LUNCH
14:20 – 15:20 OUTCOME AND INTERVENTION I
14:20 – 14:40 Outcome of ESSENCE – E Billstedt, Sweden
14:40 – 15:00 Girls and women with ESSENCE – S Kopp, Sweden
15:00 – 15:20 Evidence basis for intervention in autism – E Fernell, Sweden
15:20 – 16:00 OUTCOME AND INTERVENTION II
15:20 – 15:40 Psychopharmacology in ESSENCE – J Buitelaar, The Netherlands
15:40 – 16:00 SSRIs for depressed mood in young people with ESSENCE – E Eriksson, Sweden
16:00 – 16:20 COFFEE
16:20 – 17:20 OUTCOME AND INTERVENTION III
16:20 – 16:40 Supplements and diets in ESSENCE – M Johnson, Sweden
16:40 – 17:00 Working with adult women with autism – D Zener, Canada
17:00 – 17:20 Problem solving and parenting programmes – C Puckering, UK
17:20 – 17:30 CLOSING SESSION Summing up day two – C Gillberg, Sweden