Autism Today: Summer Meeting 2011

Autism Today 2011 will bring together leading experts from healthcare and education to discuss the central issues and practical management of autism and Asperger’s syndrome

It is anticipated that participants will benefit from:
• Insights into what we can expect from the forthcoming NICE guidelines for the diagnosis of autism in children and expert advice into the approach we should use to assess autism
• A greater awareness of gender differences in autism
• Further understanding of obsessive compulsive disorder, sleep and eating disorders in ASD
• Insights into forensic issues in autism
• Evaluation of therapies for autism including speech and language therapy, applied behaviour analysis and pharmacotherapies
• An opportunity to share and exchange ideas with the leading professionals in the field

Autism Today 2011 is aimed at all professionals working with indivduals with ASD from both the healthcare and education sectors.

It will be of particular interest to:

• Paediatricians
• Psychiatrists
• Neurologists
• Clinical psychologists
• Specialists in learning disabilities
• General practitioners
• Speech therapists
• Occupational therapists
• Health visitors
• Nurse specialists in autism/learning disabilities/psychiatry
• Education professionals working with children or adolescents with ASD
• Educational assistants working with children or adolescents with ASD