CONFERENCE AGENDA
| Day 1 - 1st February, 2020 | ||||
| Start | End | Sessions | Topic | Speaker |
| 09:00 AM | 10:00 AM | Inauguration | ||
| 10:00 AM | 10:40 AM | Session 1 | Is my child really included? (BACB-CEU Event) | Dr. Amiris DiPuglia |
| 10:40 AM | 11:10 AM | Session 2 | Role of behavior analysis (ABA) in supporting medical interventions (BACB-CEU Event) | Dr. Manish Vaidya |
| 11:10 AM | 11:40 AM | Session 3 | ADHD: Myths and Facts. From Diagnosis To Medication | Dr. Puja Kapoor |
| 11:40 AM | 11:55 AM | Posters | Tea | |
| 11:55 AM | 12:25 PM | Session 4 | Neurodevelopmental Disorders, The Journey Thus far, the Dreams and their Realization, going e-way, Empowering Parents and Professionals | Dr. Sheffali Gulati |
| 12:25 PM | 12:55 PM | Panel Discussion 1 | Parent experiences and the need to challenge service providers | Mr. Sridhar Aravamudhan, Dr. Amiris DiPuglia, Dr. Sakurako Tanaka, Mr. Nandakumar, Ms. Antara Roy, Mr. Ravi Marda, Moderator: Mr. Suvendu Barik |
| 12:55 PM | 01:25 PM | Session 5 | The Practice Of Applied Behavior Analysis In Autism Interventions. What Is It All About? | Dr. Smita Awasthi |
| 01:25 PM | 02:25 PM | Posters | Lunch | |
| 02:25 PM | 02:55 PM | Panel Discussion 2 | First therapies to recommend and why | Dr. Leena Srivastava, Dr. Nandini Bandikatla, Dr. Neil Martin, Dr. Lina Slim, Ms. Masila Mani, Mr. Raj Thapa, Mr. Dag Stromberg, Dr. Prashant Utage, Moderator: Dr. Smita Awasthi |
| 02:55 PM | 03:15 PM | Session 6 | Early Intervention: What really makes a difference? (BACB-CEU Event) | Dr. Neil Martin |
| 03:15 PM | 03:45 PM | Session 7 | To Play or Not to Play? It’s a question of variability! (BACB-CEU Event) | Dr. Clodagh Murray |
| 03:45 PM | 04:00 PM | Transition To Concurrent Sessions | ||
| CONCURRENT PRESENTATIONS | ||||
| 04:00 PM | 05:00 PM | Hall 2 (BACB-CEU Events) | Strategies to Facilitate Speech Sound Accuracy and Production in Children with Autism | Dr. Lina Slim Topdjian |
| 05:00 PM | 06:00 PM | Hall 2 (BACB-CEU Events) | Latest Trends In Speech And Language Therapy For Children With Autism: From Assessment To Implementation | Dr. Lina Slim Topdjian Mr. Dag Stromberg |
| 04:00 PM | 05:00 PM | Meeting Room 3.1 (BACB-CEU Events) | Improving Sleep In Children With Autism: Behavioral Interventions | Mr. Dag Stromberg |
| 05:00 PM | 06:00 PM | Meeting Room 3.1 (BACB-CEU Events) | Teaching Audio Visual Conditional Discriminations to Children with Autism | Dr. Manish Vaidya |
| 04:00 PM | 06:00 PM | Meeting Room 4.1 (BACB-CEU Events) | Parenting, Education and The Long View | Dr. Amiris DiPuglia |
| 06:00 PM | 07:00 PM | Meeting Room 3.1 (BACB-CEU Events) | Special: Interactive Session With The BACB | Dr. Melissa Nosik, Dr. Neil Martin |
| 06:00 PM | 06:30 PM | Posters | Tea | |
| Day 2 - 2nd February, 2020 | ||||
| Start | End | Sessions | Topic | Speaker |
| 09:00 AM | 09:30 AM | Session 8 | Autism in Teens: What To Expect? How to Help Your Child Through Puberty | Dr. Himani Khanna |
| 09:30 AM | 10:00 AM | Session 9 | Adults With Autism :Inclusion In Workplace And Community (BACB-CEU Event) | Dr. Karola Dillenburger |
| 10:00 AM | 10:30 AM | Session 10 | Epilepsy in Autism | Dr. Pratibha Singhi |
| 10:30 AM | 11:00 AM | Session 11 | The role of medication in autism – the necessary, unnecessary and the harmful | Dr. Jeeson C. Unni |
| 11:00 AM | 11:15 AM | Posters | Tea | |
| 11:15 AM | 11:45 AM | Panel Discussion 3 | Bio-medical, HBOT, Chelation, Stem cell, GFCF: Safe, Unsafe or Dangerous: Evidence - For and Against | Dr. Jeeson Unni, Dr. Ankush Singh, Dr. Kalyan Chakraborty, Dr. Rajeshwari Ganesh, Dr. Sujit Kundu Moderator: Dr. Himani Khanna Chair: Dr. Hanumantha Rao |
| 11:45 AM | 12:15 PM | Session 12 | Autism intervention: Evidence Based vs Complementary | Dr. Rajeshwari Ganesh |
| 12:15 PM | 12:45 PM | Session 13 | Comorbidities in children with autism - Looking beyond communication | Dr. Leena Srivastava |
| 12:45 PM | 01:45 PM | Lunch | ||
| Concurrent Paper Presentations | ||||
| 01:45 PM | 03:45 PM | Paper Presentations | ||
| 03:45 PM | 04:00 PM | Transition To Hall 2 | ||
| 04:00 PM | 04:10 PM | Valedictory | ||
| 04:10 PM | 04:30 PM | Session 14 | Scope of Practice for Professionals in Autism Spectrum | Dr. A. Jagadish |
| 04:30 PM | 05:00 PM | Session 15 | Pain and its management in Autism - Video | Dr. Djea Saravane |
| 05:00 PM | 05:30 PM | Panel Discussion-4 | Communication for Non vocal Children with Autism – PECS, Sign or AAC. What’s the evidence? (BACB-CEU Events) | Dr. Lina Slim, Mr. Dag Stromberg, Dr. Smita Awasthi, Ms. Gunjan Gujral, Mr. Sridhar Aravamudhan, Mr. Venkata Raman, Moderator - Mr. Suvendu Barik |
| 05:30 PM | 06:00 PM | Panel Discussion-5 | Addressing the Autism Challenge in India | Maj. Ram Kumar, Dr. Sudershan Reddy, Dr. Shilpa Mangona, Dr. C.Swati, Dr. Amrita Sahay Chair: Dr. Hanumantha Rao Moderator: Mr. Sridhar Aravamudhan |
| 06:00 PM | 06:30 PM | Tea | ||