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Hong Kong Speech and Hearing Symposium 2016: Pre-Symposium Seminar ~ Innovations in Theory of Mind Assessment & Intervention for Children with Autism Spectrum DisorderEarly bird deadline: 22 July 2016Pre-Symposium Seminar: 20-21 Oct 2016

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Innovations in Theory of Mind Assessment & Intervention for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Date:

23 Mar 2016 - 21 Oct 2016

Speaker(s):

Patricia Prelock, PhD

Biography of Speaker:

Patricia Prelock, Ph.D., is Dean of the College of Nursing and Health Sciences, Professor of Communication Sciences & Disorders, and Professor of Pediatrics in the College of Medicine at the University of Vermont. Dr. Prelock coordinates parent training programs designed for caregivers of children with autism spectrum disorders and has been awarded more than 11 million dollars in university, state and federal funding as a PI or Co-PI to develop innovations in interdisciplinary training supporting children and youth with neurodevelopmental disabilities and their families, to facilitate training in speech-language pathology, and to support her intervention work in autism spectrum disorders. She has over 150 publications and 469 peer-reviewed and invited presentations in the areas of autism and other neurodevelopmental disabilities, collaboration, language assessment and intervention, and language learning disabilities. Dr. Prelock received the 1998 Friends Award through the Vermont Parent Information Center and the first annual Autism Society of Vermont Excellence in Service Award in 2000. She also received the University of Vermont’s Kroepsch-Maurice Excellence in Teaching Award in 2000. Dr. Prelock was named an ASHA Fellow in 2000 and a University of Vermont Scholar in 2003. She was awarded the Puppets Choice Award through Kids on the Block of Vermont in 2010 for her work in autism. In 2011 she was named the Cecil & Ida Green Honors Professor Visiting Scholar at Texas Christian University and in 2014, she and her colleagues received the Editor’s Award for the best paper in Contemporary Issues in Communication Sciences and Disorders. Dr. Prelock earned her bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Kent State University and her doctoral degree from the University of Pittsburgh. She is a Board Certified Specialist in Child Language, and a Hanen certified SLP for It takes Two to Talk, More Than Words and Talkability. She was the 2013 President for the American Speech-Language Hearing Association (Asha).

Enquiries:

Mrs Ivy Lam / Ms Rina To: (852) 3943 9608 / (852) 3943 9609
Email: speechtherapy@ent.cuhk.edu.hk

Event Details:

This workshop will describe innovative methods for assessing Theory of Mind in children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) using both parent report and broad based theory of mind measures. Case examples will be used to identify areas of challenge in theory of mind, develop goals and recommend strategies for intervention. The use of social stories, comic strip conversations, and video modeling (including video self-modeling) will be explained as strategies to facilitate theory of mind and perspective taking in children with ASD. Videotaped examples of theory of mind assessment and intervention will be presented.

Date: 20-21 October 2016
Time: 9:00 am – 5 pm
Venue: Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, Hong Kong