1. health and fitness
2. disease
3. autism and pdd

MATTHEW S. GOODWIN, PhD
Northeastern University
CONNIE KASARI, PhD
University of California, Los Angeles
HELEN TAGER-FLUSBERG, PhD
Boston University
Special Guest
RON SUSKIND
Pulitzer Prize-winning American journalist
and author of “Life, Animated.”
21 ST ANNUAL
Eden Autism Services
PRINCETON
LECTURE
SERIES
FRIDAY, MARCH 20, 2015
Frick Chemistry Laboratory, Princeton University
THURSDAY, MARCH 19, 2015
Pre-Conference Symposium
Foundation for Educational Administration, Monroe Township
PRE-CONFERENCE SYMPOSIUM
Thursday, March 19, 2015
9AM – 3PM
$75 per person, morning refreshments and lunch provided.
Certificate of attendance and (6) BACB Type 2 CEU credits will be issued by
Eden Outreach to attendees. Provider #OP-07-0197.
Evidence Based Components for ABA-based Early Intervention Programs
CONNIE KASARI, PhD
Center for Autism Research & Treatment
University of California, Los Angeles
Children with ASD need comprehensive early interventions, and several ABA
models exist that have proven effective. Despite effective models, treatments are
not equally effective with all children. This presentation will discuss several essential
ingredients of early intervention that address the core social communication
deficits of ASD and that may help to move children onto more positive trajectories.
Addressed will be challenges in delivering these components, the effectiveness of
adding components into existing programs, and problem-solving cases that have
stalled despite our best efforts.
The Pre-Conference Symposium will be held at the
Conference Center at the Foundation for Educational Administration
12 Centre Drive, Monroe Township, NJ 08831
SESSION SCHEDULE
FRIDAY, MARCH 20, 2015
8:15 – 9:00
Registration and Refreshments
9:00 – 9:15
Opening Remarks
Peter Bell, President & CEO, Eden Autism Services
9:15 – 10:45
Exploring Language and Auditory Processing in Minimally Verbal Children
and Adolescents with Autism
Helen Tager-Flusberg, PhD
11:00 – 12:30
Developing Innovative Technologies to Enhance Research
and Practice in Individuals on the Autism Spectrum
Matthew S. Goodwin, PhD
12:30 – 1:15
Lunch will be provided
1:15 – 2:15
Special Guest Presentation
Ron Suskind
Pulitzer Prize-winning American journalist and author of “Life, Animated.”
2:30 – 4:00
Engaging Autism: Developmental Implications for Treatment
Connie Kasari, PhD
GUEST LECTURERS
HELEN TAGER-FLUSBERG, PhD received her Bachelor of Science in Psychology
from University College London, and her doctorate from Harvard University. Since 2001,
Dr. Tager-Flusberg has been at Boston University, and currently holds the position of
Professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences, and Director of the Center for Autism
Research Excellence. Dr. Tager-Flusberg has conducted research on autism and other
neurodevelopmental disorders for over 35 years, investigating developmental changes in language and social
cognition in these populations using behavioral and brain imaging methodologies. She has edited seven books
and written over 170 journal articles and book chapters. Dr. Tager-Flusberg is the Past President of the
International Society for Autism Research, serves on the editorial board of several professional journals and
is Associate Editor of the Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders.
MATTHEW S. GOODWIN, PhD is an assistant professor at Northeastern University
with joint appointments in the Bouvé College of Health Sciences and College of Computer
& Information Science, where he is a founding and key faculty member of a new doctoral
program in Personal Health Informatics and Director of the Computational Behavioral
Science Laboratory (CBSL). He is also a visiting assistant professor and the former director
of Clinical Research at the MIT Media Lab. Goodwin has 20 years of research and clinical experience working
with children and adults on the autism spectrum and developing and evaluating innovative technologies for
behavioral assessment and intervention, including video and audio capture, telemetric physiological monitors,
accelerometry sensors, and digital video/facial recognition systems. He is co-PI and associate director of
the first large-scale collaborative effort by computer and behavioral scientists addressing early diagnosis
and interventions for people with autism spectrum disorders. Goodwin received his BA in psychology from
Wheaton College and his MA and PhD, both in experimental psychology, from the University of Rhode
Island. He completed a postdoctoral fellowship in Affective Computing in the Media Lab in 2010.
CONNIE KASARI, PhD is Professor of Human Development and Psychology in
Education with a joint appointment in Psychiatry at UCLA, where she is the Principal
Investigator for several multi-site research programs, including the Autism Intervention
Research Network for Behavioral Health funded by HRSA, Autism Intervention for
Minimally Verbal Children with ASD (AIM-ASD), an Autism Center of Excellence network
funded by NICHD, and the Interventions for Communication in ASD Network (ICAN) funded by NIMH.
She received her PhD from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and was a NIMH postdoctoral
fellow at the Neuropsychiatric Institute at UCLA. Since 1990 she has been on the faculty at UCLA where
she teaches both graduate and undergraduate courses. She is a founding member of the Center for Autism
Research and Treatment at UCLA. Her current research focuses on developing targeted interventions
for early social communication development in at risk infants, toddlers and preschoolers with autism, and
peer relationships for school aged children with autism. She has published widely on topics related to social,
emotional, and communication development and intervention in autism. She is on the treatment advisory
board of the Autism Speaks Foundation, and regularly presents to both academic and practitioner audiences
locally, nationally, and internationally.
Special Guest
RON SUSKIND, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author has written some of
America’s most important works of nonfiction, framing national debates while exploring the
complexities of human experience. Ron’s latest work, Life, Animated, A Story of Sidekicks,
Heroes and Autism, chronicles his family’s twenty year struggle with their youngest son’s
autism. In addition to his books, he often appears on network television and has been a contributor for The
New York Times Magazine and Esquire. Mr. Suskind was the Wall Street Journal’s senior national affairs
reporter from 1993 until his departure in 2000, and won the 1995 Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing. He
currently lives in Cambridge, Mass., with his wife, Cornelia Kennedy, and is the Senior Fellow at Harvard’s
Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics.
HONORARY ADVISORY COMMITTEE
LISA M. BOULANGER, PhD
Assistant Professor of Molecular Biology, Princeton University
ENRICO BOMBIERI, PhD
Professor Emeritus, School of Mathematics, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, NJ
RONALD COMER, PhD
Professor of Psychology, Princeton University
GINA DELGIUDICE-ASCH, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
FREEMAN J. DYSON, PhD
Professor Emeritus, School of Natural Sciences, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, NJ
DANIEL A. NOTTERMAN, MD
Professor of Molecular Biology, Princeton University
ALEXANDER POLYAKOV, PhD
Professor of Physics, Princeton University
CLARENCE E. SCHUTT, PhD
Professor of Chemistry, Princeton University
SAMUEL WANG, PhD
Associate Professor of Molecular Biology, Princeton University
The 2015 Princeton Lecture Series is supported by the Asch Foundation for Funding
Education and Research in Autism, Janssen Pharmaceuticals, and the Puzio Family
Charitable Trust. The Lecture Series is a program of Eden Outreach Services, which is
supported in part by Wawa, Inc., the Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation, the
Connor P. Casey Foundation, the AMC Cares Charitable Fund, the Ralph M. Cestone
Foundation, and the Torch Foundation.
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THE 21 ST ANNUAL EDEN AUTISM SERVICES PRINCETON LECTURE SERIES
Friday, March 20, 2015, 9:00am – 4:00pm
Princeton University’s Frick Chemistry Laboratory
PRE-CONFERENCE SYMPOSIUM
Thursday, March 19, 2015, 9:00am – 3:00pm
Foundation for Educational Administration, Monroe Township
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