Language Abilities in Children with Autism (LACA) WORKSHOP

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BETWEEN THEORY AND PRACTICE

LACA is a network promoted by Prof. Jeanette Schaeffer (University of Amsterdam) and funded by the NOW. It includes twelve European labs, among which one in the University of Milano-Bicocca (Prof. Maria Teresa Guasti), investigating the nature and the development of language (in)abilities in children with Autism Spectrum Disorder across languages. One goal of this network is to build (stronger) bridges between theory and practice to create better tools for diagnosis and intervention.
The aim of this one day workshop is to bring together practitioners and academics to share the best practices across Europe in the diagnosis and rehabilitation of children with autism.

WORKSHOP:

when: Monday, 15th January 2018
where: Villa di Breme Gualdoni Forno, via Martinelli 15 (Cinisello Balsamo)

program:
9.15-9.30 Opening remarks Jeannette Schaeffer (University of Amsterdam)
Practitioners’s talks (slot I)
9.30-9.55 Frédérique Bonnet-Brilhaut (France)
9.55-10.20 Dimitra Bafa (Greece)
10.20-10.45 Annette Scheper (The Netherlands)
10.45-11.15 Coffee break
Practitioners’s talks (slot II)
11.15-11.40 Gianfranco Passeri
(Belgium)
11.40-12.05 Karoline Teufel
(Germany)
12.05-12.20 Poster lighting talks
Natalia Meir (University of Haifa)
Philippine de Geelhand
(Université Libre de Bruxelles)
Nufar Sukenik
(Université Francois-Rabelais Tours) Nicolas Petit (CNRS, Lyon)
Lunch break 12.20-14.00
Practitioners’s talks (slot III)
14.00-14.25 Marissa Hartston (Israel)
14.25-14.50 Massimo Molteni (Italy)
14.50-15.15 Sara Fincham Majumdar (UK)
15.15-15.30 Coffee Break
Round table 15.30-17.00
Between theory and practice
Moderator Giuseppe Cossu (Parma University)
Invited talk 17.00-18.00 
Luca Surian (University of Trento)
Pragmatics and word acquisition in children with autism

Scientific committee: Maria Teresa Guasti, Jeanette Schaeffer, Francesca Foppolo, and Francesca Panzeri

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