Morning Workshop: “Empowering Autism Identification and Diagnosis in Primary Care”

Presenter: Justin Schwartz, M.D., Associate Professor, Division of Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics, Heersink School of Medicine, The University of Alabama at Birmingham

Time Session
8:00 am – 8:30 am Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:30 am – 8:35 am Convene & Introduction
8:35 am – 8:50 am Defining Autism
8:50 am – 9:15 am DSM-5 Criteria for Autism: A Deep Dive
9:15 am – 10:00 am Practice with the DSM-5
10:00 am – 10:15 am Break
10:15 am – 11:30 am Making the Diagnosis in Primary Care

 

*Agenda will be identical at each location.


Afternoon Workshop: “IEP and 504: Navigating the Process”

Time Session
12:30 pm – 1:00 pm Registration and Check In
1:00 pm – 1:15 pm Introductions and Goals for the Day
1:15 pm – 1:45 pm Child Find Discussion
1:45 pm – 2:45 pm FAPE, 504s, IEPs, and Behavior Plans
2:45 pm – 3:00 pm Break
3:00 pm – 4:00 pm Interactive Fact Pattern and Putting Together an IEP
4:00 pm Adjourn

 

*Agenda will be identical at each location.