***A reminder that the deadline for registration is today, 8th January***

One day workshop: Developmental trajectories and cross-syndrome comparisons: issues and future directions

 
On Friday 11th January 2013 there will be a one day workshop which will involve discussion of issues related to development and cross-syndrome comparisons in relation to neurodevelopmental disorders. The seminar will be hosted by the Institute of Education (IOE), University of London.
 
This workshop is part of a seminar series entitled 'Neuro-developmental disorders: Exploring sensitive methods of assessment across development'  which explores recent findings in neurodevelopmental disorders, with a particular focus on 1) the new research tools and methods used, 2) discussion of the wider applicability of these new tools and methods across different neurodevelopmental disorders, 3) identifying future challenges or controversies when studying neurodevelopmental disorders using a developmental approach.
 
The seminar series hopes to bring together specialists and established researchers as well as post-graduates, post-doctoral researchers and early career researchers in neurodevelopmental disorders. The first workshop of the series, held in June at Kingston University, was very successful in meeting our aims. We enjoyed an exciting day of talks, which generated some very interesting discussion. The second workshop promises to be equally engaging.
 
The series is sponsored by the British Psychological Society and the Williams syndrome Foundation UK and is being organised by Dr Jo van Herwegen, Dr Emily Farran and Dr Debbie Riby. In total three seminars will be held around the UK between June 2012 and April 2013.
 
Confirmed speakers, and titles of presentations:

 
Dr. Victoria Knowland (City University London)
Across modalities and methodologies
 
Dr. Rachael Bedford (Institute of Education, University of London)
Developmental Interactions between Social and Non-Social Attention in Infants at High Risk for Autism Spectrum Disorder
 
Lizzie Smith (University of Bristol)
Matching procedures and adjusting for scaling effects in the study of specific verbal-short term memory difficulties in individuals with Down syndrome
 
Professor Derek Moore (University of East London)
Developing a set of universal tools for the visualisation and notation of
developmental difficulties
 
Dr. Gaia Scerif (Oxford University)
Understanding developmental trajectories in developmental disorders: Considerations from longitudinal studies of attention across syndromes
 
Dr. Hayley Leonard (Goldsmith's, University of London)
Using developmental approaches in the study of Autism Spectrum Disorders
 
 
More information about the seminar series can be obtained from:
http://www.neurodevelopmentaldisorders-seminarseries.co.uk/


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Dr. Emily K. Farran
Psychology and Human Development
Institute of Education
25 Woburn Square
London WC1H 0AA
UK
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http://cogdevlab.weebly.com/
http://www.ioe.ac.uk/staff/PHDT/PHDT_22.html

Out now: Farran, E.K. and Karmiloff-Smith, A. (Eds) (2012). Neurodevelopmental Disorders Across the Lifespan: A Neuroconstructivist Approach. Oxford University Press.

http://www.oxfordscholarship.com/view/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199594818.001.0001/acprof-9780199594818