Registration is Open! Annual TEACCH Conference: Diversity in Autism (Oct. 12-13, 2023)

This is a completed event.

Description:

More Information & Registration for Annual TEACCH Conference - This year’s UNC TEACCH Autism Program Conference focuses on understanding and supporting diversity among autistic individuals and their families including neurodiversity and diversity in gender, race, ethnicity, and communication. 

The following topics and speakers will be featured at this year's conference: 

  • Authentic Engagement: Strategies to Include and Support Neurodiverse Individuals in Research and Practice
    • Co-Presented by Teal Benevides, PhD, MS, OTR/L, FAOTA, Augusta University and Stephen Shore, EdD, Adelphi University
  • Interventions and Outcomes Across the Spectrum: Diverse Needs Require Diverse Solutions
    • Tony Charman, PhD, Kings College London
  • Perspectives of Black Families on Navigating Autism Services
    • Moderated by Christina Corsello Orahovats, PhD, UNC Chapel Hill
  • Accelerating our Understanding of Females on the Autism Spectrum
    • Clare Harrop, PhD, UNC Chapel Hill
  • Creating Culturally Tailored Interventions for Latino Parents of Children with Autism and Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
    • Sandy Magaña, PhD, MSW, University of Texas
  • The Common Intersection of Gender Identity Diversity and Autism-Related Neurodiversity
    • John Strang, PsyD, Children’s National Medical Center

Target Audience:

The target audience includes a range of professionals involved in the clinical care and education of autistic individuals across the lifespan, researchers in the field of autism, and autistic individuals and their family members.

Registration Deadline:

  • In-Person Attendance: Sunday, October 8, 2023
  • Virtual Attendance: Thursday, October 12, 2023

Date(s):


10/12/2023 8:30 AM ET - 10/12/2023 4:15 PM ET,
10/13/2023 8:30 AM ET - 10/13/2023 3:30 PM ET

Location(s):

Virtual and on-site attendance options will be available. 
On-site attendees will join us at the University of North Carolina Friday Conference Center. 
For those joining virtually, a Zoom webinar option is available. Virtual registrants will receive 
an event meeting link and additional instructions one week prior to the event. The conference 
will NOT be recorded for on-demand viewing.

UNC Friday Conference Center
100 Friday Center Drive
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-1020

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Tag(s):

Autism Spectrum Disorder