2008 NCE
The Council on Children on Disabilities is proud
to sponsor a number of exciting sessions at the
2008 National Conference and Exhibition in Boston,
MA (October 11-14, 2008).
COCWD sessions include:
Saturday, October 11
H1017 COCWD Program— Controversies & Challenges
for Children and Youth with Disabilities
8:00 am - 12:00 pm
Pediatricians need the opportunity to discuss and gather information about controversial
topics and challenging aspects of the care of children and youth with disabilities.
This program, sponsored by the COCWD, will include a discussion of CAM in autism,
the Ashley treatment (stopping growth and puberty in children with severe developmental
delay), and transitioning teens to adult-oriented care. Presenters will include
pediatricians with extensive experience in this area and the parent of a young
man who had physical disabilities and made a very successful transition to adulthood.
In addition, the Arnold Capute award will be presented during the session.
Schedule
8:00 - 8:10 am: Welcome
N. Murphy, MD, Council Chair; G. Liptak, MD, Program
Chair
8:10 - 9:00 am: Complementary and Alternative Medical
Treatments: Impact on Care of Children w/ Neurodevelopmental Disabilities
S. Levy, MD
9:00 - 9:50 am: The Ashley Treatment (Growth Attenuation):
A Cry for Help
G. Liptak, MD; N. Murphy, MD
9:50 am – 10:05 am: Break
10:05 - 10:40 am: Arnold J. Capute
Award Presentation
F. Palmer, MD; Capute Award Committee Chair;
Recipient: Marshalyn Yeargin-Allsopp, MD
10:40 - 11:30 am: Preparing
for the Difference-Health Care Transition: Role
for Physicians, Families & Youth too!
H. Gewanter, MD, P. Hackett, MEd
11:30 am-12:00 pm: Council Business Meeting
S1041 Navigating the Maze
of Evidenced-Based ASD Treatments (Repeats
as S2039)
8:30-10:00 am
The public media often spotlight popular autism
spectrum disorder (ASD) interventions heralding
anecdotal claims of benefit and even cure rather
than the interventions that are less sensational
but scientifically proven to make a positive impact.
This session will help participants to be more
aware of these evidenced-based interventions so
that they are more adept in guiding parents.
Faculty: S. Myers, MD
I1073 “My Child Isn’t
Talking Well”: Addressing Parents’ Concerns
About Children’s Speech and Language (Repeats
as I2082)
2-3:30 pm
The importance of surveillance and screening for
language delays will be discussed, as will the
differential diagnosis of isolated speech delays
and combined expressive and receptive delays. A
strategy for classifying the type of delay and
for determining a course of action for each type
of delay will be presented. This will be followed
by cases to illustrate various forms and causes
of language delays and their respective interventions.
Faculty: H. Feldman, MD
S1084 Successful Implementation
of Developmental and Behavioral Surveillance
and Screening (DSS) in the Primary Care Office (Repeats
as S1108)2-3:30 pm
This session will review the new algorithm for
DSS, including behavioral screening; discuss barriers
to implementing DSS in busy practice (including
personal barriers); and outline key techniques
for successful implementation.
Faculty: P. Lipkin, MD; A. Schonwald, MD
F1099 Early Detection
of Autism in Primary Care
4–4:45
pm
A body of work now suggests that earlier detection
and effective treatments are improving outcome
in autism and related disorders. This session will
provide an overview of current approaches to screening,
including rating scales and checklists. The potential
for new, more physiologically based approaches
will be illustrated.
Faculty: F. Volkmar, MD
S1108 Successful Implementation
of Developmental and Behavioral Surveillance
and Screening (DSS) in the Primary Care Office (Repeat
of S1084)4–5:30 pm
F1114 Need-to-Know Basics:
Partnering With Child Care and School About Children
With Special Health Care Needs
5–5:45
pm
Faculty: E. Donoghue, MD; C. Kraft, MD
Sunday, October 12
H2013 Section on
Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics Program—Pediatrician
and Child Care Partnerships That Improve Outcomes
for Children
8:30 am–2:30 pm
The range of concerns related to developmental
and behavioral pediatrics continues to grow. To
assist general pediatricians and pediatric specialists,
2 sessions will be offered. The morning session
will focus on the differential diagnosis of social
withdrawal–autism spectrum disorder vs emerging
psychiatric disorder. During this session, the
C. Anderson Aldrich award will be presented. The
afternoon session will be sponsored jointly with
the COCWD for community pediatricians and will
address the promotion of participation in play
activities for children with special needs and
medical evaluation of a child who is losing milestones
or not progressing.
Faculty: F. Vokmar, MD; E. Elias, MD; N. Murphy, MD
A2021 Mood Disorders
in Adolescence: An Integrative Approach
8:30–10:00
am
Faculty: K. Kemper, MD
S2039 Navigating the
Maze of Evidenced-Based ASD Treatments (Repeat
of S1041)
8:30–10:00 am
S2040 Helping Adolescents
With Special Health Care Needs Grow Up and Move
On (Repeats as S2129)
8:30–10:00
am
The presenters will review the wide variety of
issues faced by adolescents and young adults with
disabilities and their families as they move out
of their family and medical homes by using the
various rheumatic diseases as specific examples.
The fears and anxieties associated with these changes
from the family and provider perspectives will
be discussed, as will criteria for identifying
appropriate adult providers. The issues will be
used as a means to monitor everyone’s progress
over the years so that an appropriate transition
plan can be developed and implemented. The systemic
and individual hurdles that complicate this transition
will be identified, and various approaches to overcoming
them will be reviewed.
Faculty: N. Murphy, MD; P. White, MD
P2056 Preterm Birth:
Causes, Consequences, and Prevention
10:50–11:10 am
Faculty: M. Allen, MD
I2082 “My Child
Isn’t Talking Well”: Addressing Parents’ Concerns
About Children’s Speech and Language (Repeat
of I1073)
2–3:30 pm
S2093 Prenatal Substance
Exposure and Its Long-term Outcomes on Development
and Behavior
2–3:30 pm
Faculty: M. Behnke, MD
S2098 Is It Autism?
2–3:30
pm
A differential diagnosis for autism with special
consideration of the various causes of “speech
delay” will be discussed. A logical algorithm
to approach the examination of a child in whom
autism is a concern will be presented with emphasis
on the importance of determining whether the
delay is associated with parallel deficits in
receptive language. The workup and management
of common disorders will be highlighted by means
of case presentations.
Faculty: S. Hyman, MD; A. Wetherby, PhD
S2127 Etiology and Medical
Comorbidities of ASD—What’s the evidence? (Repeats
as S3045)
4–5:30 pm
This session will address the difficult and often
controversial challenge of determining the appropriate
laboratory workup of a child with autism spectrum
disorder (ASD). The difference between etiology
and comorbidity of conditions and their implications
and care will be highlighted.
Faculty: M. Bauman, MD; G. Schaefer, MD
S2129 Helping Adolescents
With Special Health Care Needs Grow Up and Move
On (Repeat of S2040)
4–5:30
pm
Monday, October 13
X3004 Coding Conundrums
for Children With Special Health Care Needs
7–8:00
am
Faculty: L. Wegner, MD
S3045 Etiology and
Medical Comorbidities of ASD—What’s
the evidence? (Repeat of S2127)
8:30–10:00
am
F3097 Early Intervention:
Who, what, when, where, and why?
3–3:45
pm
Federal legislation mandates that early intervention
services be available to children with developmental
concerns and children at risk for developmental
concerns. New legislation will be highlighted.
Studies on short- and long-term outcomes following
early intervention will be reviewed. Opportunities
for pediatric involvement in family-centered early
intervention will be identified through case discussion.
Faculty: J. Duby, MD
I3103 Practical Partnerships
4–5:30
pm
This session, some parts of which have been presented
previously with great success at a national quality
improvement forum, will outline the benefits
and necessity of collaboration, describe findings
from research projects in academic and community
settings that have led to practice improvements,
and highlight specific interventions that may
enhance collaboration between specialty and primary
care providers in today’s busy practice
environment. Evaluation results from a quality
improvement project conducted in the national
Shriner’s Hospitals for Children (SHC)
system will be presented.
Faculty: C. Stille, MD; L. Vogel, MD
Tuesday, October 14
S4022 Home Alone:
The Medical Home (Financial Help is on the Way) 8:30–10:00
am
The medical home is a cornerstone of the AAP’s
desire for quality pediatric health care. The seminar
will explain the basic concepts and the future
applications with the payer community.
Faculty: A. Kohrt, MD; L. Kohrt
F4039 The ABCs of
IEPs: Pediatrician’s Guide to Special Education
9:30–10:15
am
This session will serve as an introduction to the
concept of Individual Education Plans (IEPs) and
how they function to provide services that will
be tailored to the child’s specific needs.
Various components of the IEP will be discussed,
as will their possible delivery methods. Strategies
for understanding these components and working
with school systems will be provided.
Faculty: L. Von Hahn, MD
X4054 Common Problems
in Children with Disabilities: An Approach to
NIBBLE On
12:30–1:30 pm
Participants will be introduced to the mnemonic
NIBBLES and its usefulness in identifying commonly
encountered complications in children with disabilities.
Common conditions that will be discussed include
constipation, gastroesophageal reflux disease,
adverse medication reactions (including complications
of intrathecal baclofen therapy), and occult fractures.
Management strategies will be discussed interactively.
Faculty: J. Duby, MD
X4055 Targeted Child
Psychiatry Services: A Comanagement Model Between
Child Psychiatry and Primary Care Pediatrics
to Enhance Access to and Quality of Behavioral
Health Care
12:30–1:30 pm
Faculty: C. Stille, MD, MPH
S4092 Just in Time: Family
Support for Foster and Adoptive Parents
4–5:30
pm
Faculty: M. Szilagyi, MD; S. Springer,
MD
