Brain Development & Learning: Making Sense of the Science
July 16-20, 2010 Vancouver, BC

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Hear cutting-edge research in neuroscience, developmental science, and mental health presented in ways that doctors, educators, and all who work directly with children can understand, see the immediate relevance of, and use. For all those wishing they had more guidance in what research says are best practices.

Topics include:

• A Revolution in Pediatric Care: Social Pediatrics - Gilles Julien
• Child and Adolescent Mental Health - Stan Kutcher, Jane Garland, Carolyn Webster Stratton
• Importance of Early Experience: Touch is Vital - Michael Meaney
• Interventions that Work - George Rebok, Bruce McCandliss, Blythe Corbett
• Fetal Programming: What happens in utero has lifelong effects - David Barker
• Interactions between the Brain and Immune System: Implications for Autism and Schizophrenia - Paul Patterson
• Cultural Diversity - Mahzarin Banaji, Jack Dovidio, Ara Norenzayan
• How Findings on the Cellular & Molecular Bases of Learning & Memory are leading to ways to Reverse Developmental Disorders - Alcino Silva
• Improving NICU Outcomes: Results from the Latest Randomized Control Trials - Nils Bergman
• Helping Children with Autism through Theatre - Blythe Corbett