Learn research updates on evidence-based strategies to support adolescents and young adults develop social skills that encourage lasting friendships. SPEAKER Dr. Elizabeth A. Laugeson is a Clinical Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences at the UCLA Semel Institute … Continued

Well-being wins: Supporting Positive Psychiatry in the Autism Community About the Speaker: Patricia Wright, PhD, MPH, is Executive Director of Proof Positive: Autism Wellbeing Alliance. She holds a Ph.D. and Master of Public Health from the University of Hawaii. Her … Continued

Applying Neuroscience to Improve Clinical Understanding of Autism Learn about emerging research on improvements in clinical understanding that can be gained by applying findings from the neurosciences field. About the Speaker: James McPartland, Ph.D., is the Harris Professor of Child … Continued

About the Speaker: Kelly Barnhill, MBA, CN, CCN, is the Director of the Nutrition Clinic at The Johnson Center for Child Health and Development. She is a Certified Clinical Nutritionist, with over a decade of experience working with nutrition in … Continued

About the Speaker: Dr. Bradley Ferguson, PhD is an Assistant Research Professor, MU School of Medicine. He is currently studying the association between immune, endocrine, and psychophysiological markers of stress and gastrointestinal disorders in those with autism spectrum disorder. He is … Continued