International Conference ComSym 2011 : February 2011 - 1st Announcement

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CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT




International Conference ComSym 2011:
Communicative and symbolic behaviors in children with autism:
Functional specificities and conditions of appearance

Paris, France, 4-5 February 2011

Children with autism are often characterized by their deficits. Thus,  
their poor communication, their lack of pretend play and/or imitation,  
their scarce understanding of others’ mental states, are considered as  
characteristic features of their pathology. Although, this remains  
generally true, facts are far from being so neat and clear-cut.   
Scientific observation of family videos and studies of children in  
supporting interactional contexts have shown that many children with  
autism do present some capacities in the above domains. And therapists  
working with them observe these capacities in their everyday practices.
The aim of this conference is to provide a more precise understanding  
of the specificities of communicative and symbolic behaviors of  
children with autism, as well as to characterize under which  
conditions and how they occur, allowing to delineate their particular  
developmental profiles in comparison with that of typically developing  
children. Within this perspective, analyses that take into account the  
dynamics of interaction between partners will be emphasized.  From a  
methodological standpoint, this conference will present a diversity of  
approaches (case studies, experimental studies, observation in  
controlled, semi-controlled or natural situations). Such diversity as  
well as the sharing of knowledge and experience between therapists and  
researchers, are expected to stimulate innovative research and  
intervention practices in the field.

The conference will focus on the following topics:
1. The bases of communication: Emotion and sensorimotor behaviors
2. Indicators of implicit Theory of Mind
3. Symbolic abilities
4. Language and communication

Scientific organizers of the Conference:
Laurent Danon-Boileau (Université Paris Descartes, CNRS UMR 7114,  
MoDyCo)
Marie-Hélène Plumet (Université Paris Descartes – INSERM U663)
Edy Veneziano (Université Paris Descartes, CNRS UMR 7114, MoDyCo)

Programmed Speakers
Melissa Allen (Lancaster University, UK)
Tony Charman (University of London, UK)
Dorota Chadzynski (Centre d’Education, Paris)
Laurent Danon Boileau (Université Paris Descartes - CNRS)
Bruno Gepner (CH Montperrin, Aix-en-Provence, chercheur associé CNRS ,  
Aix-Marseille)
Peter Hobson (University College London, UK)
Jessica Hobson (University College London, UK)
Chris Jarrold (Bristol University, UK)
Mary-Annick Morel (Université Paris3)
Peter C. Mundy (UC Davis M.I.N.D Institute, USA)
Tom Muskett (University of Sheffield, UK)
Jacqueline  Nadel (Centre Emotion-CNRS - Paris)
Marie-Hélène Plumet (Université Paris Descartes - INSERM)
Patricia Prelock (University of Vermont, USA)
Vasudevi Reddy (University of Portsmouth, UK)
Helen Tager-Flusberg (Boston University, USA)
Bernard Touati (Centre Alfred Binet, Paris)
Edy Veneziano (Université Paris Descartes - CNRS)

A Call for posters can be found in the conference website:
http://lewebpedagogique.com/comsym2011/
Submission Deadline: October 1st  2010

Scientific Committee
Jean Louis Adrien (Université Paris Descartes), C. Barthélemy (INSERM,  
CHRU Tours), Jill Boucher (City University London, UK), Laurent Danon  
Boileau (Université Paris Descartes-CNRS), Claire Hughes (Cambridge  
University, UK), Françoise Moggio (Centre Alfred Binet, Paris),  
Jacqueline Nadel (Centre Emotion-CNRS, Paris), Elinor Ochs (UCLA, Los  
Angeles, CA, USA),  Marie Hélène Plumet (Université Paris Descartes- 
INSERM), Bernadette Rogé (Université de Toulouse), Carole Tardif  
(Université de Provence Aix-Marseille I-Psyclé), Colwyn Trevarthen  
(Edinburgh University, UK), Edy Veneziano (Université Paris Descartes- 
CNRS).


For all information or registration:
Mme Catherine Rumen
AxentPro, 53 av Secrétan, 75019 PARIS, France
email: infocomsym2011 at orange.fr

Website: http://lewebpedagogique.com/comsym2011/



  

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