21.3162, Confs: Cognitive Sci, Psycholing, Pragmatics/ France

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Date: 04-Aug-2010
From: Edy Veneziano < edy.veneziano at parisdescartes.fr >
Subject: Communicative and Symbolic Behaviors in Children with Autism
 

	
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Date: Wed, 04 Aug 2010 10:51:18
From: Edy Veneziano [edy.veneziano at parisdescartes.fr]
Subject: Communicative and Symbolic Behaviors in Children with Autism

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Communicative and Symbolic Behaviors in Children with Autism 
Short Title: Autism ComSym 2011 

Date: 04-Feb-2011 - 05-Feb-2011 
Location: Paris, France 
Contact: Edy Veneziano 
Contact Email: edy.veneziano at parisdescartes.fr 
Meeting URL: http://lewebpedagogique.com/comsym2011/ 

Linguistic Field(s): Cognitive Science; Pragmatics; Psycholinguistics 

Meeting Description: 

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 

Detailed program in progress:

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 Paris 3)	
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)





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