Please find below the PDFs and video recordings from the conference presentations. These materials are posted with speakers’ consent. If the session you are looking for is not listed below, it means that the speaker did not allow for his/her presentation to be available online. We will continue adding presentations, so please check back for updates.
Pre-Conference: Wednesday, November 16, 2016
AM1. Enhancing Health Care Through Communications: Using Support Tools For Working With Health Care Professionals
Sheila Farrell
AM1. Relationship Between Mental Health Problems and Challenging Behaviour in People with Intellectual Disabilities
Vikram Palanisamy
PM1. An Alogorythm for the Evaluation and Management of Irritability in Children and Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Brian Banno, Robin Friedlander, Dean Elbe, Kristen McFee
PM2. Sexuality, Health and Hygiene
Barbara Laird
Public Evening Forum: Wednesday, November 16, 2016
Employment and Navigating for Individuals with Developmental Disabilities
Elizabeth Turner, Chris Arnold
Main Conference: Thursday, November 7, 2016
Welcome Remarks, Traditional Welcome, Opening Remarks
Bruce Pipher, Elder Audrey Rivers, Ashok Krishnamoorthy
Plenary: Has Inclusive Education become Contaminated?
Shelley Moore
A1. Is Poverty The Diagnosis: The Hidden Impact of Generational Poverty in Developmental Disabilities and Mental Health
Barbara Fitzgerald
A2. Navigation and Collaboration across Ministries
Michelle Schmidt
C2. Medical Behavioural Assessment and Treatment of Children and Youth with Developmental Disabilities (DD) and Behaviours that Challenge: Framework and Tools for Interprofessional Collaboration
Alvin Loh, Nicole Aliya Rahim
Main Conference: Friday, November 18, 2016
Plenary: Improving Primary and Emergency Health Care for People with Developmental Disablities: How do you Make it Happen?
Yona Lunsky
Self Advocate & Comedian
Jordana Pratt
D2. Is What I am Seeing Psychiatric or Behavioural?
Anne Halas, Robin Friedlander
E1. Think You’ve Tried Everything? Maybe Not.
Melissa Meyer
E2. Supported Employment Works!
Annette Borrows
E3. Innovations in ASD Treatment: the Early Start Denver Model and the Importance of Play
Kate Ballem Chase