2003 Invisible Child Conference
(Formerly known as The Children With Brain Differences Conference)

 

THE 2003 INVISIBLE CHILD CONFERENCE

The Invisible Child Conference took place April 11 & 12, 2003 at the Westin Westminster Hotel.

Friday, April 11: Juvenile Bipolar Disorder

  • Keynote Speaker -David Miklowitz, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology, University of Colorado, Boulder Co-author of "Bipolar Disorder: A Family-Focused Treatment Approach" and author of "The Bipolar Disorder Survival Guide"
    The Family and Childhood-Onset Bipolar Disorder
  • Demitri Papolos, M.D., Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Director of Research of JBRF Co-author of "Overcoming Depression" and "The Bipolar Child"
    Upending Diagnostic Boundaries: An Emerging New Paradigm
  • Janice Papolos, Co-Author of "The Bipolar Child" and "Overcoming Depression"
    Parents as Case-Managers
  • Kelly Botteron, M.D. Associate Prof. Psychiatry and Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine
    What Neuroimaging Research Indicates about the Brain
  • Glad Curlee, LPC, LMFC, Founder and Director of The Austin Harvard School
    The Austin Harvard School for Children with Bipolar Disorder and AD/HD
  • Steven Dubovsky, M.D. Professor Psychiatry & Medicine, and
    Vice Chair., Dept. of Psychiatry, University of Colorado School of Medicine
    Understanding the Biological and Psychological Basis for the Evolution of Childhood Bipolar Disorder
  • Steve Mattis, Ph.D., A.B.P.P. Clinical Prof. of Neurology at Weill Medical College of Cornell U.
    Executive Function Deficit
  • Lanning Schiller, Ph.D., Clinical Psychologist, Boulder, CO
    AD/HD vs Bipolar Disorder


Saturday, April 12th: Brain Differences

  • Keynote Speaker: John Ratey, M.D. , Assoc. Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School Co-author of "Shadow Syndromes" and "Driven To Distraction". Author of  "A User's Guide to the Brain"
    • Keynote Address - Shadow Syndromes: How Brain Differences Impact Our Lives
       
    • 2nd Session - The Neurobiology of ADHD
  • David Arciniegas, M.D. Asst. Prof. of Psychiatry & Neurology, Univ. Colorado Health Sciences Center
    Traumatic Brain Injury in Adults
     
  • David Braddock, Ph.D., Director of the Coleman Institute at CU-Boulder
    Cognitive Disabilities, Technology and the Coleman Institute
  • Jeanne Dise-Lewis, Ph.D., Associate ProfessoR, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center/TCH , Denver
    Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury
  • Lynn Gingrich, CEO and Senior Advisor, Lighthouse Financial
    Successful Financial Planning for Special Needs Children
  • Susan Hepburn, Ph.D., Research Coordinator, JFK Partners, UCHSC
    Promoting Social Competence in School-Aged Children
  • Carol Stock Kranowitz, M.A. Author of "The Out of Sync Child" and other publications about SID
    The Out-of-Sync Child; Understanding Sensory Integration Dysfunction
  • Richard Luscomb, Ph.D., Clinical Psychologist, Germantown, TN
    Transitioning Invisible Children into Work and College
  • Bruce Pennington, Ph.D. John Evans Professor of Psychology, Denver University
    Understanding Diagnosing, and Treating Learning Disorders
  • Phil Weintraub, M.D. Associate Professor, Dept. Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Univ. Colorado Health Sciences Center
    Understanding and Treating Depression in Children and Adolescents
     

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