Summary: Alice Carter, PhD, a professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Massachusetts, Boston presents the most compelling evidence to date that SPD is a unique clinical entity. Her presentation contains data from an epidemiologic study of over 1,000 families followed for 8 years. Learn the latest information about SPD prevalence, sociodemographic correlates, developmental patterns and the stability of sensory symptoms as well as associations between sensory symptoms and family impairment. Presented at the 14th International 3S Symposium.
Level: Advanced
Intended Audience: Clinicians, teachers, mental health and medical professionals, parents, students, caregivers
Prerequisite: None
Presenter: Alice S. Carter, PhD, is a trained clinical psychologist and her work focuses on young children's development in the context of family relationships, with an emphasis on the early identification of psychopathology and neuro-developmental disorders and contextual factors that place children at risk for difficulties in social and emotional development. Her primary area of research is infant, toddler, and preschool psychopathology, with an emphasis on early detection, characterization, and amelioration of social-emotional problems and delays in competence, including autism spectrum and anxiety disorders. Dr. Carter has received continuous funding from the National Institute of Mental Health to conduct an epidemiological, longitudinal study of early emerging psychopathology from infancy through the transition to formal schooling, and from Autism Speaks to conduct a randomized controlled trial of a parent-mediated intervention for toddlers with ASD. Carter is actively involved in teaching and mentoring both doctoral students in clinical psychology and undergraduate psychology majors at UMass Boston. She is currently collaborating with or consulting to colleagues in Chicago, San Diego, Finland and the Netherlands. She has also conducted trainings on assessment of infant mental health and early detection of autism spectrum disorders nationally and internationally.
Learning Objectives:
- Describe the prevalence of Sensory Over-Responsivity in early childhood
- Delineate the sociodemographic correlates of Sensory Over-Responsivity
- Describe the developmental progression and stability of Sensory Over-Responsivity disorders
- Explain the overlap/distinctness of Sensory Over-Responsivity with DSM IV psychiatric disorders
- Describe the association between Sensory Over-Responsivity and family impairment
Continuing Education: STAR Institute for Sensory Processing Disorder Foundation is an AOTA Approved Provider of Continuing Education. The assignment of AOTA CEUs does not imply endorsement of specific course content, products, or clinical procedures by AOTA.
Upon full completion of the course video, participants must complete and pass a quiz with at least 80% accuracy to receive a certificate of completion.