Summary:Dr. Marco will provide “the neuroscience perspective” on sensory processing dysfunction. She will review her laboratory's work on the structural and functional brain based differences that are measurable in our kids with SPD as well as the emerging data on the attention challenges that are present in about half of the children. She will review the potential impact of brain training for plasticity in children with SPD.
Presented live and recorded November 2016.
Intended Audience:Occupational therapists, speech language pathologists, physical therapists, special education teachers, psychologists, early intervention specialists, nurses, physicians, mental health providers and parents
Prerequisite: None
Presenter: Elysa MarcoDr. Marco is the director of the UCSF Sensory Neurodevelopment & Autism (SNAP). Dr. Marco’s research laboratory applies her clinical expertise in cognition and behavior to understanding the neural mechanisms of neurodevelopmental disorders related to autism, agenesis of the corpus callosum, sensory processing disorder (SPD), ADHD, and brain injury. Her laboratory is focuses on how individuals with neurodevelopmental differences process basic sensory information from perception to action. Her research investigates how children with a variety of neurodevelopmental disorders process sensory information using magnetoencephalographic imaging and diffusion tensor imaging. Her expanding treatment projects are targeting computer training as a tool for augmenting positive brain plasticity.
Learning Objectives:
1) Understand the structural and functional brain based differences in children with SPD and how they compare to children with Autism
2) Understand the emerging data on attention challenges in children with SPD and how this can be treated using cognitive training
Continuing Education:The 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.
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