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New additions to our team...

We have 2 new undergraduate RAs joining the CNRL this Spring. Welcome to Therese Borges and Leah Van Grinsven. Both students have excellent academic records and should make a wonderful contribution to our lab.

We look forward to working with them.

2007 International Neuropsychological Society Conference

Our lab will be attending the 2007 INS Conference which is held in Portland, Oregon this coming February. Two posters will be presented:

Parental Ratings of Executive Behavior in Children with Williams Syndrome: Developmental Stability and Change

Performance of Children and Adolescents with Williams Syndrome on the Social Responsiveness Scale

See you there...

2007 Society for Research and Child Development Conference

Kirsten Li-Barber will be attending the 2007 SRCD Conference which is held in Boston, Massachusetts this coming March. She will present a poster entitled:

Relations Between Language and Cognitive Abilities and the Use of Gaze by Young Children with Williams Syndrome

Have fun in Bean-town Kirsten.

2007 Midwest Psychological Association Conference

Four of our undergraduate RA's will be attending the 2007 MPA Conference in Chicago this coming May. Two posters will be presented:

Examination of Executive Behavior in Children with Williams Syndrome using the BRIEF-Preschool

Parent Ratings on the BRIEF for Children with Williams Syndrome

Congrats to Nevada Wesley, Shawn Thompson, Heather Schultz, and Melissa Brah for being accepted!

WPA Scientific Research Poster Awards

Congratulations to Melissa Brah and Heather Schultz for presenting their poster entitiled, "Anxious Reactivity to Sound in Young Children with Williams Syndrome: Findings Using Observational Methods." They received 1st prize for the Margaret Bernauer Psychology Research Award at the 2006 Wisconsin Psychological Association Conference.

Conference Presentation: Report on Cutting-Edge Autism Research

Dr. Klein-Tasman presented at the Milwaukee area conference, "Unfolding the Map: Finding Routes to Autism Resources." She discussed the current status of the field of research about autism, which has exploded in recent years as new findings emerge at a rapid pace. Dr. Klein-Tasman presented a summary of recent findings from scientific journals, and also summarized cutting edge findings presented at the International Meeting for Autism Research (IMFAR) in June 2006 in the areas of early identification of autism spectrum disorders, neuroimaging, genetics, and treatment research process. IMFAR is attended by the preeminent researchers in the field of autism research. Dr. Klein-Tasman discussed some of the challenges of conducting well-designed research about people with autism spectrum disorders, so that those reading the research could have a sense of when a study is done well. She was co-Chair of the conference organization committee.

Williams Syndrome Association Conference

Thank you to all of the families who participated in research at the Williams Syndrome Association Conference. Advances in our knowledge of how to meet the needs of children with Williams syndrome are possible only because of your willingness.