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About the Presenters
Facilitator –Matthew Schiff, MD
Matthew Schiff, MD, is a board certified and fellowed Child Psychiatrist. He is a Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Child Psychiatry, and Educator of Child Psychiatry Fellows at UMDNJ Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. He has experience in outpatient, pediatric hospital consultation, special education and school consultation, specialized evaluations (forensics, disability, custody), IOP, MICA, PHP, IP and private practice. He is also an experienced conference presenter and author of articles, columns, and book chapters. Currently, he works four days a week full-time as ValueOptions’ Medical Director for New Jersey (age 0-21) where his primary responsibilities include:
- Focused study of 600 children with developmental disabilities-mental health needs.
- Teacher and case consultant to a care coordinator clinic staff
- Chair of the child psychiatry ValueOptions Corporate Written Guidelines for ASD
- Member of the Value Options Corporate Autism work group
- Committee member
- Three and under children requiring psychiatric medication, psychopharmacological, and best evidence committees
About the Program
This one-hour teleconference presentation will provide an in-depth look at Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) as defined by the DSM-IV-TR, and will cover the following topics:
- Epidemiology
- Definition
- Screening
- Diagnostic Assessment
- History Taking
- Case and Care Management
- Multi-disciplinary Team Approach
- Strengths of ASD Children
- Developmentally Disabled-Mental health Public Sector Focus Study Data in ASD
- Treatment and Evidence-Based Assessment
- Psychopharmacological Interventions
- The Possible Roles of the EAP Provider
- Conclusions
Participants will have a chance to ask questions.
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