Society for Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics (SDBP) 2018 Annual Meeting

Society for Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics (SDBP) Annual Meeting is organized by Society for Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics (SDBP) and will be held from Sep 14 - 17, 2018 at Anaheim Marriott, Anaheim, California, United States of America.

Conference Objectives:
• Define diagnostic overshadowing in the context of individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities and comorbid psychiatric conditions
• Provide examples of diagnostic overshadowing
• Describe the importance of accurate assessment to help reduce diagnostic overshadowing
• Describe the role of the General Pediatrician
• Identify comorbid conditions often present with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
• Discuss the assessment of mental health diagnoses and intervention strategies
• Discuss the importance of multidisciplinary team assessment and intervention
• Discuss the need to modify assessment and intervention strategies to meet the needs of individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
• Provide overarching guidelines to help eliminate diagnostic overshadowing
• Review a case example

Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.