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About These Speakers

Amy Keefer, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, the supervising clinical psychologist at the Center for Autism and Related Disorders (CARD) at the Kennedy Krieger Institute, and training director for CARD’s clinical psychology post-doctoral fellowship program.  Dr. Keefer has worked extensively with autistic children and their families, serving in both school and clinic settings.  She currently provides individual therapy, conducts diagnostic assessments, and maintains an active research program focused on the phenomenology, underlying mechanisms, and treatment of anxiety in autistic youth.  

Dr. Rebecca Landa, a speech-language pathologist, is the founder and executive director of the Center for Autism and Related Disorders at Kennedy Krieger Institute, where she is vice president. She is professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences in the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and CEO of Bundle of Learning. Her research has focused on identifying early indicators of autism, elucidating early learning mechanisms, developing an innovative web-based video-guided early screening tool, developing and evaluating targeted mechanistic early interventions for autism, translating interventions for implementation in community settings, and developing measures of social communication in school-aged youth.

Dr. Elgiz Sener is a clinical neuropsychologist at the Center for Autism and Related Disorders (CARD) at the Kennedy Krieger Institute (KKI). Dr. Sener received her Ph.D. from the University of Illinois-Chicago in clinical psychology with a minor in behavioral neuroscience. She completed her pre-doctoral internship at Children’s National Hospital. After receiving her doctorate degree, Dr. Sener completed a two-year postdoctoral fellowship at the Center for Autism Spectrum Disorders at Children’s National Hospital. During her pre and postdoctoral training, Dr. Sener gained experience in assessment and treatment of children with various psychiatric and neurodevelopmental conditions. Her research primarily focused on autonomic physiology, emotion processing, and social skills in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Dr. Sener joined the neuropsychology staff at KKI/CARD in 2015. She currently provides neuropsychological assessments to children, adolescents, and young adults with ASD and a variety of comorbid developmental, psychiatric, genetic, and medical conditions. She offers services to individuals with a range of abilities, including minimally verbal children, as well as adolescents who will soon be transitioning to young adulthood. Dr. Sener also participates in the neuropsychological training of post-doctoral residents.

Disclosure Statements

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Amy Keefer, PhD, reports receiving an Organization for Autism Research grant. She will be discussing the following commercial products or services: Facing Your Fears. Unstuck and On Target, Interoception Curriculum, and Peers. This presentation and all the content materials were reviewed to mitigate any identified conflicts of interest. She will not discuss off-label use of pharmaceuticals in this presentation. All relationships have been mitigated through review. 

Rebecca Landa, PhD reports the following relationships with financial interests: Department of Defense, National Institute of Health, Centers for Disease Control, IES, and Health Resources and Services Administration. She will be discussing Bundle of Learning. This presentation and all the content materials were reviewed to mitigate any identified conflicts of interest. She will  not discuss off-label use of pharmaceuticals in this presentation. All relationships have been mitigated through review. 

Elgiz Bal Sener, PhD, reports that she has no relationships with any entity producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients during the past 24 months. She will not discuss any products, services, or off-label uses in this presentation. This presentation and all the content materials were reviewed to mitigate any identified conflicts of interest. All relationships have been mitigated through review. 

Event Planners/Reviewers Disclosures: The following event planners and/or reviewers are reported as having no financial interest, arrangement or affiliation with any entity producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients, during the past 24 months: Todd Peters, MD, Elizabeth Ryznar, MD, MSc, Louis J. Marino, Devi Bhuyan, PsyD, Faith Dickerson, PhD, Carrie Etheridge, LCSW-C, April Sobiech, LCSW-C, Latia Suite, LCSW-C, Rachel Smolowitz, PhD, Tom Flis, LCPC, Lisa Illum, MLIS, MEd, and Jennifer Tornabene.