LINGUIST List 21.3198 Fri Aug 06 2010 Calls: Cog Sci, Psycholing/France Editor for this issue: Di Wdzenczny <dilinguistlist.org> LINGUIST is pleased to announce the launch of an exciting new feature: Easy Abstracts! Easy Abs is a free abstract submission and review facility designed to help conference organizers and reviewers accept and process abstracts online. Just go to: http://www.linguistlist.org/confcustom, and begin your conference customization process today! With Easy Abstracts, submission and review will be as easy as 1-2-3! Directory         1.    Edy Veneziano, Communicative and Symbolic Behaviors in Children with Autism Message 1: Communicative and Symbolic Behaviors in Children with Autism Date: 04-Aug-2010 From: Edy Veneziano <edy.venezianoparisdescartes.fr> Subject: Communicative and Symbolic Behaviors in Children with Autism E-mail this message to a friend Full Title: Communicative and Symbolic Behaviors in Children with Autism Short Title: Autism ComSym 2011 Date: 04-Feb-2011 - 05-Feb-2011 Location: Paris, France Contact Person: Edy Veneziano Meeting Email: edy.venezianoparisdescartes.fr Web Site: http://lewebpedagogique.com/comsym2011/ Linguistic Field(s): Cognitive Science; Psycholinguistics Call Deadline: 01-Oct-2010 Meeting Description: Children with autism are often characterized by their deficits. Thus, their poor communication, their lack of pretend play and/or imitation, their scarce understanding of others' mental states, are considered as characteristic features of their pathology. Although, this remains generally true, facts are far from being so neat and clear-cut. Scientific observation of family videos and studies of children in supporting interactional contexts have shown that many children with autism do present some capacities in the above domains. And therapists working with them observe these capacities in their everyday practices. The aim of this conference is to provide a more precise understanding of the specificities of communicative and symbolic behaviors of children with autism, as well as to characterize under which conditions and how they occur, allowing to delineate their particular developmental profiles in comparison with that of typically-developing children. Within this perspective, analyses that take into account the dynamics of interaction between partners will be emphasized. From a methodological standpoint, this conference will present a diversity of approaches (case studies, experimental studies, observation in controlled, semi-controlled or natural situations). Such diversity as well as the sharing of knowledge and experience between therapists and researchers, are expected to stimulate innovative research and intervention practices in the field. The conference will focus on the following topics: 1. The bases of communication: Emotion and sensorimotor behaviors 2. Indicators of implicit Theory of Mind 3. Symbolic abilities 4. Language and communication Call For Papers Submission of Posters There will be two poster sessions, one each day. Proposals are invited on any topic of this conference. The goal of these poster sessions is to provide an opportunity for researchers and practitioners to share their knowledge and experience. Presentations can thus cover experimental work, controlled observational studies as well as applied research (assessment of clinical/ educational interventions) from practitioners. Proposals from doctoral students are welcome. Proposals will be selected by the scientific committee. Decision will be communicated to the authors before December 15th 2010. Registration of at least one of the communicating authors is necessary for the accepted poster to be inserted in the program. Submission Deadline for poster propositions: October 1st 2010 Language : French or English Abstract maximal length: 300 words The abstract will include an introduction presenting the aim of the study, the methodology used, the results and some elements of discussion. Submissions are anonymous. Name(s) and personal information (affiliation, address for correspondence and email) of author(s) should figure on a separate page. Submissions have to be sent to: AutismComSym2011psychologie.parisdescartes.fr Notification of acceptance will be sent not later than December 15th 2010. Scientific Committee Jean Louis Adrien (Université Paris Descartes), C. Barthélemy (INSERM, CHRU Tours), Jill Boucher (City University London, UK), Laurent Danon Boileau (Université Paris Descartes-CNRS), Claire Hughes (Cambridge University, UK), Françoise Moggio (Centre Alfred Binet, Paris), Jacqueline Nadel (Centre Emotion-CNRS, Paris), Elinor Ochs (UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA), Marie Hélène Plumet (Université Paris Descartes-INSERM), Bernadette Rogé (Université de Toulouse), Carole Tardif (Université de Provence Aix-Marseille I-Psyclé), Colwyn Trevarthen (Edinburgh University, UK), Edy Veneziano (Université Paris Descartes-CNRS). 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