Distinguished Lecture Series
Ninth Annual Helen Piehl Distinguished Lecture
Zoom Webinar
9:30 a.m. - 12 p.m. CT - Saturday, Sept. 26
FEAR: Reading, Attention/Anxiety and Executive Functions
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THE CONFERENCE IS FREE TO THE PUBLIC
In these uncertain times, this conference may change or cancel due to unanticipated COVID-19 related threats.
Keynote: Eric Tridas, MD, FAAP
Medical Director of the Tridas Center for Child Development
President of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics Consultants, Inc.
Clinical Associate Professor in Pediatrics at the University of South Florida
Dr. Tridas is the Medical Director of the Tridas Center for Child Development and
President of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics Consultants, Inc. He is a Developmental Pediatrician who specializes in the diagnosis and management of handicapping conditions including ADHD, learning differences, dyslexia, autism spectrum disorders, intellectual disabilities and other neurodevelopmental and behavioral problems.
He is Clinical Associate Professor in Pediatrics at the University of South Florida, Morsani College of Medicine, a member of the National Joint Committee on Learning disabilities (NJCLD) and Immediate Past President of the International Dyslexia Association. Dr. Tridas is also the State Medical Director for Pediatric Health Choice-Prescribed Pediatric Extended Care Facilities (PPEC). Dr. Tridas is a founder and partner of Tridas, LLC, a software company that developed the Tridas eWriter, an application for web based structured interviews of caregivers and teachers that generates a customized evaluation report and provides hundreds of specific recommendations.
Dr. Tridas has resided in the Tampa Bay area since 1982. He completed his fellowship in Ambulatory Pediatrics with emphasis on Developmental Disabilities at the Children’s Hospital Medical Center in Boston. During that time he held an appointment as a Teaching Fellow at Harvard University. Dr. Tridas completed his residency in Pediatrics at the Children’s Hospital of Buffalo. He graduated from the University of Puerto Rico, School of Medicine in 1977.
Dr. Tridas lectures nationally and internationally on topics such as dyslexia, learning disorders, ADHD, autism spectrum disorders, anxiety, executive functions and other behavioral and developmental pediatrics related subjects.
Dr. Tridas edited a book for parents titled From ABC to ADHD: What Every Parent Should Know About Dyslexia and Attention Problems.
Questions? Please contact: Tammye Jackson at tjackson@wtamu.edu