McCandless/Binstock Conference

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We are fortunate and proud to confirm that Jaquelyn McCandless MD, highly regarded clinician and author of the recently published and critically acclaimed book "Children with Starving Brains: A Medical Treatment Guide for Autism Spectrum Disorders" will be presenting a day long intensive educational program for PARENTS on Friday, March 28, 2003. Then, on Saturday March 29 and Sunday March 30, 2003, will be presenting an intensive educational training for PRACTITIONERS.

Doctor McCandless received her degree in Doctor of Medicine at the University of Illinois College of Medicine and is certified as a Diplomate of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. After a long and distinguished career as a psychiatrist, she has dedicated the past six years of her life and development of biomedical treatments for children with Autism Spectrum Disorders, after her life was intimately touched by her granddaughter's diagnosis of autism.

She is widely regarded as one of the most knowledgeable, effective, compassionate, and forward-thinking practitioners working in our field today. She continues to work tirelessly, graciously, and selflessly on behalf of all children with Autism, and has chronicled, substantiated, and thoughtfully explained the rapidly developing and highly controversial art and science of the biomedical treatment of these very complex children in her book, available on her website, www.Autism-RxGuideBook.net as well as on Amazon.com. Hopefully, the second edition of the book will also be available for the conference.

In addition to Doctor McCandless, we are fortunate to have a widely recognized research-expert, truly a thought-leader in the world of autism, Teresa Binstock, presenting at this conference and participating in a panel discussion. Ms. Binstock was formerly associated with the University of Colorado at Boulder, and the University of Colorado's Health Sciences Center and The Children's Hospital in Denver. She has published in neuroanatomy, molecular genetics, immunology, metal toxicity, infectious disease, and the gut-brain connection. She was diagnosed with Asperger's by a post-doctoral fellow (Naseem Smith, M.D.) of the Psychiatry Department of the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center.

Doctor McCandless and Ms. Binstock frequently collaborate and present together, consulting on the treatment of children all over the world. They are well-versed in the DAN! (Defeat Autism Now!) treatment approaches as a foundation for the assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of toxic, dietary, immunologic, viral, fungal, bacterial, endocrine, metabolic, and nutritional issues associated with autism and related disorders. The exact conference location is yet to be determined, but it will be in an easily accessible site in southeastern New England in the general area of Fall River/New Bedford Massachusetts/Newport Rhode Island. Cost to parents will be $75 per person and will include breakfast and lunch. The day will be structured to include lecture, discussion, and time for questions and answers concerning both general and specific is- sues.

Each day is a complete training; attendance is for either Saturday OR Sunday, not both. The training will be conducted by Dr. McCandless and Ms. Binstock, with ample time allotted for questions and "curb-side" consultation. Each practitioner session will be limited to ONLY 10 participants! Reserve your place as soon as possible!

The professional program will be based on the DAN! Guidelines, 2002 Edition, enhanced by the insights, experiences, and practices of Dr. McCandless and Ms. Binstock. Practitioners completing this program will acquire a working knowledge of basic ASD treatment principles, and may if desired, be listed on the official DAN! website as having attended this course. It is anticipated that CMEs and CEUs will be awarded. MDs, Naturopaths, Homeopaths, Osteopaths, Chiropractors, Advanced Practice Nurses, Registered Nurses, Dietitians, and Psychologists who are currently treating children with Autism, or who have the immediate intent to treat this population, are welcome to attend.

This course will be offered in Mattapoisett, Massachusetts or surrounding area. Cost is $275.00, and will include breakfast, lunch, the second edition of Dr. McCandless' book, and hopefully, CMEs and CEUs (application will be made to the McLean Hospital Department of Continuing and Graduate Education).

Due to the importance of this opportunity and limitation of space, even though all details are not complete, it is important for you to please REGISTER EARLY. Dr. McCandless has only committed to speaking at four conferences for the foreseeable future. Do not miss this opportunity!

To register, send name, address, phone number, web address, and tuition to:

Pamela J. Ferro

Hopewell Associates, Inc.

PO BOX 1747

Mattapoisett, MA 02739

Telephone - 508-758-3200

Fax - 508-758-3288

Email - mccandlesshai@aol.com

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