Massachusetts MCCANDLESS/BINSTOCK CONFERENCE

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MASSACHUSETTS MCCANDLESS/BINSTOCK CONFERENCE

SAVE THIS DATE!

Friday, March 28, 2003/Parents..........March 29 and 30/Practitioners

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,

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 postdoctoral

fellow (Naseem , MD) 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

issues.

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

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Email - mccandlesshai@...