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is also on the scientific advisory board of

SafeMinds and of the

National Autism

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In This Issue

Herskowitz, MA CCC-SLP, Appointed to Advisory Board

Reflections of brain-body functioning by Sally Goddard Blythe, BSc Topic of Reflexes to be included in the USAAA August Conference

The 18th European Conference of Neuro-Developmental Delay in Children with Specific Learning Difficulties

On Autism One Radio - Special: Live - Arthur and Mark Blaxill – Is Thimerosal a factor in the autism epidemic? On the Archives: Hyperbaric oxygen therapy

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TIP of the Week: If you want to be a better communicator, learn to listen

Reflections of brain-body functioning by Sally Goddard Blythe, BSc Topic of Reflexes to be included in the USAAA August Conference

"Published in Volume 2, Issue 2, November 2005,

Medical Veritas: The Journal of Medical Truth, a

publication of Medical Veritas International (MVI),

www.MedicalVeritas.com.

Copyright 2005, Pearblossom

Private School, Inc. -- Publishing

Division."AbstractThe presence of primitive and

postural

reflexes at

key stages in development provide reliable

indicators of maturity in the functioning of the

Central Nervous System. Primitive reflexes are

tested routinely at birth and in the first few weeks

of postnatal life but are not re-assessed at a later

age as a matter of course. This paper examines the

functions and effects of three primitive reflexes,

explaining how abnormal primitive reflexes can

predispose a child to allergy, anxiety, coordination

problems and subsequent learning and behavioral

challenges including inattention.

© Copyright 2005 Pearblossom Private School,

Inc.–Publishing Division. All rights reserved.

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The 18th European Conference of Neuro-Developmental Delay in Children with Specific Learning Difficulties

The 18th European Conference of Neuro-Developmental

Delay in Children with Specific Learning

Difficulties will be held on Saturday March 18th and

Sunday March 19th at The Queen Hotel, City Road,

Chester, UK. Sally Goddard Blythe, Director of

The Institute for Neuro-Physiological Psychology,http://www.inpp.org.uk/ will

present a brief introduction that will

summarize some of the common denominators in

Autistic Spectrum Disorders including differences in

balance, posture, movement, proprioception, sensory

processing, developmental history and metabolic

functioning. Dr. Wakefield, will be speaking on "The Gut Brain Connection in

Childhood Developmental Disorders: Discovery,

Replication and Implication" at the conference.

Click here for conference information

On Autism One Radio - Special: Live - Arthur and Mark Blaxill – Is Thimerosal a factor in the autism epidemic? On the Archives: Hyperbaric oxygen therapy

Coming up on Autism One Radio:

http://www.autismone.org/radio/

Sunday, January 29, 2006:

Special: Live - Arthur and Mark Blaxill

– Is Thimerosal a factor in the autism epidemic?

12:00 pm – 1:00 ET Journalist Arthur ,

author of articles such as The Not-So-Crackpot

Autism Theory, published in The New York

Times and

Sticking Up for Thimerosal, published in

Slate, and

Mark Blaxill, VP Director of SafeMinds and chair

of the research committee, and author of papers such

as What's going on? The question of time trends in

autism in Public Health Reports and

Reduced mercury levels in first baby haircuts of

autistic children

in the International Journal of Toxicology,

debate

questions related to Thimerosal, especially with

regard to the autism epidemic. Moderator: Teri Small.

On the Archives at Autism One Radio:

http://www.autismone.org/radio/

Tuesday, January 17, 2006

Autism: Help, Hope, and Healing

Topic: Hyperbaric oxygen therapy. Guest: Dr.

Pierre Marois, MD, physiatrist at the Centre de

readaptation Marie Enfant de l’Hopital

Sainte-e, Universite de Montreal, Montreal,

Canada; recipient of a A. Neubauer, MD Award

for Excellence in Hyperbaric Medicine in Pediatric

Neurology; and co-author of the study Hyperbaric

oxygen for children with cerebral palsy: a

randomized multicentre trial, published in the

Lancet.

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TIP of the Week: If you want to be a better communicator, learn to listen

There is nothing so annoying as to have two people

talking when you're busy interrupting. — Mark

Twain"Educators consider listening to be the

second most difficult skill. Reading is the most

difficult" (Language Learning Laboratory, TTU 2004).

Be An Effective Listener by Dianne Schilling, http://www.womensmedia.com,

can help parents communicative more effectively when

meeting with their health care practitioners. The

"Ten Steps to Effective Listening" is discussed in

Step 9 from the book Diagnosis Autism: Now

What?Dr. Jay Burstein, a board-certified

urologist whose work is published in pediatric

medical textbooks and a parent of a child with

developmental disorders, says that when a patient

maintains good eye contact with him, he knows they

are absorbing the information he is communicating to

them. “You wouldn’t believe how many patients I

interview that don’t look at me,” says Dr. Burstein.

If they are not looking at him, he feels that his

dialogue is ineffective. “I have no idea if they are

comprehending the information and it becomes a

one-way conversation. The communication becomes a

monologue. Having a patient that listens with good

eye contact allows me to stay on task and encourages

me to embellish the discussion.” http://www.dekalbclinic.com/doctors/jburstein.html

—L. Kaplan, PhD and J. Burstein, MD, from the book

Diagnosis Autism: Now What? 10 Steps to Improve

Treatment Outcomes; A Parent-Physician Team

Approach..

To learn more about this book, Read On...

Herskowitz, MA CCC-SLP, Appointed to Advisory Board

Herskowitz, MA CCC-SLP, has been appointed

to the USAAA Advisory Board. Ms. Herskowitz's career

as a speech pathologist has spanned the past 27

years. Since 1981, as owner of Dimensions Therapy

Center, she has been providing private therapy

services and special family outings to the families

in the South Florida area. She is on the adjunct

faculty at Nova Southeastern University. Ms.

Herskowitz is the President of the National Autism

Registry, a non-profit organization. She was awarded

the Stevie Lifetime Achievement Award in 2004 for

her work with autistic and special needs children.

She was honored for starting two innovative

community programs, Mothers of Special Needs

Individuals (MOSI) and the Family Club. Ms.

Herskowitz is also an international speaker on the

subject of computer-based intervention with special

needs individuals. Her youngest son, Blake, was

diagnosed in 1993 with autism. Being both a parent

to Blake as well as a therapist has given Ms.

Herskowitz the opportunity to reach out and help

families deal with the unique problems that they

face in parenting a child with autism.

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