July 14 in Norton, MA - Dr. Martha Herbert on the Whole Body Approach to Autism

[Guest guest]

If you are in the area this talk is not to be missed – Dr. Herbert is

phenomenal.

Announcing a Talk and Question & Answer Discussion for Parents, Families, and

the Public, hosted by Professor Grace Baron of Wheaton College

" UNDERSTANDING AUTISM and How Research Can Help:

An Overview of a Whole-Body Approach to Autism "

SPEAKER: Martha Herbert, M.D., Ph.D.

Pediatric Neurologist, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical

School and Director of the TRANSCEND Research Program

Tuesday, July 14, 2009

7:00pm-8:30pm Talk by Dr. Herbert

8:30pm-9:00pm Question & Answer Discussion

Ellison Lecture Hall (ground floor)

Fine Arts Building

Wheaton College

Norton, MA

Link for directions:

http://www.wheatoncollege.edu/about/ByCar.pdf

This talk will address:

A whole-body approach to autism

Applying a whole-body approach to treatment and research

Linking brain, body and behavior to other autism features such as:

v Seizures

v Sensory Problems

v Sleep Problems

v GI and Immune Issues

v Studying a whole-body approach to autism development starting from infancy

Question & Answer Discussion with TRANSCEND Investigators

Dr. Martha Herbert is an Assistant Professor of Neurology at Harvard Medical

School, a Pediatric Neurologist at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston,

a member of the MGH Center for Morphometric Analysis, and an affiliate of the

Harvard-MIT-MGH os Center for Biomedical Imaging. She is director of the

TRANSCEND Research Program (Treatment Research and Neuroscience Evaluation of

Neurodevelopmental Disorders) in Lexington.

This event is free and open to the public, so please invite others that

may also be interested. RSVP is requested but not required.

To RSVP (requested but not required), for more information or to join our

mailing list please email us at WeTranscend@....

TRANSCEND Research Program

http://www.transcendresearch.org

www.transcendresearch.org