Clinician Workshop
A Whole-Body Systems Approach to Treating Autism

Autism Canada and Autism Calgary are pleased to be working together to
provide this emerging model of autism treatment. Each attending clinician will be provided with 2 two-day passes to the main conference, Friday, October 1 and Saturday, October 2, 2010

Lectures By

Wendy Edwards, B.Sc.N., MD, F.R.C.P. Consulting Pediatrician in Chatham-Kent; Adjunct Professor of Pediatrics, University of Western Ontario; Former Chief-Resident, Toronto Hospital for Sick Children

Friday, October 1, 2010

10:30 am - 12:30 pm Lecture by Dr. Wendy Edwards
Lunch will be served from 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm Lecture by Dr. Wendy Edwards
2:30 pm - 3:30 pm Questions and Answers

Mount Royal University
Roderick Mah Centre for Continuous Learning
Room 2010
4825 Mount Royal Gate SW
Calgary, AB, T3E 6K6.

The Practitioner Training Workshop is an introductory seminar designed for medical professionals on how to identify and treat biomedical abnormalities in children with autism. These abnormalities can affect neurodevelopment and behaviours in children with autism.  The body systems involved with the following will be discussed:

• Intestinal inflammation;
• Metabolic abnormalities;
• Immune dysregulation;
• Detoxification impairment

The importance of individualized treatment strategies (based upon medical history, physical exams and laboratory data) will be discussed.  The role of diet, supplements, medications and other modalities in treating disordered body systems associated with autism will be reviewed.

Wendy Edwards, B.Sc.N, M.D. is a consulting paediatrician working in Chatham, Ontario for the last 13 years. She started her professional career as a paediatric nurse - then returned to school to do her medical training at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario. Dr. Edwards completed her paediatric residency at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Ontario. In her final year there, she was chosen to act as chief resident. Dr. Edwards has presented numerous times on biomedical treatments for autism across Ontario and in Saskatchewan. She credits biomedical interventions as an important part of the treatment regime which helped her own son recover from his autism.

The Practitioner Training Workshop is available to licensed healthcare professionals only.

Other lectures recommended for practitionrs include:

Evodokia Anagnostou, MD - What parents need to know about medications and autism!
Bonnie Kaplan, PhD - Micronutrients Versus Standard Medication Management in Autism