Success Strategies for
Children with ADD/ADHD, Spectrum Disorders & Sensory Processing Problems

2/5/05
KidAbilities, LLC
1 Skyline Drive, Suite 298
Hawthorne, New York 10532
Phone: 914-347-5990
Fax: 914-347-5236
Email: eileen@kidabilities.com
 

Topics to be covered:

• Renee Simon, MS, CNS, DAN Certified - Nutritional Interventions for Children with Sensory, Learning and Developmental Problems

• Immune Health, Safe Vaccines and Detoxification Strategies

• Sue Seiler, OT/L, Director of KidAbilities, NDT & SI Certified - The Effect of Poor Sensory Processing on a Child’s Behavior

• Lawrence Edwards, PhD. Using Biofeedback & Neurofeedback to help children with special needs.

• Relaxation techniques for parents.

• Prioritizing Treatment Options: Panel With All Speakers
   

You Will Learn How To:

• Improve your child's blood sugar balance, leading to better attention/focus and fewer mood swings

• Implement special diets for children with sensitivities, allergies, or toxic reactions to certain foods

• Solve common nutritional deficiencies through dietary modifications and food and vitamin/ mineral therapies

• Enhance your child's immune system and detoxification pathways leading to better overall health and improved management of symptoms

• Recognize poor sensory processing in your child and how it effects his / her life

• Identify common behavioral manifestations of poor sensory processing

• Implement simple sensory strategies for calming your child
   

About The Presenters:

Renee Simon MS, CNS received her M.S. in Clinical Nutrition from Bridgeport University and her degree in Holistic Nutrition at the American Academy of Nutrition. She is a licensed Dietitian-Nutritionist and a member of the American College of Nutrition. She also is a certified DAN (Defeat Autism Now) practitioner. Ms. Simon’s comprehensive programs include dietary recommendations to improve blood sugar balance, testing to find underlying biochemical imbalances and “drug-free” immune system enhancement to achieve wellness without antibiotics. She specializes in all aspects of children’s health including digestive disorders, picky eating, allergies, asthma, ADD/ADHD, autistic spectrum and sensory processing disorders and learning disabilities. She has private practices in South Salem, and Mount Kisco, New York and can be reached at (914) 763-9107 or RSimon@totalwellnessnutrition.com.

Lawrence Edwards, PhD. offers biofeedback and neurofeedback training for clinical issues such as ADHD, anxiety, headache, etc., and for peak performance training and exploring the profound realms of meditation. He is an Associate Fellow of the biofeedback Certification Institute of America, certified in EEG biofeedback, and he is board certified neurotherapist. He has been training children and adults with biofeedback since 1997. He has been on the faculty of New York Medical College since 1998 as a clinical instructor in the Department of Community and Preventive Medicine. He maintains a private practice in Bedford Hills, N.Y. and offers services through the Center for Health and Healing in Mt. Kisco. N.Y. He has taught meditation for over 30 years. He can be reached at 914-241-8510.

Sue Seiler,OT/L has been practicing occupational therapy since 1979. She has worked with children in hospitals, schools, developmental centers and in private practice. Currently she is the owner/director of KidAbilities, LLC, a private practice in Hawthorne NY. KidAbilities serves children who have developmental, motor, sensory or behavioral challenges both privately and through county and school systems. Sue received her certificate in Pediatric Neurodevelopmental Therapy (NDT) in 1994 and is certified by Sensory Integration International, in Sensory Integration. In 1998, Sue was awarded the New York State Occupational Therapy Association’s Award “Merit for Practice in Pediatrics”. Sue has lectured for PTA’S and other groups, for the New York State and American Occupational Therapy Associations. Sue is a member of the Clinical Advisory Council for the KID Foundation, whose mission it is to serve children with sensory processing disorders. Sue is the immediate past president of the New York State Occupational Therapy Association, a position she held for four years.