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Autism Center's Open House to Showcase Services

Nation's only center focusing on treatment of medically-fragile autistic children sets Jan. 20 open house.

 

Parents of children with autistic spectrum disorders often find the best help for their kids means spending a lot of time traveling and consulting with specialists.

But the Comprehensive Autism Medical and Treatment Center, at 266 King George Road in Warren, offers complete services to patients—which parents and teachers can learn more about at an open house planned at the center for 7 p.m. Jan. 20.

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"This is a first and...we have many new people participating in treatment," Deana MS, CCC-SLP, and the Autism Think Tank and Parent Advocacy Coordinator, said.

The center has assembled many services under one roof to simplify treatment options for chidlren who are often uncomfortable with too much traveling or too many different locations. As part of the center's services, the Autism Think Tank uses Internet teleconferencing of some of the nations leading medical specialists to help coordinate and identify possible medical causes and available treatments for medical conditions autistic children frequently can't express themselves. 

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The open house will include Bright Star Therapy representatives Sheri Marino Haiken, MA, CCC-SLP; Clinical Director Amit Gaglani, PT, OCS; Business Director Kimmy Kones Abramsohn, MS, OTR—Occupational Therapist; and Kathy Lutz, LCSW; clinical social worker.

Also, Pamela Ullmann, ATR-BC, LCAT, a clinical art therapist with Colors of Play and Suzanne Johnson, CMT, of Therapeutic Touch and Cranial Sacral Therapy, will be on hand to discuss therapies and treatments with parents.

The center's founder and medical director, Paul Abend, will speak at the open house, and introduce some of the key participants.

For more information, call the center at 732-667-7778, or vist the website.


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