So your child just got diagnosed with Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Good work! This may seem like a confusing time, but you’ve achieved the first milestone: You have identified the problem and now work can be done to help your child progress.
But you have other questions and concerns. You have doubts. You have concerns. How much longer can you watch your child suffer? What about the future? You have a nagging feeling that natural medicine can be helpful, but you don’t know where to start.
ABA works!
ABA stands for Applied Behavior Analysis, a type of therapy based on the foundations of learning and behavior. ABA, speech and language therapy, and occupational therapy work, and are some of the most common treatments for people with ASD.
How naturopathic medicine helps ASD
What about some of the other issues that never get addressed by healthcare providers and their staff? Symptoms like Constipation issues? Erratic sleep patterns? Stomach pains? Picky eaters? Moodiness? Constant cold and runny nose? Fear of crowds? These symptoms may be overlooked or not adequately addressed by single interventions.
If there were quick solutions for these issues, then hundreds of parents would not keep asking me about them. I use naturopathic approaches to understand and treat the whole person. Naturopathic interventions aim to improve the foundations of health, including sleep, nutrition, activity, and digestion.
What are you waiting for? You have a gut feeling that there are natural approaches. Naturopathic medicine can help. Let’s get started! There is hope. Call or email for a call to see how I can help. There is hope.
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An approach to help children with autism and other developmental disorders. Step by step causative factors (pharmaceutical and over the counter medications, environmental toxic exposures, effects of illness, medical/dental procedures, etc.) are detoxified with homeopathic remedies. CEASE stands for Complete Elimination of Autistic Spectrum Expression. This approach was developed by Tinus Smits, MD, a Dutch homeopathic physician to help children and adults on the Autistic Spectrum recover and optimize function.This approach can also be used for children and adults with chronic disease. No 2 children are the same, therefore, every plan is individualized as exposures and causative factors vary from case to case.
This involves looking closely at your typical food intake in combination with the stressors in your life. What you eat, levels and types of stress, and your relationship with food all inform the consequences of your lifestyle choices. We will discuss how to modify them to improve your health and well-being.
Dilutions of flower material that affect change on mental and emotional levels. The effects can be compared to the experience of hearing a favorite song or looking at a photo of a beloved friend, family member or pet. That same feeling of joy, bliss and happiness can occur when a flower essence is customized and blended for you.
Plant-based remedies used to support and strengthen, or calm and pacify different body systems. Based on your unique needs an herbal formula can be prepared. Formulas may be in the form of a tablet, capsule, tincture, tea, or powder.
Homeopathic and energetic remedies used to detoxify the body and stimulate a state of wellness. The goal is to re-balance the body so it can handle normal, daily stressors and help establish an increased level of wellness.
Keeping in mind the naturopathic medical premise that the body has the innate ability to heal itself, we look at your diet to determine whether or not you are getting the essential nutrients your body needs to maintain optimal health. I then make the recommended dietary modifications needed to re-balance essential nutrients supporting your body’s ability to healing itself.