Purpose: Autism is a chronic illness and the children need long term family self- care in addition to visiting doctor office. Growing evidences support the fact that the alternative therapies or natural medicine may bring additional benefits for autism children. Some of those approaches can be applied by patients’ parents by professional training, in order to reduce the financial burden of the family and more important, the daily wholistic self-care at home may greatly enhance the efficacy of the autism treatments.
The experts in variety of medical field will be invited to train the parents. The first class will be trained by Dr. Jing Liu, acupuncturist and herbalist. The course will include:

Introduction of integrated approach in treating autism, focus on acupuncture, herbs and nutritional supplements, one hour
Demonstration of acupuncture, electrical stimulation, acupressure, etc. 20 minutes
Discussion and case consultant 40 minutes.
Totally 2 hours.
Fee: $30, the fee will be donated for the autism program foundation of ACMES