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Friday, April 4, 2008

Free Community Presentations at Danville Library

These presentations are dealing with ADHD, autism spectrum disorders, developmental delays, general health for children & families, and understanding medications. The presenters are all experts in their medical and research fields. 

Location:  Danville Library and Community Center, 400 Front Street Danville, CA in the Mt Diablo Room.
                 This is a free community presentation.
Time:  Each presentation will begin at 7 PM and end at 9 PM.  15-20 minutes at the end of the lectures will be reserved for questions and answers.

Phone: 925-648-4800 to reserve a seat as seating is limited.  Who should attend?  Parents, Educators, Therapists, and those wanting to learn more about these fascinating topics.
Topics to be covered:

1.      April 29th, 2008 “All about attention focus and learning, is it always ADHD?”   Presenters will be William Shryer, Clinical Director of Diablo Behavioral Healthcare and Rhea Brandon, Licensed Educ.Psych       

2.      May 13th, 2008 “Developmental delays, autistic spectrum disorders; i.e. Asperger’s and Pervasive Developmental Disorders, new information and treatments.”  Presenters to be announced.   

3.   May 27th, 2008   “How genes and DNA affect our health and the medicines we   use.”        Howard Coleman CEO of Genelex, a DNA Laboratory in Seattle, will discuss how personalized medication management using software and DNA testing can prevent adverse drug side effects and treatment failures.  This new approach shows how we metabolize many medicines because of our genes and other medicines we may be taking.  What we eat also affects the medications we take and the combination of medications can cause serious adverse reactions.  Diablo Behavioral Healthcare is proud to sponsor this unique community presentation on truly cutting edge technology that is available now!

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