Panel Discussion moderated by Dr. Sue Offut, UND.

Dr. Sue Offutt is an assistant professor in the Early Childhood Program and School of Medicine and Health Sciences at UND. She has over 25 years of working with children and families in rural settings. She has served a speech/language pathologist, pre-school screening coordinator and a Center Director for Head Start programs in three rural North Dakota counties. She was Project Director for the North Dakota Family to Family Network and the ND Traumatic Brain Injury Project. She just completed a two year term as the Chair for the Board of Directors at the Anne Carlsen Center for Children in Jamestown, ND. She has presented for state, national and international audiences.

RSVP appreciated but not required to Janice

TACA Coordinators will be attending training this month!

Special Diets

Special Diets can be an important building block for further healing. We will help you understand how to implement a special diet over several weeks, which foods to avoid, which ingredients to avoid, how to check labels, how to leave home on a special diet and share success stories. We will focus on implementing the GFCF diet but also give information on SCD which both presenters have used for their children.

Janice and Jalene will share their experience and knowledge as mothers of children affected by autism, food allergies and intolerances. Both of these mothers will agree that diet has played a significant role in in helping their children get closer to recovery.

Janice is a mother to four children, one with Autism. She has been on this journey of helping her son recover from autism for 5 years.

Jalene, also a mother to four children, one with Autism, has been working toward recovery for 3 years.