Peta Cohen, M.S., R.D., a Clinical Nutritionist and Metabolic Specialist, is joining NAA – NY Metro for presentations in Westchester and Manhattan (at the Rebecca School) to discuss an important, complex, and often overlooked issue in people on the autism spectrum – problems in systemic and metabolic functions. Her presentation will review the underlying systems and metabolic problems familiar to many individuals on the autism spectrum. Not only will she will explain their dynamic relationships, she also will provide a framework for assessing and treating these problems. Join us for an evening of learning about these complex issues in an understandable way and learn how you can help someone you know who may be presenting with these issues. Tuesday, October 25th from 6PM – 8:30PM
40 East 30th St., 5th Floor Gym
New York, NY 10016
6:00pm – 6:30pm: Networking
6:30pm – 8:30pm: Presentation and Q&A
AND
Monday, November 21st from 7PM – 9:30PM
The Gleeson-Israel Gateway Center (Westchester ARC)
265 Saw Mill River Road (Route 9A)
1st Floor Conference Room
Hawthorne, NY 10532
No RSVP required for either event
Peta Cohen, M.S., R.D., is a Clinical Nutritionist and Metabolic Specialist and the founder of the Total Life Center, an Integrative Wellness Center located in downtown Englewood, New Jersey. Peta received her Masters in Clinical Nutrition from New York University in 1996 and has since aggressively pursued extensive ongoing education in the field of Functional and Molecular Medicine, with an emphasis on developmental and behavioral disorders and the complex adult patient.
Peta has 15 years of clinical experience successfully treating complex and chronic health issues and has been a Defeat Autism Now practitioner since 1998. While Peta’s innovative approach to healing serious health issues can be applied to help patients with any health condition, Peta has made helping Children with Special Needs and the complex adult patient a particular focus of her practice. Peta has amassed a considerable expertise in this area, developing highly effective proprietary protocols for these individuals and their families.
Peta practices a Biomedical approach to healing based on the principals of Functional Medicine, developing individualized treatment plans that address the root causes of illness based on the unique biochemistry of each individual. Physicians often refer their most challenging cases to Peta when a traditional approach is unsuccessful.
Peta is frequently invited to share her expertise at leading global conferences and seminars, such as: Defeat Autism Now/Autism Research Institute Conferences, The University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ), The Lyme Autism Association, The American Holistic Medical Association, The Compounding Pharmacy Association, The Maternal Mother and Child Organization of Pascack Valley Hospital (New Jersey).
Ms. Cohen has also broadcast a multi-episode on-line seminar for “AutismOne-Radio” on the topic of Nutrition and Metabolic Issues relating to Autism and other Developmental/Behavioral Disorders.
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