Journal Club: Efficacy of Gluten- and casein-free diets in children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

The TRIPSCY Journal Club is a group of primarily pediatric occupational and physical therapists (although others are always welcomed) who have been meeting a few times a year to review the evidence on a variety of topics. The April's meeting is about
nutrition and we wanted to officially welcome all of you to join us.

WHEN: Journal Club meeting: April 27th 4-5:45pm.

TOPIC: Efficacy of Gluten- and casein-free diets in children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

PRESENTER: Tracie Clarke MS RD CD

LOCATION: VIT sites (http://www.vitlink.org/Locations.php) [usually Williston, Waterbury, WRJ, Rutland and Johnson - Sign-up early to reserve a site close to you we keep 6 sites maximum]

HOW TO SIGN UP: Send an email to tripscy@uvm.edu with your name and preferred location

Articles being reviewed:
Knivsberg, A.-M., Reichelt, K.-L., Hoien, T., & Nodland, M. (2003). Effect of a Dietary Intervention on Autistic Behavior. Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 18(4), 247-256.

Millward, C., Ferriter, M., Calver, S., & Connell-Jones, G. (2007). Gluten-and casein-free diets for autistic spectrum disorder. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews(3).

Seung, H., Rogalski, Y., Shankar, M., & Elder, J. (2007). The Gluten-free, Casein Free Diet in Autism: Communication outcomes from a preliminary double-blind clinical trial. Journal of Medical Speech-Language Pathology, 15(4), 337-345.

Organized by:
Marie-Christine Potvin, PhD Candidate, OTR, ATP
Center on Disability and Community Inclusion - University of Vermont
Mann Hall - 3rd floor, 208 Colchester Ave.,
Burlington, VT 05405-1757