Listen, Learn & Take Action for Your Child at the Real Help Now Conference
West Coast Regional
Saturday, March 3, 2012 – Saturday Night Workshops
Sunday March 4, 2012 – Main Conference
Speakers & Topics – Saturday Night Workshops
- Anju Usman, M.D.
- Raising a Healthy Child in a Toxic World
- Lisa Ackerman
- Everything on a Budget: How to Get What Your Child Needs
- David Berger, M.D., FAAP, MAPS Vice President
- From Preconception to Infancy: Environmental and Nutritional Strategies to Lowering the Risk of Autism
Speakers & Topics – Sunday Main Conference
- Martha Herbert, M.D., Ph.D.
- Transforming the Future of Autism Research
- Richard Frye, M.D., Ph.D.
- Seizures in Autism & Mitochondrial Disorders in Autism
- Dan Rossignol, M.D., FAAFP, MAPS President
- Folate Receptor Autoimmunity
- Anju Usman, M.D.
- Taking the Next Step, What Parents Can Do
Location
Planet Hollywood
Las Vegas, Nevada
Times
Saturday Night workshops – 6pm registration – sessions 7-9pm
Sunday conference – 8am registration – general session 9am-4:30pm
Why TACA Real Help Now?
Searching for and finding the right information to help your child can be overwhelming for families affected by autism. The Real Help Now Conference was developed to bring the latest information on medical, dietary and legal issues for children with autism, and most importantly, help parents through the often daunting process of determining how to organize and prioritize their intervention efforts.
The Real Help Now Conference will provide two important tools for translating the information gained from the speakers into action for your child:
- Real Help Now Workbook with step-by-step processes to help you to determine appropriate interventions and timelines for taking action in the realms of medical and dietary intervention, education, finances and home life. (Sorry, this Workbook is only available at the conference.)
- TACA parent mentors who have been there, done that. Our experienced mentors will be on hand to work with you one-on-one to answer your questions and share what has worked for their child.
Whether you are just starting out on the autism journey or are an experienced parent, you will learn from nationally known experts about how you can help your child at the Real Help Now Conference.
TACA strives to ensure that the focus of our conference is education and support, and to provide a safe, supportive environment for our attendees. TACA reserves the right to refuse admittance to any individual.
Can’t come to the conference?
Of course, we wish you could join us. But TACA helps parents all over the U.S. even if they can’t come to a meeting or TACA event. If you are the parent of a child with autism who needs help, please check out our Live Chat feature or sign up for a parent mentor. You can also buy TACA’s Autism Journey Guide online.
Save the Date
TACA East Coast Real Help Now Conference planned for Fall 2012 in Atlanta Georgia
Exciting Announcement
MAPS is hosting a physician training and certification to help educate, empower and manage doctors treating autism on the same weekend of the TACA Real Help Now Conference. Parents can make their physician aware of the new training and association benefits by making a recommendation at medmaps.org.

