Professional Education.
Lyme Connection Chair Karen Gaudian welcoming participants to the beautiful Leir Retreat Center in Ridgefield (CT) for the October 2017 conference.
Lyme Connection is especially proud of the relationship we have fostered with medical and mental health practitioners, researchers, health directors, health educators and ancillary professionals. We are always looking for opportunities to build on the body of knowledge that improves illness prevention, diagnosis and patient care. Our professional conferences are supported by the Leir Retreat Center.
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An Integrative Approach: Healing the Patient with Tickborne Disease, October 2018
Second professional conference for naturopaths and alternative practitioners interested in treating tickborne disease patients held at the Leir Retreat Center in Ridgefield, CT.
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Infections and the Brain: Essentials for Mental Health and Health Care Practitioners, October 2017
Sixth professional conference for mental health practitioners held at the Leir Retreat Center in Ridgefield, CT. Topics included mechanisms of brain involvement, infection-induced autoimmune encephalopathy, the role of psychoimmunology, symptom presentation, and diagnostic and treatment considerations.
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Infectious Causes of Mental Illness: The Impact of Infections on the Brain, October 2016
Fifth professional conference for mental health practitioners held at the Leir Retreat Center in Ridgefield, CT.
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Lyme Disease and the Brain, November 2015
Fourth professional conference for mental health practitioners held at the Leir Retreat Center in Ridgefield, CT.
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Mental Illness in Children - The Lyme/PANS/PANDAS Connection, November 2014
Third professional conference for mental health professionals. Program offered a comprehensive look at the role infection plays in children with mental health and learning diagnoses. Held at Leir Retreat Center, Ridgefield, CT.
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Healing the Patient with Lyme, October 2012
Professional conference for naturopaths and alternative practitioners interested in treating Lyme disease patients held at the Leir Retreat Center in Ridgefield, CT.
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Impact of Lyme on the Brain 2: June 2011
Second professional conference for mental health professionals held at the Leir Retreat Center in Ridgefield, CT
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Impact of Lyme on the Brain: November 2010
First conference for mental health professionals held at the Leir Retreat Center in Ridgefield, CT
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Tackling Tick-borne Diseases 2: November 2009
Second tickborne disease prevention event for health directors and health educators held at the Leir Retreat Center in Ridgefield, CT.
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Tackling Tick-Borne Diseases: November 2008
Symposium for Fairfield County health directors and health educators introducing the BLAST Tickborne Disease Prevention Program. Held at the Leir Retreat Center in Ridgefield, CT.
