May 7, 2021
CEU Podcast on PANS PANDAS
“My Child Just Went Crazy One Day”: What You Need to Know about PANS & PANDAS, Ep. 125 CEU podcasts for social workers, psychologists, therapists, clinical counselors, and addiction...
Resources for Clinicians
Resources at Your Fingertips
ASPIRE has assembled a PANS PANDAS Clinician Information page, a comprehensive resource for all clinicians. It takes providers from symptoms to diagnosis to treatment to symptom trackers to more resources. Below are additional resources, including interviews with PANS PANDAS physicians, scientists, therapists, presentations, clinics, and more.
PANS PANDAS Clinician Information
May 1, 2021
Poster Session at NATCON 2021 on PANS PANDAS
Children brought to behavioral health clinics with a sudden onset of changes in behavior and/or mood are often misdiagnosed and mistreated because clinicians don’t know the signs and symptoms of...
May 1, 2021
Handout – PANS/PANDAS vs. OCD
At first glance, someone PANS and someone with OCD may appear pretty similar. They both have obsessions, compulsions, anxiety, and these symptoms cause significant distress, interfere with daily...
April 6, 2021
Fine Motor Skills & Handwriting Deterioration in PANS PANDAS
Development and Retention of Fine Motor and Handwriting Skills By Jennifer Leiman M.S. OTR/L PANS PANDAS can affect many aspects of daily functioning. One of the categories of the PANS...
March 26, 2021
Treating the Aftermath of Infectious Disease
Amongst the speakers will be ASPIRE's Professional Advisory Board member, Nancy O’Hara, MD, MPH, FAAP, and her practice partner Lindsey Wells,...
February 21, 2021
PANDAS Physicians Network Diagnostic Flowchart and Treatment Guidelines
The PANDAS Physicians Network (PPN) flowcharts for diagnosis and treatment will help clinicians evaluate their patients and determine the best course of treatment. Guidelines and workflows were...
June 26, 2020
Susan Swedo, MD on Autoantibody Biomarkers for Basal Ganglia Encephalitis
Dr. Swedo briefly explains the importance of this research and its results. The Frontiers article is an important replication and extension of previous work by Dr. Madeleine Cunningham and her...
June 17, 2020
Antibodies From Children With PANDAS Bind Specifically to CINs and Alter Their Activity
Interview with Christopher Pittenger, MD on the study: Antibodies From Children With PANDAS Bind Specifically to Striatal Cholinergic Interneurons and Alter Their Activity ASPIRE sat down with...
June 10, 2020
The Heartwood Program for PANS PANDAS
Announcing The Heartwood Program – Dr. Susan Swedo’s Consultation Practice! ASPIRE is pleased to share news from Dr. Susan Swedo, ASPIRE ex-officio Board Member regarding the opening of her...
June 5, 2020
NATCON Behavioral Health Presentation
ASPIRE created an electronic poster for the National Council for Behavioral Health (NATCON) conference. The poster is really a mini-website with a comprehensive overview of PANS/PANDAS including...
May 4, 2020
Nurses & PANS PANDAS
Nurses’ Role in PANS/PANDAS What role do nurses play in helping families with PANS/PANDAS? Nurses are an integral part of the team. Nurses are often the first point of contact...
April 14, 2020
Occupational Therapy for PANS/PANDAS
Michelle Newby, BHSc(OT), MSc discusses with ASPIRE how occupational therapy helps PANS/PANDAS patients. Michelle Newby BHSc(OT), MSc, is a PhD Candidate at the University of Newcastle, NSW,...
The Happiest Place on Earth
They say that when your child has PANS/PANDAS that you often remember the exact moment something changed. For our oldest son, Neely, that “moment of change” happened in front of […]