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January ParentsDoes anyone have experience with Brain Balance Achievement

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Thought I would pass on the information, but, I don't know anything about this.

Ellen

Ellen Garber Bronfeld

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January Parents

January 2012 Newsletter

Dear Reader,

We always like to start a New Year with a sense of Hope -- a

belief that things can and will get better. Nowhere is that more poignant than

for families of children with neurobehavioral disorders like ADHD, Asperger's

Syndrome and Autism.

Many of these families have lost hope, or have become jaded by

emotionally investing themselves, often times again and again, in false hope

when it comes to ideas for improving the issues their children have.

Many parents have wondered how our program provides the

results that it does? Our answer is simple: " Our program is working on the

primary problem - an imbalanced brain. "

Researchers from Harvard, MIT, Carnegie Melon and UCLA are all

coming to the same conclusion: Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD's)

have brains that are wired differently, in consistent and important ways, from

neurotypical children. Certain areas of their brains may process too fast or too

slow, have too many connections in some areas and not enough in others. At Brain

Balance we call this Functional Disconnection Syndrome.

So if this is indeed the problem, which it is, then the best

solution (the only solution) is to get the brain to " Balance " by growing new

synaptic connections in the areas of the brain that are under connected. And,

the best way to do this is by using a multi-modal approach. In other words,

using many different types of sensory stimulation at certain times in specific

sequences to make the maximum amount of neurological improvement.

This is what we do at Brain Balance and is the reason why we

can offer families honest optimism when it comes to identifying their child's

deficits and improving their social, behavioral and academic concerns.

Have a Wonderfully Hopeful New Year.

Call your nearest Brain Balance Center today to schedule a

Meet and Greet.

Vernon Hills, IL: 847-821-1328

Mequon, WI: 262-240-9915

For a more in depth explanation of Function Disconnection

Syndrome please watch the below video.

Dr. Melillo

What Is Going On?

To understand what is going on in children with

neurobehavioral disorders watch this video of Brain Balance Co-Founder, Dr.

Melillo, speaking at the Autism One Conference in Chicago, IL. This is an

exceptional explanation of exactly what is happening in the brain's of children

with ANY type of learning disability.

Once you watch this video you will understand exactly why your

child may be excellent at some tasks and poor at others. Understanding your

child's academic, behavioral and social skills, whether weak or strong, will no

longer be a mystery.

You cannot ever truly address a deficit until you fully and

clearly understand the problem causing it. .

Nutritional Tip

Eat More Fruits and Vegetables!

Within the nutritional world, contradictory opinions are

usually the only thing that remains consistent. However, when it comes to fruits

and vegetables, most experts are in agreement……... “Eat them often and in

great variety.†The current consensus is to have 9 to 11 servings of fruits

and vegetables a day. With most Americans getting 2-3 servings a day, with 1-2

of these servings coming from fries, it is no surprise that we have some work to

do.

Rather than spending a lot of time trying to convince you as

to the science of “why†you and your children should be eating more fruits

and veggies, I will adopt the NIKE mindset and emphasize….JUST DO IT!!!!!!

Tips:

•Ask your children to list their favorite fruits/veggies.

•Inform your children that they will be trying 1new fruit

and veggie per week.

•Be prepared for opposition…remembering that change is

stressful for your child.

•Introduce fruits and vegetables only after discussing and

preparing your child.

•Use rewards to encourage change and reflect positively to

the good choices.

•Make fruit available and in sight. (i.e. fruit bowl on

kitchen table)

•Eat fruits/veggies yourself to teach your children by

doing.

•Plan trips to the grocery store for just fruits and

veggies.

Brain Balance does Free inservice days for your child's school

or homeschool group.

We can customize the topic based on your needs.

a.. Autism, Learning Disorders, ADHD, Sensory/Processing

Disorders

b.. Nutrition and the Child.

c.. How to bring Sensory Motor Activities into the classroom

d.. Other customized topic

Call today to set up your Free In-Service Day.

Vernon Hills, IL: 847-821-1328

Mequon, WI: 262-240-9915

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Behavioral Tip

For parents of children with neurodevelopmental problems the

word “behavior†often times conjures up images of negative behaviors.

However, as a child develops they should exhibit both good and bad behaviors.

Understanding how your child’s brain develops and what types of behaviors,

good and bad, are associated with different developmental stages is important.

Ideally, balanced behavior is what we should see when a

child’s brain is developing at equal rates. The right and left hemispheres are

each associated with specific behaviors and we should be able to go back and

forth between positive and negative behaviors with proper regulation.

When a child has Functional Disconnection Syndrome, behaviors

get out of balance. A child’s behavior becomes more and more dominated by one

of the two hemispheres of the brain. Children with a right hemispheric delay

often have temper tantrums, meltdowns, and disobedience -- more so than in

typically developing children. Behaviors such as shyness, withdrawal, over

compensating socially and task avoidance with academics are often seen in

children with left hemispheric delays. There is nothing abnormal about these

behaviors when they occur at developmentally appropriate times. A child that is

chronologically one age but is having significant behaviors representative of a

less mature age may be expressing these behaviors due to of a brain imbalance.

Dr. Melillo’s book, Disconnected Kids is a great

source for understand what types of behaviors to expect at certain ages.

Physical, emotional and social behaviors can make parents concerned that their

child may have a specific disorder, diagnosis or “labelâ€. For example,

certain stims like flapping, running in circles, rocking, stuttering and

oppositional behaviors are normal at certain developmental levels. They become

abnormal only when they happen too long and / or occur at the wrong age. It’s

not the behavior that is out of sync it’s the timing. Repeating words a child

has heard, medically known as echolalia, is normal at 12 months of age. This

along with copying body language and facial expressions is the foundation for

non-verbal communication. Children with Autism often continue echolalia because

their brain is stuck at this early stage of development, a sign of abnormal

timing in brain growth. Being inattentive and unfocused as well as fascinations

with daydreaming are normal developmental stages at 9 years of age. If and older

child is displaying these qualities they may appear to have ADHD because of

their inability to stay focused, when in reality it is caused from the

immaturity of an underactive frontal lobe.

The Brain Balance Assessment can help determine if your

child’s behaviors are normal for their stage of development or the result of

Functional Disconnection Syndrome. Depending on the results of the assessment we

can help you recognize behaviors [good and bad] as a positive or negative sign.

We can then coach you on how to best work with your child from a behavioral

aspect.

Reconnected Kids - Buy it today!

Research Tip

Abnormal Functional Connectivity in Children with ADHD

A new study appearing in the December edition of Biological

Psychiatry confirmed children with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

(ADHD) have abnormal functional connectivity. Classically, Attention

Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is characterized by symptoms of

inattention and hyperactivity/impulsivity however there is a further recognition

of a motivation deficit. Current models of neuropathology demonstrate

dysfunction of both attention and reward-motivation networks.

By comparing 304 typically developing control children to 247

ADHD children from a public magnetic resonance imaging database the researchers

were able to quantify short and long range functional connectivity density in

the brain. Using an ultra fast data-driven approach Tomasi D et al were able to

determine that the children with ADHD had lower connectivity (short and long

range) in regions of the dorsal attention (superior parietal cortex) and

default-mode (precuneus) networks and in cerebellum plus higher connectivity

(short range) in reward-motivation regions (ventral striatum and orbitiofrontal

cortex than the control group. In addition the ADHD children’s orbitofrontal

cortex (region involved in salience attribution) had higher connectivity with

reward motivation regions (striatum and anterior cingulate) and lower

connectivity with superior parietal cortex (region involved in attention

processing).

This led researchers to conclude that the enhanced

connectivity within reward-motivation regions and decreased connectivity with

regions from the default-mode and dorsal attention networks create impaired

interactions between control and reward pathways in ADHD thus producing the

underlying attention and motivation deficits witnessed in ADHD.

Abnormal Functional Connectivity in Children with Attention

Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder. Tomasi D, Voljow ND. Biol Psychiatry 2011 Dec. 5

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