Re: Re: Maverick mind, Berkshire Hills Music Academy

[Guest guest]

Charlyne:I wondered if this was close to you. It is very impressive. I would not want Isaac to go there post high school but I do wish I had the money to send him for a music camp in the summer. I had a meeting today I wish you had been at. A bunch of us parents from our local DS group are trying to figure out how to get our kids into college in the next 3 or 4 years. And trying to figure out where they can get skills for jobs. Not all college programs have been successful and not all have been able to turn the experience into employment. It is all so new and yet we have 5 or 6 kids that will be ready at the same time. I always tell your story - as inspiration.Lori

Lori & Group.Berkshire Hills Music Academy is about 45 minutes from me. I toured this school, observed for a day and attended a performance. The staff is wonderful and the school is an old restored mansion. It is very nice and a good transition option for any student with musical interest. It is very expensive. Many of the parents had this paid for by the school district. You need to get very creative for the funding but it is doable. Charlyne

Dear Janice

The book Mavrick Mind is a book about a women who happens to be

a brain scientist, a medical speech language pathologist, who

gave birth to a son who was born seemingly deaf, mute,

unreachable, unteachable and was told he was severely mentally

handicapped and would never learn.

She being a medical speech language found is very challenging

that with all her professional experience of teaching speech and

language she was not able to get through to her own son. The

book is about her determination to find a way to get through to

him, and her through her skills and experience discovering that

it was his visual side of the brain that was dominating his

brain so that all the other parts, ie hearing were not able to

work, she created programes and an education system to build up

the parts of the brain that were not being used but the parts

were all there.

I found it a very inspiring story of her desire to just never

give up and find and try different techniques till she found

what was working, she built programs for him and as you will see

from the video he is now in collage and studying to be a

scientist himself. Its a book I could not put down and

afterwards when checking her web sight I saw that you can sign

up with her for a consultation where she will build a program

for your child. Its sounds very exciting but very expensive too

and before investing so much wanted to know if there was anyone

who has gone through her system.

I highly recommend her book, I think it will give anyone who has

a special needs child, hope, strength and encouragement to just

never give up, maybe your child is a maverick.

Oh she also shows how although her child was diagnosed as

autistic, she was able to get rid of the symptoms once he was

able to speak, its a long journey of many years but the pay off

as you see is amazing

check out her web page, it is really very interesting and you

can see a 3 min clip of her being interviewed on one of the new

channels.

http://www.cheriflorance.com

Its easier for me to clip and paste a short piece of hers to

explain what she does. so here is a clip but feel free to check

out her web page for more info/

AUTISM and the MAVERICK MIND—

From Symptoms to Symptom-Free

“Did Whitney have a disease that would need a cure? Or did he

have

symptom clusters that would respond to symptom training, so that

he could become symptom-free?”

that was the question Dr. Cheri Florance asked herself

when, after 15 years of work

research in the brain science of language and communication

disorders, her third child

diagnosed with severe autism, mental retardation, and sensory

integration problems. Using

her skills as a professional, and her dedication as a parent,

she was able to find the answer

her question. Whitney did, indeed, have symptoms, and these

symptoms led Dr. Florance

discover that the visual side of Whitney’s brain was over-riding

the language-processing

of his brain—imitating autism. His strong visual brain was

preventing the development o

language and communications skills. It was a breakthrough

moment in her scientific car

She identified this syndrome as the Maverick Mind.

Dr. Florance began developing learning exercises that worked

to build a better brian

between the visual and verbal regions of Whitney’s brain. His

older brother and sister joined

in training their younger brother. And Whitney began to respond,

gradually learning to speak

and write and communicate. Before long, he entered a

mainstream educational system

Today, he is a college graduate, working as an engineer. And he

is symptom-free.

Throughout her long career as a brain scientist specializing in

communication disorders,

Florance has devoted her research and work to successfully

treating thousands of Maverks

who have symptoms of autism and other language processing

problems, such as:

Pre-school children with language disorders

School age speech-language impaired children

Stutterers

Brain damaged hospital patients

Children and adults diagnosed with ADD, PDD, and Asperger’s

Syndrome

Entrepreneurs who exhibit the “Maverick” syndrome

Let me know if you end up reading the book and what you think

Regards

Naomi

T

[Guest guest]

Hi Lori,Call me anytime. I am still learning about transition myself. I have to figure out how Zeb can transfer some of his skills to get him a summer job. Without supports from the school it will not be easy. I plan to bring him, on spring break, with resume in hand to our congressman's local office. I have to keep him busy this summer. I pray daily that Zeb continues to like college and do well. He told me he wrote a letter to the President in November with help from his school staff. I wasn't certain if he really did. He was ecstatic yesterday when I spoke with him. The President wrote him back. He is determined to meet him to talk about his educational experience. Nothing he does surprises me anymore. Charlyne

Dear Janice

The book Mavrick Mind is a book about a women who happens to be

a brain scientist, a medical speech language pathologist, who

gave birth to a son who was born seemingly deaf, mute,

unreachable, unteachable and was told he was severely mentally

handicapped and would never learn.

She being a medical speech language found is very challenging

that with all her professional experience of teaching speech and

language she was not able to get through to her own son. The

book is about her determination to find a way to get through to

him, and her through her skills and experience discovering that

it was his visual side of the brain that was dominating his

brain so that all the other parts, ie hearing were not able to

work, she created programes and an education system to build up

the parts of the brain that were not being used but the parts

were all there.

I found it a very inspiring story of her desire to just never

give up and find and try different techniques till she found

what was working, she built programs for him and as you will see

from the video he is now in collage and studying to be a

scientist himself. Its a book I could not put down and

afterwards when checking her web sight I saw that you can sign

up with her for a consultation where she will build a program

for your child. Its sounds very exciting but very expensive too

and before investing so much wanted to know if there was anyone

who has gone through her system.

I highly recommend her book, I think it will give anyone who has

a special needs child, hope, strength and encouragement to just

never give up, maybe your child is a maverick.

Oh she also shows how although her child was diagnosed as

autistic, she was able to get rid of the symptoms once he was

able to speak, its a long journey of many years but the pay off

as you see is amazing

check out her web page, it is really very interesting and you

can see a 3 min clip of her being interviewed on one of the new

channels.

http://www.cheriflorance.com

Its easier for me to clip and paste a short piece of hers to

explain what she does. so here is a clip but feel free to check

out her web page for more info/

AUTISM and the MAVERICK MIND—

From Symptoms to Symptom-Free

“Did Whitney have a disease that would need a cure? Or did he

have

symptom clusters that would respond to symptom training, so that

he could become symptom-free?â€

that was the question Dr. Cheri Florance asked herself

when, after 15 years of work

research in the brain science of language and communication

disorders, her third child

diagnosed with severe autism, mental retardation, and sensory

integration problems. Using

her skills as a professional, and her dedication as a parent,

she was able to find the answer

her question. Whitney did, indeed, have symptoms, and these

symptoms led Dr. Florance

discover that the visual side of Whitney’s brain was over-riding

the language-processing

of his brain—imitating autism. His strong visual brain was

preventing the development o

language and communications skills. It was a breakthrough

moment in her scientific car

She identified this syndrome as the Maverick Mind.

Dr. Florance began developing learning exercises that worked

to build a better brian

between the visual and verbal regions of Whitney’s brain. His

older brother and sister joined

in training their younger brother. And Whitney began to respond,

gradually learning to speak

and write and communicate. Before long, he entered a

mainstream educational system

Today, he is a college graduate, working as an engineer. And he

is symptom-free.

Throughout her long career as a brain scientist specializing in

communication disorders,

Florance has devoted her research and work to successfully

treating thousands of Maverks

who have symptoms of autism and other language processing

problems, such as:

Pre-school children with language disorders

School age speech-language impaired children

Stutterers

Brain damaged hospital patients

Children and adults diagnosed with ADD, PDD, and Asperger’s

Syndrome

Entrepreneurs who exhibit the “Maverick†syndrome

Let me know if you end up reading the book and what you think

Regards

Naomi

T