RE: Brain Highways

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Hi ,

I'm not familiar with Handle.

I had both of my 7 y.o. twins do the Brain Highways programs. My son has ASD

and CP (both mild). He did it for over a year. In the last year, he has

become much better regulated now, and has more strength, better balance,

better endurance, and more speech. We have done a lot of interventions with

him since he was an infant (they were born 14 weeks prematurely), and I

cannot say that it was BH that made a huge difference, but I think it helped

a lot (as have pretty much all the interventions we have done). Part of the

'problem' with BH for him was that they are (IMVHO) still developing their

program to help those with the most profound needs. I feel like the program

may be more refined to help kids like my son in the next few years. As an

example, he had a very difficult time physically doing the swords the right

way (for a year!). His head simply did not want to turn all the way. The

director finally suggested (after doing the program for a year), that it may

be necessary to reach his neuro-pathways through this feet, and that I

should massage them and press on pressure points. I was getting pretty tired

of the whole program by this point, and we are doing some really targeted

therapies specifically modified for him, so I have let BH go by the wayside.

Overall, I think it helped but I think if it were more targeted from the

beginning, he would have made even more notable progress.

His twin sister completed her program and I have to say, I have noticed some

real changes. I put her through BH because she is a TINY peanut with no body

fat, yet complained ALL the time about feeling hot, but her thyroid tested

fine. She no longer does that and it's not due to anything but BH. She is

much less fidgety and her handwriting has improved (she used to make all of

her letters from the bottom up, for example).

I totally get the BH philosophy, and I think it's a REALLY great program. It

is a BIG commitment and requires discipline and diligence. We did take short

(2-3 week) breaks during the year I did it with my son. I may go back to it

if I still feel a 'gap' when we are done with some of the other things we

are doing (1:1 private OT, ST, LIFT listening fitness training, RDI).

Kristy

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heatherloganhomes

Sent: Thursday, June 11, 2009 9:40 PM

Subject: Brain Highways

Hi,

I'm thinking of having my three year old start the out of town program

through Brain Highways this summer. Could you please share your experience

with the program. Do they take three year olds? How does Brain Highways

compare to Handle?

Thanks,