You know what’s worse than not doing anything? The WRONG practice. Practice doesn’t always make perfect. … sometimes it reinforces more of what you don’t want. The other day I saw a meme that said “Repetition builds connections. It’s that simple.” I kind of cringed inside. Because this is absolutely true BUT it’s not always…
Continue ReadingIt can feel like your child got dealt a crappy hand. Especially when there are multiple diagnoses like a reading disability AND ADHD or maybe dyslexia AND dysgraphia. It’s so frustrating when your child is behind grade level, they think the teacher hates them and school is torture. It feels like your child has all…
Continue Reading“I had no idea.” There’s always that one thing you can’t believe you didn’t know. I know being the highly in-tune, CEO mom you are that you already know your child’s brain absolutely needs: Oxygen Water Quality Food Sleep … but do you know what ultimately DEVELOPS your child’s brain? What builds the connections? Sensory-motor…
Continue Reading“Josh didn’t crawl, he didn’t walk – he ran,” his mom laughed and rolled her eyes as she reflected on the warning signs she had missed. Rhonda felt like she had been running after him since he was a toddler. If a child has a right brain weakness or underdevelopment, their difficulties are usually detected…
Continue ReadingYou know what I hated about teaching grade 7 & 8? Graduation. All the kids in their fancy outfits filled with a sense of hope and accomplishment didn’t blunt out the fact that there were far too many who we had failed. That’s right. I failed them and so did the school system. It made…
Continue ReadingAdam was like so many kids I work with. He felt angry, hopeless and stupid. He was thirteen and said to me, “I hate reading. It never gets better no matter how much I practice, and I feel like more of a loser every time I do it.” Adam had been struggling with reading, writing…
Continue ReadingHave you ever been told by your child’s doctor not to worry when your child skipped a milestone or didn’t seem to be progressing through the milestone the way you thought they should? Well if you answered ‘yes’, your mama instincts were correct. The sensory system and motor system when stimulated in certain ways help…
Continue ReadingWhen people try to convince me that nothing can be done for dyslexia or ADHD or even autism because brain imaging scans have shown these kids have different brain structures, I want to climb a ladder to the top of my house and scream from the roof top, “Yes! And decades of research have shown…
Continue ReadingHave you noticed that when we make progress or an advancement with a discovery, everyone jumps on the bandwagon and that’s all we hear about? Everyone seems to forget about the other pieces of the puzzle and thinks this ‘new advancement’ or ‘discovery’ is the answer to all of our problems. Our culture loves a…
Continue ReadingThe ability to learn well, focus, concentrate and even have a positive mood is connected to posture more than you might realise. When you consider that when you are interested in something, you tend to lean in and sit up straighter, this doesn’t seem as far-fetched. The Landau reflex is known to help the body…
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