When at home, parents can help their child in managing ADHD symptoms by providing structure, clear expectations for behavior, a proper diet and drug-free treatments. However, when children are at school, parents have little ability to provide direct support during the school day. Instead, teachers take on the responsibility of helping children manage their symptoms.…
DetailsDyslexia is the most common learning disability among children and is marked by difficulties in reading, writing, spelling and sometimes even speaking. Common symptoms of dyslexia include letter and number reversal, reading comprehension challenges, eyestrain and focus problems, and difficulty sounding out letters and words. Some children who have dyslexia may also exhibit difficulties with…
DetailsWhile drug therapies have been shown to be effective in the treatment of ADHD, for some people the side effects prove to be so severe that treatment is suspended. Popular ADHD medications such as Strattera, Adderall and Ritalin all have numerous side effects, the most frequent of which are mood swings, loss of appetite and…
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The brain constantly engages in a process designed to position the body based on the information it receives from our senses. This ability is made possible because of the existence of proprioceptive processes. Proprioception can be explained as the awareness of movement and body position. Sometimes is is also defined as the body’s joint and muscle positioning system. Effective proprioceptive processes are dependent upon the ability of the brain to integrate information from all of the sensory systems including feedback from muscles, joints, vision, the tactile sense (touch/pressure) and the sense of balance (vestibular system).
DetailsBinocular teaming is the ability of both eyes to work together to provide accurate information to the brain. Binocularity and stereopsis (the working together of the two eyes in providing different views to the brain which are integrated into one image) are important visual processing skills and are responsible for providing depth perception. These visual…
DetailsAs the difficulty level of an activity increases the brain must utilize more neurons to achieve the precision necessary to complete the activity. For example, throwing a ball and hitting a small moving target at 8 meters as opposed to 4 meters requires the brain to involve 64 times as many neurons to achieve the…
DetailsSequencing Studies have validated the premise that Attention Deficit Disorder is a reliable predictor of motor skill deficiencies. It has also been identified that approximately half of all children with developmental coordination disorders suffer from varying degrees of ADHD and that children with motor skill disorders experience restricted reading abilities. A variety of motor skill…
DetailsBrain Timing and Reaction Times Brain timing is very closely related to integration between the two hemispheres of the brain. Successful integration of the two hemispheres of the brain cannot be accomplished without efficient brain timing. The most basic element of a computer chip is its clock. The result s that the clock speed of…
DetailsIntegration Between the Two Hemispheres of the Brain The human brain is composed of two hemispheres, the left and right, which function like two networked computers. The left hemisphere receives motor and sensory input from the right side of the body and the right hemisphere receives input from the left side of the body. When…
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Spatial awareness is the organized perception, tracking and monitoring of the objects in the space around us as well as our body’s position in that same space. Without this awareness we would not be able to pick food up from our plates and put it in our mouth. We would have trouble reading because we could not see the letters in their correct relation to each other and to the page. Athletes would not have the precise awareness of the position of other players on the field and the movement of the ball which is necessary to play effectively. It is another fundamental brain function that informs all higher level cognitive activities.
Human beings are generally described as having have five senses, but live in one world. In order to form a complete and accurate picture of the world around us, we need to integrate the information from all of our senses so that we can match the sound of a jet engine with the small silver streak overhead, or small round object we feel with our hands with the white baseball we see with our eyes.
DetailsBalance as the Central Component In order to understand why the Learning Breakthrough Program focuses so much on balance stimulation, one must understand the central role that balance (vestibular system) plays in the biological functioning of all of the brain’s activity. As a child grows in the womb, the vestibular system becomes the first set…
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Impact on Hand Writing. The Learning Breakthrough Program uses balance as a central component in addressing brain processing difficulties. Program activities help develop greater integration between the two hemispheres of the brain and vital connections to many other brain structures necessary to improve the task of writing. The ability to write neatly and quickly is an…
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