Why can't my child sit still?
Many times, a child feels bored, can't sit still, or wanders around the room. They are typically bright, but due to underlying stressors, they may have trouble processing information or environments.
A person's reaction to a Processing Stress can manifest as Outward or Inward. Inward coping may look like daydreaming, anxiety, bored or shut-down.
Outward coping may be seen as emotional outbursts, violence or physically escaping. (not sitting still)
A person's reaction to a Processing Stress can manifest as Outward or Inward. Inward coping may look like daydreaming, anxiety, bored or shut-down.
Outward coping may be seen as emotional outbursts, violence or physically escaping. (not sitting still)
Attention and Brain Integration
Often, attention disorders are caused by the lack of integration between different aspects of the brain. There may be a disconnect between the mental and primal parts of the brain. There may be a disconnect between the right side (creative, pictorial) and the left side (logical, words) sides of the brain. The inability to process and integrate information with both sides of the brain has an effect on the ability to maintain attention on tasks that don’t offer constant, changing stimulation, like reading and homework.
Sometimes, the lack of brain integration is between the thinking part of the brain and the emotional part of the brain. Emotional -outbursts may be experienced with no apparent cause.
Or, it could involve the primal part of the brain held in the brainstem. When the brainstem is involved, we go into primal states of fear, flight, flight or shut-down. Any of these will affect Attention. In a primal state of sympathetic arousal, attention is focused on the environment, making it impossible to focus on a teacher, or an assignment.
In the case of shut-down, the entire body, including the brain, pulls inward, heading toward the state of playing dead, making focus extremely difficult. This may manifest in a Foggy Brain, depression, or just checking out.
These primal states are marked by an inability to engage socially.
We help integrate between mental intention and primal reaction, increasing the person’s ability for Social Engagement and Focus.
Attention and Sensory Integration
Many people have one or more sensory sensitivities. They may be sensitive visually, auditorily, to physical sensations, or to the energy of their environment. Many children are not only sensitive to all or most of these stimuli, but also to certain foods and food additives, or medications.
Our role as facilitators is not to change medications or other prescribed methodologies, but to assist the individual in adapting to those things.
We identify areas in the brain that need bridging in order to create balance in their ability to function and increase their capacity to manage the stimuli.
We help a person identify the priority of stimuli, giving them the ability to choose where to place their attention.
Selective Focus
Most of the time, a child with ADD, for example, has no problem focusing on some things, but is unable to focus on other (more important) things. Understanding, balancing and bridging the affected brain areas can allow the child a sense of freedom and creativity, replacing the need for compensatory hyper-focusing.
Sometimes, the lack of brain integration is between the thinking part of the brain and the emotional part of the brain. Emotional -outbursts may be experienced with no apparent cause.
Or, it could involve the primal part of the brain held in the brainstem. When the brainstem is involved, we go into primal states of fear, flight, flight or shut-down. Any of these will affect Attention. In a primal state of sympathetic arousal, attention is focused on the environment, making it impossible to focus on a teacher, or an assignment.
In the case of shut-down, the entire body, including the brain, pulls inward, heading toward the state of playing dead, making focus extremely difficult. This may manifest in a Foggy Brain, depression, or just checking out.
These primal states are marked by an inability to engage socially.
We help integrate between mental intention and primal reaction, increasing the person’s ability for Social Engagement and Focus.
Attention and Sensory Integration
Many people have one or more sensory sensitivities. They may be sensitive visually, auditorily, to physical sensations, or to the energy of their environment. Many children are not only sensitive to all or most of these stimuli, but also to certain foods and food additives, or medications.
Our role as facilitators is not to change medications or other prescribed methodologies, but to assist the individual in adapting to those things.
We identify areas in the brain that need bridging in order to create balance in their ability to function and increase their capacity to manage the stimuli.
We help a person identify the priority of stimuli, giving them the ability to choose where to place their attention.
Selective Focus
Most of the time, a child with ADD, for example, has no problem focusing on some things, but is unable to focus on other (more important) things. Understanding, balancing and bridging the affected brain areas can allow the child a sense of freedom and creativity, replacing the need for compensatory hyper-focusing.