EEG neurotherapy

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Hi again,

I am the original poster of this question. Yes, my son is a patient of

Goldbergs and has been for almost four years. He is not recovered as I had

hoped so I am always checking out other things. We still do the Goldberg

regimine, including Kutapressin. It just hasn't been as successful as I had

hoped. My asking this question regarding the EEG is not to detract from the

Goldberg theory. I just found it interesting and wanted to know if others had

tried it or what. My son did have a neuro spec scan last summer showing

decreased perfusion to some parts of his brain. So, I am looking for ways to

work those areas of his brain that are not, obviously, being used. I don't

think of it as any different than doing the Fosnot stuff. We did also go see

her on our trip out there, and she encouraged us to try a form of Fast Forward.

That is all speech and ABA therapy are...exercising the brain.

Anyway, I became aware of the EEG neurotherapy from the mom of an ADHD child

here in my community. I had never heard of using it with autism, and had never

heard of the company who is doing it here locally, even though they have been

here for 20 years. That is because more research and etc. has been done on

ADD/ADHD than on autism. Especially since ADD/ADHD is the new " hot " diagnosis.

I think it would be closed minded of me to not explore the research that is

being done on ADD, down's syndrome, alzheimers, etc. They all deal with the

brain. If something is helpful for these other conditions, who to say it might

not be helpful for our kids. A brain is just another organ of the body.

Goldberg himself says that he can fix the kids medically, but that they still

have to have their brains rehabilitated. That is why he stresses the importance

of finding a good speech pathologist.

This neurotherapy may just be a bunch of crap for all I know. I will quote the

brochure... " One of the newest approaches to managing neurological and behavioral

problems is neurotherapy....Research shows that individuals with ADD/ADHD have

excessive slow brain waves (theta) and do not have enough fast wave activity

(beta) during activities requiring concentration. Neurotherapy trains

individuals to increase beta and decrease theta activity in order to normalize

the slow waves associated with ADD/ADHD. A computer based EEG monitoring system

processes signals from the brain and gives the individual immediate feedback by

means of video displays. Rseearch shows that once the brain learns to regulate

itself, it continues to do so. "

I just know that my son has so much trouble staying on task and attending. I

haven't decided whether or not to try this method. For this company, there is a

2 hour assessment, partly involving the EEG, that costs 175.00. Then, each 30

minute session is 45.00. It is recommended to have 30 to 40 sessions. That can

really add up. I did have one lady email me and say her insurance did pay for

it.

Sorry for such a long post. Hope this answers some of the questions for ya'll.

Good luck.

Trina