Guest guest Posted April 3, 2006 Report Share Posted April 3, 2006 Michele, I am glad I was able to get online tonight to catch this post. My internet has been giving me fits for days, making it hard to get my work done let alone come on to check the list. The gal who went with me to CA has put into place the exercises we learned there and is thrilled with the results - able to focus in her cubicle of an office when other people are talking, decrease in pain, and increase in energy (fibromyalgia).... We are having a community information night and an intro course here in June. On the neuropsych - picture the blue chart referred to in the HANDLE training - then when the neuropsychologist gives her report, you will likely find that many of those things are on the top of the chart. If so, then follow the lines back down, and it will give you a clue as to what underlying neurodevelopmental issues to look at. (Since she works with kids like ours, you may find she does a good job of identifying the underlying concerns as well, which would be great.) Kim > I just got back from a weekend HANDLE training with Jody Wolfe. It was > absolutely fascinating!!! I have so much new knowledge running around my > head. Lots of new thoughts about myself-some activities I'm going to try to > see if I can make my own improvements. You know, if it works for me, I'll > be so much more convinced of the possible benefits for Aubrie. > > > > Aubrie's ready to learn the new games right away. It'll be interesting to > see what might make a difference for her. I'm considering setting up a > complete eval for her - but we've got that eval with the new dr so I sort of > want to see what comes of that before I go in another direction as well. As > I said, lots to think about. > > > > Chantelle- > > One thing talked about was eye dominance and the eyes working together. If > your eyes aren't working well together, it can make the letters jump on the > page as you're describing. And it can cause trouble the directions of > letters. Since it's new to me, it's more than I can explain in writing this > late at night. Especially with Tim saying it's likely to do with vision, I > am feeling even more confident that it is. > > > > Now-on the HANDLE website is a very simple activity that can help the eyes > to work together. It's called Crazy Straw. You might want to look it up > and give it a try for a few weeks and see if you notice any improvement. > The site is www.handle.org <http://www.handle.org/> . > > > > Michele W > > mom to Aubrie 8 yrs CHARGE, 14 yrs and wife to DJ > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 3, 2006 Report Share Posted April 3, 2006 Kim- Yes, I am really hopeful that this woman's eval gets to the roots and her program suggestions also strengthen those areas. As I was expecting, the HANDLE class gave me wonderful preparation to understand and assess that eval. Michele W mom to Aubrie 8 yrs CHARGE, 14 yrs and wife to DJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 3, 2006 Report Share Posted April 3, 2006 Kim- Yes, I am really hopeful that this woman's eval gets to the roots and her program suggestions also strengthen those areas. As I was expecting, the HANDLE class gave me wonderful preparation to understand and assess that eval. Michele W mom to Aubrie 8 yrs CHARGE, 14 yrs and wife to DJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 3, 2006 Report Share Posted April 3, 2006 Kim- Yes, I am really hopeful that this woman's eval gets to the roots and her program suggestions also strengthen those areas. As I was expecting, the HANDLE class gave me wonderful preparation to understand and assess that eval. Michele W mom to Aubrie 8 yrs CHARGE, 14 yrs and wife to DJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 3, 2006 Report Share Posted April 3, 2006 That is so great!! I hope to be able to go to more trainings and such in the future its just hard with 3 kids and a husband that works. I would love to meet Jody one day, I was given her number by one of Evas theropist when she was about 5 months old but I just never had the courage to call her...lol. Glad you learned alot!! Crystal and Eva (1st birthday in 8 days CHARGER) > > I just got back from a weekend HANDLE training with Jody Wolfe. It was > absolutely fascinating!!! I have so much new knowledge running around my > head. Lots of new thoughts about myself-some activities I'm going to try to > see if I can make my own improvements. You know, if it works for me, I'll > be so much more convinced of the possible benefits for Aubrie. > > > > Aubrie's ready to learn the new games right away. It'll be interesting to > see what might make a difference for her. I'm considering setting up a > complete eval for her - but we've got that eval with the new dr so I sort of > want to see what comes of that before I go in another direction as well. As > I said, lots to think about. > > > > Chantelle- > > One thing talked about was eye dominance and the eyes working together. If > your eyes aren't working well together, it can make the letters jump on the > page as you're describing. And it can cause trouble the directions of > letters. Since it's new to me, it's more than I can explain in writing this > late at night. Especially with Tim saying it's likely to do with vision, I > am feeling even more confident that it is. > > > > Now-on the HANDLE website is a very simple activity that can help the eyes > to work together. It's called Crazy Straw. You might want to look it up > and give it a try for a few weeks and see if you notice any improvement. > The site is www.handle.org <http://www.handle.org/> . > > > > Michele W > > mom to Aubrie 8 yrs CHARGE, 14 yrs and wife to DJ > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 3, 2006 Report Share Posted April 3, 2006 Crystal- It sure is hard to get out and go to things when you're in the midst of young kids in the household. You will get to it when it works for you. Just get yourself in the " network " to know what's going on around the state so that you will know when the important information comes your direction. I thought long and hard before signing up for this. It comes in the middle of very busy times with work. Feel like I'm coming and going constantly! Tomorrow, I leave again for 3 days! But-- I think I get to stay put at home for 2 weeks after that. Time for a bit of relaxation! You should call Jody. She's great -- no courage required to talk to her! Michele W mom to Aubrie 8 yrs CHARGE, 14 yrs and wife to DJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 3, 2006 Report Share Posted April 3, 2006 Crystal- It sure is hard to get out and go to things when you're in the midst of young kids in the household. You will get to it when it works for you. Just get yourself in the " network " to know what's going on around the state so that you will know when the important information comes your direction. I thought long and hard before signing up for this. It comes in the middle of very busy times with work. Feel like I'm coming and going constantly! Tomorrow, I leave again for 3 days! But-- I think I get to stay put at home for 2 weeks after that. Time for a bit of relaxation! You should call Jody. She's great -- no courage required to talk to her! Michele W mom to Aubrie 8 yrs CHARGE, 14 yrs and wife to DJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 3, 2006 Report Share Posted April 3, 2006 Crystal- It sure is hard to get out and go to things when you're in the midst of young kids in the household. You will get to it when it works for you. Just get yourself in the " network " to know what's going on around the state so that you will know when the important information comes your direction. I thought long and hard before signing up for this. It comes in the middle of very busy times with work. Feel like I'm coming and going constantly! Tomorrow, I leave again for 3 days! But-- I think I get to stay put at home for 2 weeks after that. Time for a bit of relaxation! You should call Jody. She's great -- no courage required to talk to her! Michele W mom to Aubrie 8 yrs CHARGE, 14 yrs and wife to DJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 6, 2006 Report Share Posted April 6, 2006 Michele, I am in chicago area. What is this handle training I briefly looked at the website. where in chicago do they give classes/training. please can you give me more details and what exactly is this for. thanks in advance Rita > > Cathie- > We've been interested for years also. I went to a 2-day course in the > Chicago area. My family lives there so it was easy to manage. Aubrie had > a > weekend with Grandma while I had the class. She didn't go to the class > with > me. It's not a chance to get a direct eval of your child. But the class > provides for each person to ask questions and apply the learning to the > person on their mind. > > To get a complete eval and develop a program requires hooking up with > Judith > as she travels or with one of her trained practitioners or going to > Seattle. > The initial thing is a big deal -- time intensive and maybe requiring > significant travel. But the follow-up is easy. You do the activities at > home and can follow up and maintain contact via email and video. I'm not > exactly sure of all the time frames and possibilities of how this works-- > this is just my understanding of the gist of it. > > Michele W > mom to Aubrie 8 yrs CHARGE, 14 yrs and wife to DJ > > > > > CHARGE SYNDROME LISTSERV PHOTO PAGE: > http://www.imagestation.com/album/?id=2117043995 > > Membership of this email support group does not constitute membership in > the CHARGE Syndrome Foundation; for information about the CHARGE Syndrome > Foundation or to become a member (and get the newsletter), > please contact marion@... or visit > the web site at http://www.chargesyndrome.org > > 8th International > CHARGE Syndrome Conference, July, 2007. Information will be available at > www.chargesyndrome.org or by calling 1-. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 6, 2006 Report Share Posted April 6, 2006 Michele, I am in chicago area. What is this handle training I briefly looked at the website. where in chicago do they give classes/training. please can you give me more details and what exactly is this for. thanks in advance Rita > > Cathie- > We've been interested for years also. I went to a 2-day course in the > Chicago area. My family lives there so it was easy to manage. Aubrie had > a > weekend with Grandma while I had the class. She didn't go to the class > with > me. It's not a chance to get a direct eval of your child. But the class > provides for each person to ask questions and apply the learning to the > person on their mind. > > To get a complete eval and develop a program requires hooking up with > Judith > as she travels or with one of her trained practitioners or going to > Seattle. > The initial thing is a big deal -- time intensive and maybe requiring > significant travel. But the follow-up is easy. You do the activities at > home and can follow up and maintain contact via email and video. I'm not > exactly sure of all the time frames and possibilities of how this works-- > this is just my understanding of the gist of it. > > Michele W > mom to Aubrie 8 yrs CHARGE, 14 yrs and wife to DJ > > > > > CHARGE SYNDROME LISTSERV PHOTO PAGE: > http://www.imagestation.com/album/?id=2117043995 > > Membership of this email support group does not constitute membership in > the CHARGE Syndrome Foundation; for information about the CHARGE Syndrome > Foundation or to become a member (and get the newsletter), > please contact marion@... or visit > the web site at http://www.chargesyndrome.org > > 8th International > CHARGE Syndrome Conference, July, 2007. Information will be available at > www.chargesyndrome.org or by calling 1-. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 7, 2006 Report Share Posted April 7, 2006 Rita- They haven't scheduled it yet, but there was a waiting list for the class I took so they are working on a 2nd offering. It would be in Lombard. The local contact who is organizing this is Phyllis Rubin. Her email is phyllis.rubin@.... I think you could email her if you want to be informed of the 2nd session. The course is " Get a HANDLE on Neurodevelopmental Differences: Introduction to a systems approach for identifying the root causes of many dysfuntions and providing Gentle Enhancements across the lifespan. " Course Objectives: 1. Understand how neurodevelopmental functions interact either to facilitate or to impair learning and interpersonal behaviors. 2. learn how to identify neurodevelopmental systems that require therapeutic intervention 3. Understand how social and academic behaviors and developmental histories provide information about neurodevelopmental dysfunctions 4. recognize factors involved in processing sensory input in order for a response to occur 5. begin to view neurodevelopment from a model of interactive and interdependent functioning, which model enables a nonjudgmental approach to individual differences 6. be able to recognize subtle signs of stress, in order to individualize task challenges appropriately 7. become familiar with some HANDLE activities that may be used with groups or one-on-one to enhance neurodevelopment at any age We learned about every cranial nerve and how the brain processes input from every area. It was informative and fascinating. I haven't had time to review my notes and consider what I might use to benefit Aubrie. Michele W mom to Aubrie 8 yrs CHARGE, 14 yrs and wife to DJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 7, 2006 Report Share Posted April 7, 2006 Rita- They haven't scheduled it yet, but there was a waiting list for the class I took so they are working on a 2nd offering. It would be in Lombard. The local contact who is organizing this is Phyllis Rubin. Her email is phyllis.rubin@.... I think you could email her if you want to be informed of the 2nd session. The course is " Get a HANDLE on Neurodevelopmental Differences: Introduction to a systems approach for identifying the root causes of many dysfuntions and providing Gentle Enhancements across the lifespan. " Course Objectives: 1. Understand how neurodevelopmental functions interact either to facilitate or to impair learning and interpersonal behaviors. 2. learn how to identify neurodevelopmental systems that require therapeutic intervention 3. Understand how social and academic behaviors and developmental histories provide information about neurodevelopmental dysfunctions 4. recognize factors involved in processing sensory input in order for a response to occur 5. begin to view neurodevelopment from a model of interactive and interdependent functioning, which model enables a nonjudgmental approach to individual differences 6. be able to recognize subtle signs of stress, in order to individualize task challenges appropriately 7. become familiar with some HANDLE activities that may be used with groups or one-on-one to enhance neurodevelopment at any age We learned about every cranial nerve and how the brain processes input from every area. It was informative and fascinating. I haven't had time to review my notes and consider what I might use to benefit Aubrie. Michele W mom to Aubrie 8 yrs CHARGE, 14 yrs and wife to DJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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