Guest guest Posted June 11, 2005 Report Share Posted June 11, 2005 It is series of excercises that can help you get to the approipriate " arousal " or " attention " level for a specific type of activies. The excercise are OT based. My son's OT uses bases much of her therapy time on the book called " Brain Gym for teachers " http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/- /0942143027/qid=1118450983/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/002-7739848-4701621? v=glance & s=books My son has made tremendous progress this year. I beleive that his OT program is important component that contributed to his success. Laden > what is that? can you explain a little? I looked at a couple web sites > but I am still not sure what you are referring to, but it sounds > interesting to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 11, 2005 Report Share Posted June 11, 2005 My friend swears by this program!!!! I just heard about it myself and will start looking into it....but she and her kids have been using it for years....and the kids were explaining all kinds of stuff to me about how it helped them take tests, etc... I too will be looking into it! KK Re: brain gym? > It is series of excercises that can help you get to the > approipriate " arousal " or " attention " level for a specific type of > activies. The excercise are OT based. My son's OT uses bases much of > her therapy time on the book called " Brain Gym for teachers " > > http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/- > /0942143027/qid=1118450983/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/002-7739848-4701621? > v=glance & s=books > > My son has made tremendous progress this year. I beleive that his OT > program is important component that contributed to his success. > > Laden > > >> what is that? can you explain a little? I looked at a couple web > sites >> but I am still not sure what you are referring to, but it sounds >> interesting to me. > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 24, 2007 Report Share Posted July 24, 2007 Anybody using Brain Gym or been to their training? What's your take on it? Helpful? S S _______________________________________________ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 24, 2007 Report Share Posted July 24, 2007 We have used it with success with our ASD son and our daughter who has dyslexia. It is really helpful but you need to stay committed to see real benefits. I would recommend trying it at home. The books are very easy to understand and implement at home. Fay > > > Anybody using Brain Gym or been to their training? What's your take on it? Helpful? > S S > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com > The most personalized portal on the Web! > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 25, 2007 Report Share Posted July 25, 2007 We used it and saw benefits too. It's part of our school that we used to do several times a week. We used it for dyslexia. We found that our most dyslexic children are also our most left to right brain uncoordinated. You can just see...that the more severe the dyslexia the more trouble doing the exercises. My better readers or my already reading children, were going through the exercises with coordination and my more dyslexic children were like hopelessly not able to move both sides of their body at the same time. I have to admit, it is hard work for the dyslexic children, and they see the others having an easier time, and can get frustrated with the exercises, so you kind of have to say " we're doing this now " , and it is work for these children, difficult physical therapy for the brain. The children that don't need it, simply love it like fun times, no big deal. The excercises cause the left and right brain to have to work together, making reading easier, because left/right brain working together is a skill needed for reading. We got it through interlibrary loan, it is a small booklet. We made a copy. I really need to get disciplined on doing brain gym again this year, so, thanks for reminding me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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