Working the Subconcious in IM - IM is a cerebellar exercise

What if you relied more heavily on a region of the brain responsible for conscious, effortful movement while typically developing students utilized a region of the brain important for automating motor tasks?   

IM Tasks Variations for Hockey

An IM provider in Australia I believe, works with a professional hockey player. This video is a bit long, but it's interesting. I use some similar variations but relate them to visual processing and faster mental processing for academic reasons.

New Beginning II? In Second Graders Family

Cool Cool Story.... and it so fits with my earlier blog today! Today may be the beginning of a new beginning in this family........ and this girl's only in 2nd grade, not a senior in high school like Brad!

Tonight one of my winter IM little girls stopped by with her mom.  Both this 2nd grader and her big sister had gone through IM at the same time a couple of months ago.

A New Beginning

I was visiting with my 24-year-old son, Brad, today. We were talking about what were our greatest life joys and losses - an engaging and insightful topic. Great discussion for tonight's dinner table....

When asked about his childhood, Brad again disconnected himself from his childhood saying something like, "I don't think of my childhood as me." Plain and simple. That wasn't me. This is about the fourth time I've heard him say with very honest and true feelings that he does not feel connected with his past. Of course we went on to talk about how your past absolutely is a part of you but doesn't have to define who you are now. Given that, he sincerely does feel like he started a new life, a new beginning - 7 years ago now, with his first IM training!

Building a Circuit - Diagram for the Brain

This is a very informative video about brain circuits - what I think is being impacted with IM. Jennifer Raymond from Standford University speaks very clearly and is easy to understand. She focuses specifically on the cerebellum. Some professionals call IM 'cerebellar stimulation' as the cerebellum seems to be very involved in IM tasks.

New Baby? MUST HAVE!

Dr. and Mrs. Philip Teitelbaum have written a book that has is so right on the money.  A few posts back I've mentioned retained infant reflexes and how I believe this is an important piece of the puzzle in helping many of our atypical children with neurodevelopmental issues.

Typical Development In their book, the Teitelbaums lay out exactly what typical neurodevelopment looks like physically in babies. Exactly how do typical children roll over, crawl or walk?