Movement quality gives important insight into mental processing!

Awesome new study that links MOVEMENT quality in mental processing issues, especially the ASD spectrum behavior! When I ask your child to 'make circles' I've always known how they make these circles  is important. Here's an article to help you the parent know that too! Micromovements hold hidden information about severity of autism,

Attentional Control to Self Awareness, to Self Compassion, to Other Compassion

I wrote a note to a mom this morning about her 10 yr old son who ended up in tears during a task today. Great family with wonderful children. Yet, he ended up in tears, overwhelmed by his own thoughts (ANTs - automatic negative thoughts). He quietly kept clapping and trying to hide his emotion, hoping no one would notice the tears, but internally he was beating himself up, feeling HORRIBLE. Here's the post I wrote to this mom. I thought it was worth sharing with others.

IM Parents must watch video.

This is what IM is all about - changing and building neuronal networks with in the entire brain and particularly in the cerebellum. This 12 minutes is worth your time. You may appreciate the scientific nature of the video but mostly it will change the firing of neuronal networks with in your own brain so you can understand IM more thoroughly. Please watch.

The Importance of Automaticity

In IM, automaticity is hugely important. By automatizing your awareness of where your body is in space and how to move it with in time and space very accurately,you free up your conscious brain for higher level functioning. It is one reason IM is so effective and foundational.  Here's an article about automaticity in reading - also essential for good reading - but first you have to automatize your visual processing so the words stay on the page and your body awareness so the book stays in your hand :) IM tasks :)  We see an average of 2 grade levels gain in reading through IM with out ever picking up a book... automaticity.