Wow, what beautiful stories; thank you.
I was planning on using a DVD for him, so he could watch his favorite cartoon, but, after reading your post I'm thinking I could try to use the music, which I would prefer.
Thank you for sharing these uplifting accounts with me; I've been a psychotherapist for 20 years but am a newbie neuro practitioner. I absolutely love it!
Valerie
From: Corinne Fournier <corfournier@...>
To: neurofeedcommunity@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2009 11:46:43 AM
Subject: [neurofeedcommunity] Re: Working with young children
Hi Valerie,
I train many children with cerebal palsy and all kinds of disabilities and disorders.
I trained a 4 year old trisomic girl who was very agitated during the first session. Then she became much calmer and focused.
I trained a 2,5 year old boy who had never slept since the day he was born and was crying all the time. During the first session he kept on yelling. When the music ended, he stopped and smiled. And he slept the following nights like he had never slept and did not cry for several days. The parents decided to buy the system right away and train at home. Since then there are many changes.
Ten days ago I gave one session to a 7 month old boy. The mother was so happy with the changes she immediately noticed that she decided to become a trainer and attended my course two days after.
With all these children Regular sessions are just fine. You can start with the Initial if you think or the parents think that the child will not remain seated for half an hour. But then parents realize their child can sit and listen to the music for half an hour when they thought 5 minutes was already asking too much.
If you're comfortable with this, the child will be too.
Corinne