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Brain Sprints is an Extension of Little Giant Steps www.BrainSprints.com -As you may be experiencing, educating a child that is struggling -academically, emotionally or behaviorally can be a real challenge. Brain Sprints is here to be of service. Sometimes when you are out there, seemingly alone as a homeschool mom, you can even start to doubt yourself and wonder if you are equipped for the job. After all, the “educators” may have told you that you should let the professionals handle things. Let me assure you, your precious little one is in the right place, at home! If you are just now considering homeschooling your struggling learner, I highly encourage you to do so. All you need is to be equipped. Come and be encouraged and start that equipping process. LEARN MORE FOR YOUR FAMILY: https://www.brainsprints.com​​ Learn About Our Products & Programs: https://store.littlegiantsteps.com/​​ For more information visit our website: https://www.brainsprints.com​​ 972-758-1260 office@BrianSprints.com

Brain Sprints is an Extension of Little Giant Steps www.BrainSprints.com Reading can feel like a roller coaster when you have a child that struggles. In this episode, you will understand why we, at Brain Sprints at 972-758-1260, say that most labels are symptomatic labels. When things are not going well, symptoms are what most people pay attention to or focus on. Here Jan shares why the focus needs to shift to the root cause of the symptoms so there can be progress instead of the status quo. Coping and compensating is the typical response from the educational community. From a NeuroDevelopmental perspective, the symptoms we observe are caused by a glitch in the brain. These glitches can be addressed at the root and at the very least improved and in many instances totally eliminated. The miscommunication in the brain pathways that result in reversals, inconsistent recall and struggles in reading and writing compositions can be a thing of the past. There really are activities that change the way the brain functions even when there is a diagnosis of dyslexia. A BOOK TO HELP STIMULATE STUDENT'S IMAGINATIONS & MOTIVATE RELUCTANT WRITERS: https://store.littlegiantsteps.com/pr...​ FREE AUDITORY & VISUAL PROCESSING TESTS: A quick way for parents to assess the level of their child's processing ability. If not up to grade level, it teaches you how to move them up: https://store.littlegiantsteps.com/pr...​ More links to: DETAILED READING DISCRIMINATION https://store.littlegiantsteps.com VISUAL DISCRIMINATION GAME: https://store.littlegiantsteps.com

There are however times when labels are needed. You will hear both pros and cons of labeling and receive resources if you want to make a change without labels.

Have you been considering homeschooling your child who has been struggling academically or is labeled with ADD, ADHD, Autism, Auditory Processing Disorder, dyslexia, or learning disabilities? Are you just wondering if you have the knowledge to continue homeschooling a special needs child? If the answer to either of these questions is yes, this podcast is for you. In this episode for Brain Coach Tips, you will be inspired to look at the real purposes for school. The NeuroDevelopmental Approach for Life helps you take the guesswork out of your quest to educate your children and focus on what is really important – the child! Just keep in mind, the better the brain functions, the easier life and learning can be.

Being a mom of a child with involved developmental issues, Jan knows first-hand the feeling of wanting to “fix it.” The NeuroDevelopmental Approach for Life is dynamically effective for changing the structure of the brain so individuals move through life more efficiently. What if your child, or maybe even you, has issues similar to what you have read regarding dyslexia? The NeuroDevelopmental Approach for Life has the capacity to “fix” the glitches in the brain that represent the root causes of these symptoms.

What is it that preschoolers really need to experience to help their brains work at peak capacity when they start formal schooling? That question has puzzled professionals in the educational field for years. From a neurodevelopmental perspective, preschool preparation has nothing much to do with books you find at teacher supply stores, Sam’s or Cosco marked “preschool skills.” It is not whether a child can use scissors, identify letters and numbers or write his name. It has everything to do with the development of the central nervous system and most especially the brain. The brain controls everything we do so if we prepare it with a good developmental foundation, it performs like a well-oiled machine when the pressures of formal academics are presented. In other words, all of the skills mentioned above that so many people concentrate on when trying to teach a particular skill, are really a natural result of good development and specifically neurodevelopment as you find at Brain Sprints.

Special needs require special focus. Many parents must focus a great deal on their child with special needs, and rightfully so. Yet, how does the situation of having a special needs sibling affect the other children in the home? All family members of children with ADD, ADHD, dyslexia, developmental delays, CAPD, Autism as well as those with syndromes and genetic disorders of all types are affected by these complicated issues. Are there ways that parents can help their other children through the ups and downs of daily life with a special needs family member? The answer is yes! In this episode, Dr. Jan brings in a special guest, an adult sibling of an individual with special needs. You will enjoy this candid discussion of what went right and what could have been better for these siblings, one with moderate/severe special needs and one gifted/typically developing. one with moderate/severe special needs, and one gifted/typically developing.

From Brain Sprints’ perspective, kindergarten is the culmination of effective development in six areas: tactile, auditory, visual, manual (hand dominance and fine motor ability), language, and mobility (coordination and brain organization). When there are gaps in one or more areas of development, children can suffer from a myriad of learning challenges and even learning labels like ADD, dyslexia, dysgraphia, ADHD, CAPD, and many others. Most people try to fix these inefficiencies with the curriculum when in fact, the curriculum is designed to advance an individual that already has efficient brain development.

Everyone needs a break from the regular school routine. This includes moms and children alike. The questions is, how do you get back into the swing of things after a spring break, summer break or a holiday without stressing out the whole household? Today Dr. Jan will give some practical suggestions on how to ease back into the routine. This technique can be especially important for those children with learning struggles or labels like dyslexia, dysgraphia, ADD/ADHD and autism.

What traditionally happens when teaching math? A few problems are done to teach a “math lesson” and then we send the students off to “do the rest on their own”. Next, we grade the papers with big red marks, and then what? Do we do more instruction for those missed? Typically not, we just send the paper back with the students and tell them to make corrections. No wonder so many children HATE math. The myth: If we help the student or do some of the student’s problems for them, it makes us somehow guilty of cheating. That myth is debunked in this Brain Coach Tip.

The importance of listening to lots of audio recordings can't be understated. The NeuroDevelopmental Approach promotes the fact that lots of listening leads to better auditory processing, an essential skill for navigating life. Listening to audio stories and books also helps build vocabulary, attention span, imagination, comprehension and prepares the child for future creative writing.

Auditory Processing is known in neurodevelopmental circles as the best-kept secret in education, because until recently few people have known about it, yet it affects so many aspects of everyday life. We are talking here about your auditory short-term memory. This auditory deficit has reached epidemic proportion and now officially has its own label – CAPD, Central Auditory Processing Disorder. There are varying degrees of deficiency in auditory processing, and I contend that it is one of the root causes of many learning labels such as dyslexia, ADD and ADHD. At the very least it is intensifying a negative situation for children that are struggling whether they are gifted, typical or have diagnosed learning disabilities. Get you FREE Auditory Processing Test Kits.