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How Does Autism Affect the Siblings?

“Autism’s Effect on Siblings” I am passing along a You Tube link to a very interesting and insightful news story featured by CBS News.  This story delves into the struggles, the emotions, and the day to day living, from the viewpoint of the Sibling in the Autism Spectrum Family.  In my practice,  treating children on the Autism Spectrum, I have come to admire these brothers and sisters.  It is important to recognize their great contribution to the family.  I hope you enjoy this news story as much as I did. 

Here is the link to the video:

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEX-5YxUUoA&feature=relmfu

Recommended DVD for Learning Math

This program was recommened to me by one of my patient’s ( the mom of course.) It apparently combines exercise and learning which as most of you know would fit very well into my approach. I have not seen the videos but I have a few parents that have ordered it and are going to give me feed back. This however might be a good fit for your child depending on their level of function. I think it’s worth checking out and it is relatively inexpensive compared to many of the programs out there. This is a pargraph I copied from their web site 

Neurological Benefits of Exercise

The second method takes advantage of the powerful growth factors for learning and memory created in the brain during exercise. These growth factors, BDNF (brain-derived neurotrophic factor) and IGF-1 (insulin growth factor 1) with others lead to the actual growth of new nerve cells and significant improvement in the connections between existing nerve cells in the brain

The end result of these “new and improved” nerve cells is faster and better learning.

The combination of multi-sense learning with neural growth factors produced during exercise allows the viewer of our educational program to learn the knowledge being presented faster and more completely than any other method in existence today.

He is the link         http://www.exploramania.com/ProductList.aspx?type=exploracise%20dvd%20collection