I would like to take an opportunity to welcome our new members- there have been quite a few of you recently! And Penny- I was thrilled to see you join, as...
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Val Brown
valbrownusa
Jun 19, 2009 12:14 am
Molly, While I'm sure that respiratory-related issues can serve as extrinsic constraints I wouldn't refer to the their effect as "slow<ing> brain function"....
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Raaymakers Molly
raaymakers_m...
Jun 19, 2009 12:19 pm
Yes, when i noted slowing brain function i was refering to how folks describe the observable clinical symptoms they feel such as lethargy, ADD, feeling...
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Julie Weiner
biofeedbackw...
Jun 21, 2009 2:29 am
By the way, one of my very young clients' gastroenterologists told his mother that severe behavior problems are typical of children with colitis. The child...
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Valdeane W. Brown, Ph...
valbrownusa
Aug 7, 2009 10:01 am
I continue to be amazes at how much Sieg gets right and, perhaps even more stunningly, what he gets wrong. It is real wonder how that conjunction occurs. In...
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Steve Ebright
neurosteve
Aug 7, 2009 6:18 pm
Wow! To a large extent this is actually what you, Val, came up with already 10 years ago if I am not wrong : 5-phase-model! I wonder if this new view of Sieg...
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Val Brown
valbrownusa
Aug 11, 2009 8:04 am
Yes, that is what's amazing. The same ideas that were "impossible" or "wouldn't work" etc are now being presented by those who said they weren't possible....
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John Thompson
thompson_jhn
Aug 11, 2009 9:25 am
Val, Invariable the shift will come because of the outstanding advantages of a system such as NeurOptimal that works with process in this way. As threatened as...
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Valdeane W. Brown, Ph...
valbrownusa
Aug 11, 2009 9:49 am
John, Interesting questions and the short answer is that those conferences are not only unimportant, in many ways they are irrelevant. And, yes, no longer ...
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Val Brown
valbrownusa
Aug 12, 2009 8:46 pm
John, So here's the thing. What they do, and what they present on, is either something we already done (and have done for years) OR it's completely irrelevant...
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John Thompson
thompson_jhn
Aug 13, 2009 1:50 am
Val, That is very interesting. It makes sense that standardized scores, norms, averages etc are not compatible with NDS based neurofeedback. It seems that to...
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Thomas Brod MD
tmbrod
Aug 13, 2009 4:40 am
Here I disagree... When I go to such conferences, there are always people I talk to for whom Val's position makes intuitive sense. And he does a far better...
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Valdeane W. Brown, Ph...
valbrownusa
Aug 13, 2009 4:47 am
Tom, Yes I do understand. What I say and have presented DOES make intuitive sense, unless you¹ve been taught otherwise. And I do appreciate that you believe...
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John Thompson
thompson_jhn
Aug 13, 2009 5:24 am
My agreement with Val is based on my experiences of presenting information about NDS & NeurOptimal to classical audiences. Whilst there are some who recognize...
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onewellall
Aug 13, 2009 2:32 pm
Hi all! I've been asked to train a 3 & 1/2 year old boy who has been diagnosed with mild pervasive developmental disorder. I've never run someone so young....
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Steve Ebright
neurosteve
Aug 13, 2009 2:48 pm
Hi Valerie, In almost 10 years training kids I only once tried training a 4 year old boy. It did not work - he wanted to get up and run around all the time....
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Corinne Fournier
corinnefrnr
Aug 13, 2009 3:46 pm
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...
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Valerie Giglio
onewellall
Aug 13, 2009 4:23 pm
Hi Corinne, 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...
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Valerie Giglio
onewellall
Aug 13, 2009 4:24 pm
Thank you Steve, I will try it; I just wanted to be sure that I wasn't going to do any harm. Thank you for the reassurance. Valerie ...
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Bernadene Schlien
schlienb
Aug 13, 2009 5:59 pm
Hi Valerie: A few years ago I got a call from a mother who was interested in having me work with her 4 y.o who was diagnosed with PDD. I had never seen such a...
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Alan Bachers
bachersa
Aug 13, 2009 8:50 pm
When I get one of these overaroused, hypersensitive kids, I'll give the kid an old ear clip to take home to use in "practice sessions" of putting it carefully...
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molly.neuro@...
raaymakers_m...
Aug 14, 2009 12:54 am
One other idea is to train the care provider, allowing the child to climb up and down the the primary's lap. Over a few sessions the child often will allow...
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onewellall
Aug 16, 2009 1:54 pm
Thank you everyone for all of the guidance; it's very encouraging. This little boy's mother actually suggested that he sit in her lap during the neuro, I...
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Heather Mackenzie
mackenziehea...
Aug 17, 2009 1:06 pm
That's how I trained a three year old, in her mothers lap looking at books Good luck, Heather iPhone message On Aug 16, 2009, at 9:54 AM, "onewellall"...
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ntmcc
Sep 15, 2009 2:24 am
Hello everyone-- I am relatively new to neurofeedback, and am in the process of getting up and running in my practice with it. I have invested lots of money...
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Catherine Boyer
catherine.boyer
Sep 15, 2009 12:14 pm
Hi, Nancy, You may not know it, but there is also a Yahoo group for Zengar which you could join and post your question to. I'm sure you'll get responses there...
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Heather Mackenzie
mackenziehea...
Sep 15, 2009 3:16 pm
Hi Nancy, Val and Sue have a great description of zengar nfb on the site. Look at the history on the site too. Neither have I ever had any negative reactions...
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Thomas Brod MD
tmbrod
Sep 15, 2009 3:32 pm
I have four systems--ZIN, Brainpaint, Cygnet, and LENS--which I use interchangeably. Each is different and has its strengths. Typically I use one or another...
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Karen Shue
drklshue
Sep 15, 2009 11:11 pm
Hi Nancy: I agree with Catherine about both your wonderfully refreshing openness and the idea of reading about nonlinear system dynamics. Some books that might...
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ntmcc
Sep 16, 2009 2:17 am
... This might be more appropriate to post on the Zengar forum, but I was wondering if the system can be used with other amplifiers, like ProComp or...
