Dear Sara (Practitioner)
We had Colby’s IEP meeting at school and he has changed so much, more than any other year. He gained in social skills, emotional, speech, transitions…His speech therapist has been with him for three years and has never seen him improve as much as he did since AIT. She is truly amazed. Colby couldn’t write his name at all before AIT. Within two weeks after AIT he was writing it!
In school he now sits in Circle Time. Every year before this he could not sit for any group activity because he said the kids hurt his ears. Now he enjoys group activities. He never really played with other kids; he was a very solitary person. Now he talks about his friends, he has them over. He used to hate kids touching him, now (on his terms) he is hugging kids, wrestling – he just loves his friends. It has been a remarkable year, one of incredible gains for Colby. He is finally ready for kindergarten. THANK YOU, SARA! Thank you for opening a wonderful world for Colby!
Anne
According to Norman Doidge, author of The Brain that Changes Itself, neuroplasticity means that the nerve cells in our brains and nervous systems are changeable, or can modify themselves. Neuroplasticity enables us to continue learning at any age, or to create new connections to take over weakened functions. We can rewire or reorganize our brains.
The actual structure and function of the brain change through the course of our lives. There is no medical treatment involved. It is a natural phenomenon that occurs within the brain. The requirement for triggering this phenomenon of neuroplasticity is exposure to an activity with intensity, frequency, and duration.
