Dr. Amy Focus

Chiropractors, are you making these mistakes when working with individuals with neuro-deflective disorders™️?

Dr. Amy and her husband David live in Coeur d’Alene with their beautiful daughter Meela and chocolate lab Izzy. They opened Spoelstra Family Chiropractic in April of 2008 after moving from South Carolina where Dr. Amy graduated cum laude from Sherman College of Chiropractic. Dr. Amy is the founder of the FOCUS program and opened the doors to the program in 2011 in the Coeur d’ Alene office. She now teaches chiropractors, educators and other medical professionals around the country and internationally about Neuro-Deflective Disorders ™ and the FOCUS approach to comprehensive patient care for children and adults with behavioral, learning, socialization and developmental challenges. She is the founder of the Brain Blossom Program ™ and FOCUS Academy ™ for continued education for certified FOCUS practitioners.

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Are you recommending the appropriate care plans for your patients with Deflective-Disorders TM ? Do you know how to objectively measure progress to determine the amount of care an individual will need? Dr. Amy breaks down this common mistake and how to overcome it.

Dr. Amy and her husband David live in Coeur d’Alene with their beautiful daughter Meela and chocolate lab Izzy. They opened Spoelstra Family Chiropractic in April of 2008 after moving from South Carolina where Dr. Amy graduated cum laude from Sherman College of Chiropractic. Dr. Amy is the founder of the FOCUS program and opened the doors to the program in 2011 in the Coeur d’ Alene office. She now teaches chiropractors, educators and other medical professionals around the country and internationally about Neuro-Deflective Disorders ™ and the FOCUS approach to comprehensive patient care for children and adults with behavioral, learning, socialization and developmental challenges. She is the founder of the Brain Blossom Program ™ and FOCUS Academy ™ for continued education for certified FOCUS practitioners.

Find out more about Dr. Amy's FOCUS program here: https://dramyspoelstra.com

Register for the FOCUS Seminar: https://dramyspoelstra.com/products/

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Ok great! We’ve gotten through the holidays! This time before getting back into school should be a relaxing chill time, right? Well, think again! Kids can still feel really out of control until routines get set back into a predictable pattern. You as practitioners can do some very specific things to reduce the stress response in the brain and body, and help this individual fill that space with prediction to lower stress and anxiety.

Practitioners: Expect your patients to be coming in a little more sympathetic dominant and a little more stressed out right now. Here are 3 tips on how you can help them adapt to this increased sensory season.

Dr. Amy and her husband David live in Coeur d’Alene with their beautiful daughter Meela and chocolate lab Izzy. They opened Spoelstra Family Chiropractic in April of 2008 after moving from South Carolina where Dr. Amy graduated cum laude from Sherman College of Chiropractic. Dr. Amy is the founder of the FOCUS program and opened the doors to the program in 2011 in the Coeur d’ Alene office. She now teaches chiropractors, educators and other medical professionals around the country and internationally about Neuro-Deflective Disorders ™ and the FOCUS approach to comprehensive patient care for children and adults with behavioral, learning, socialization and developmental challenges. She is the founder of the Brain Blossom Program ™ and FOCUS Academy ™ for continued education for certified FOCUS practitioners.

Find out more about Dr. Amy's FOCUS program here: https://dramyspoelstra.com

Register for the FOCUS Seminar: https://dramyspoelstra.com/products/

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Neurdeflective Disorder™ Tips For Reducing Holiday Stress 🎄 by Dr. Amy Spoelstra

Many practitioners feel overwhelmed when trying to connect with this demographic. But connection is key to being able to advocate for these individuals. Connection is key to creating a comprehensive support plan to help them clinically.

Dr. Amy offer’s the “Do’s & Don’ts” of connecting with your patients to achieve this necessary first step to building rapport and trust with even your most challenges patients.

Dr. Amy and her husband David live in Coeur d’Alene with their beautiful daughter Meela and chocolate lab Izzy. They opened Spoelstra Family Chiropractic in April of 2008 after moving from South Carolina where Dr. Amy graduated cum laude from Sherman College of Chiropractic. Dr. Amy is the founder of the FOCUS program and opened the doors to the program in 2011 in the Coeur d’ Alene office. She now teaches chiropractors, educators and other medical professionals around the country and internationally about Neuro-Deflective Disorders ™ and the FOCUS approach to comprehensive patient care for children and adults with behavioral, learning, socialization and developmental challenges. She is the founder of the Brain Blossom Program ™ and FOCUS Academy ™ for continued education for certified FOCUS practitioners.

Find out more about Dr. Amy's FOCUS program here: https://dramyspoelstra.com

Register for the FOCUS Seminar: https://dramyspoelstra.com/products/

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Parent’s can feel really overwhelmed when they are faced with the news that their kids aren’t performing well behaviorally or academically.

Remember-there is a reason for all behavior! We don’t want to focus on the deficit, defining the child as “not a good reader”, or even worse: The child thinking “I’m just not good at reading”.

So what can a parent do?

Find out how you can help the parents put the pieces together and find out WHY we’re having specific struggles.

Dr. Amy and her husband David live in Coeur d’Alene with their beautiful daughter Meela and chocolate lab Izzy. They opened Spoelstra Family Chiropractic in April of 2008 after moving from South Carolina where Dr. Amy graduated cum laude from Sherman College of Chiropractic. Dr. Amy is the founder of the FOCUS program and opened the doors to the program in 2011 in the Coeur d’ Alene office. She now teaches chiropractors, educators and other medical professionals around the country and internationally about Neuro-Deflective Disorders ™ and the FOCUS approach to comprehensive patient care for children and adults with behavioral, learning, socialization and developmental challenges. She is the founder of the Brain Blossom Program ™ and FOCUS Academy ™ for continued education for certified FOCUS practitioners.

Find out more about Dr. Amy's FOCUS program here: https://dramyspoelstra.com

Register for the FOCUS Seminar: https://dramyspoelstra.com/products/

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During the Holidays we may see an increase in neurodeflective behaviors. You might notice bigger feelings, lots of anxiety, meltdowns, and sensory challenges. We can reduce these challenges for the kiddos when we increase their prediction and control. Dr. Amy gives some examples of what this looks like.

Dr. Amy and her husband David live in Coeur d’Alene with their beautiful daughter Meela and chocolate lab Izzy. They opened Spoelstra Family Chiropractic in April of 2008 after moving from South Carolina where Dr. Amy graduated cum laude from Sherman College of Chiropractic. Dr. Amy is the founder of the FOCUS program and opened the doors to the program in 2011 in the Coeur d’ Alene office. She now teaches chiropractors, educators and other medical professionals around the country and internationally about Neuro-Deflective Disorders ™ and the FOCUS approach to comprehensive patient care for children and adults with behavioral, learning, socialization and developmental challenges. She is the founder of the Brain Blossom Program ™ and FOCUS Academy ™ for continued education for certified FOCUS practitioners.

Find out more about Dr. Amy's FOCUS program here: https://dramyspoelstra.com

Register for the FOCUS Seminar: https://dramyspoelstra.com/products/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DrAmyFocus/

IG: @DrAmySpoelstra

The FIRST key to shifting our understanding as practitioners from deficit model, to helping uncover a foundational challenge, is understanding that behaviors are a window into the brain. They are a window into how an individual might be processing their world. A window into gaps that may exist in a person’s development.

Dr. Amy and her husband David live in Coeur d’Alene with their beautiful daughter Meela and chocolate lab Izzy. They opened Spoelstra Family Chiropractic in April of 2008 after moving from South Carolina where Dr. Amy graduated cum laude from Sherman College of Chiropractic. Dr. Amy is the founder of the FOCUS program and opened the doors to the program in 2011 in the Coeur d’ Alene office. She now teaches chiropractors, educators and other medical professionals around the country and internationally about Neuro-Deflective Disorders ™ and the FOCUS approach to comprehensive patient care for children and adults with behavioral, learning, socialization and developmental challenges. She is the founder of the Brain Blossom Program ™ and FOCUS Academy ™ for continued education for certified FOCUS practitioners.

Find out more about Dr. Amy's FOCUS program here: https://dramyspoelstra.com

Register for the FOCUS Seminar: https://dramyspoelstra.com/products/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DrAmyFocus/

IG: @DrAmySpoelstra