Hopeful Neuron

Chat with Monique Cain about her own challenges with autism and her books.

Monique Cain is the author of the Everyday Autism Series.  Both her children Madi and Thomas were diagnosed with autism.  

We discuss the challenges, the interaction with other children in school, socializing with friends, and the way her books help to raise awareness. 

Writing helped Monique cope with the changes in her life and to raise awareness that all children are different.  Many autistic children look completely normal… until something happens that upsets them and they simply lose control.  For those around them this is an everyday reality but not for everyone.

Rachael Singer is a Founder of Rachael’s Moving HeARTS,  she is a certified dance/movement therapist using floor time methodology to engage children on the spectrum or children with developmental or challenging behaviour to help them relax and calm in a supportive environment. Rachael also trains and coaches adults on how to understand their children better and how to play and reconnect with them.  On the chat, we discuss the challenges parents face and how to help their children tune down and relax, feel more connected and understood in a supportive environment.  why not book your FREE Cosmic call? 

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Chat with Matt about sensory gym and how to help children with sensory difficulties. we talk about our senses especially about the vestibular and proprioceptive senses, how to get kids to relax before bed and why is it important to work on core, coordination and sensory integration to support children's development. Matt gives practical tips to implement at home   

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Dr. Patrick Porter is a brain researcher and the inventor of BrainTap. We talk about sleep, relaxation and light therapy and how can our brain recharge itself by getting enough deep delta sleep. What are the different brain waves and how can we tune ourselves to relax and reduce stress and promote relaxation. 

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In this chat I talk to Mona Delahooke about the Polyvagal theory and ways to help children when they shut down or when they are in a fight or flight state. I speak to Dr. Mona about her book "Beyond Behaviors" that shifted the way I looked at parenting looking at behaviors as the tip of the iceberg and focusing on developing meaningful relationships. As parents we need to pay attention to the important signals that we should address by seeking to understand a child’s individual differences in the context of relational safety. We also speak about DIR FloorTime and about bottom up and top down  approaches and why there is no such thing as "Good" or Bad" behavior.  Dr. Delahooke is a member of the American Psychological Association and holds the highest level of endorsement in the field of infant and toddler mental health in California, as a Reflective Practice Mentor (RPM). She is a frequent speaker, trainer, and consultant to parents, organizations, schools, and public agencies. Dr. Delahooke has dedicated her career to promoting compassionate, relationship-based, neurodevelopmental interventions for children with developmental, behavioral, emotional, and learning differences.

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Kelly Mahler has been an occupational therapist for 18 years, serving school-aged children and adults.  Kelly is an international speaker and presents frequently on topics related to sensory integration and interception in particular. In this chat we speak about ways to help kids on the spectrum to understand the signs we get from our body and how to help them thrive.

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In this chat I speak to Alex about sensory kids and swings, the input swings and other ways to help children on the autistic spectrum. 

Alex Lopiccolo known by the name The king of Swings is an OT specializing in designing sensory rooms and swings for private use. He is running Sensorimotor Workshop as an instructor and designs Home/Therapy Clinic Sensory Gym equipment.  Alex Lopiccolo's sensory gyms come in all shapes and sizes and help kids who benefit from therapeutic movement. and above all, they're fun!  I speak to Alex about sensory children and ideas to add a swing on a budget and even inside a plaster wall built house. Alex shares tips about bedtime and the sensory input we get from swings equipment.  Lopiccolo designs and builds home sensory gyms for kids who need therapeutic movement.  His own house, naturally, has a huge gym setup. The kids both have swings in their rooms. Their solarium, dubbed the Sensorimotor Exploration Lab, is basically the  world’s most amazing playroom, complete with a zipline, Lycra swings and lots of padded shapes for climbing and cushioned landings. “I live and breathe sensory therapy.   Lopiccolo owns Sensory Digest and also works part-time as an occupational therapy assistant at a pediatric clinic.  He started designing sensory gyms to fill a need he saw.  A home sensory gym might take the form of a bedroom Lycra maze to help kids relax and calm down — the stretchy fabric pulls you into fetal position.  Sensory gyms can help hypermobile kids and those with low muscle tone improve joint stability and posture control.   another benefit is that Sensory gyms can help kids improve joint stability and posture control. Currently he is the only one who really does it in the world,” Lopiccolo says. “I really enjoy it, watching kids use it and have fun with it and making it therapeutic.”

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In this video I talk to Dr. Sharik Peck about his invention and how to use the tuner to tune your body's energies in order to promote relaxation calm and healing. There are many ways to promote emotional regulation and methods to help integrate primitive reflexes faster using the Rezzimax Tuner Pro as it trains the vagus nerve to calm down our nervous system.  This tool is being used as a therapeutic device by many clinicians around the world for a good reason and its available at special 20% discount price : 

www.rezimax.com/discount/sensorychange (approx 140$ of value)

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In this chat I talk to Dr. Omer Hirsh about his experience as a functional neurologist who helps children and adults on the autistic spectrum.  

Dr. Hirsh translated Robert Melillo's book 'Disconnected Kids' into Hebrew. we talk about the connection between low muscle tone and gut issues and behaviour,  the role of the vagus nerve in facilitating emotional regulation and what makes primitive reflexes a barrier to normal development when they fail to integrate naturally. Dr Omer has the ability to explain complex concepts in a simple and visual way that makes perfect sense.

Dana has a FREE assessment tool to outline the areas of development your child will benefit from the most.    In less than 3 minutes you will receive a detailed PDF packed with exercises and ideas you can start applying at home today.

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In this chat I speak to Lauren Butcher about Mini-Mindfuls course and the concept of mindfulness and meditation for children, the benefits and the way she incorporates learning through play. 

We also talk about stress relief for children and adults and the benefits we can expect from her course and from mindfulness in general. 

Lauren found a way to reconnect to her child through mindfulness and play focusing on cognitive development and emotional regulation.  she created a 12-Week Home Series all around charming Mindful Mates to help other parents to reconnect to their children through mindfulness and play.

Learn more about Lauren and her Mini-Minidfuls program 

Dana has a FREE assessment tool to outline the areas of development your child will benefit from the most.    In less than 3 minutes you will receive a detailed PDF packed with exercises and ideas you can start applying at home today.

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