How to Promote Better Brain Health for You and Your Child
When we think about health, we often focus on the body as a whole, overlooking the importance of brain health and how it impacts our lives, functions, and overall well-being....
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Boosting Brainpower: Discovering the Benefits of Exercise for Special Kids
WATCH NOW Join Daniel Stein, CEO, and Founder of Special Strong, as he shares insights into the transformative power of exercise for individuals with special needs. Discover how exercise promotes...
Preventative Measures That Can Help Promote Better Brain Health
Making healthy choices and managing health issues are among the most critical steps in promoting brain health. The more preventative actions you take, the more significant the impact on the...
Screen Addiction! Can You Reset Your Child’s Brain?
Screen Addiction Are your kids obsessed with screens? Are they constantly on Facebook or playing video and mobile games? Makes you wonder how much this digital era is affecting these...
Natural Remedies for the Gut-Brain Connection
After reading our report The Gut-Brain Connection and Children with Special Needs, you are probably wondering what you can do to help balance crucial gut flora. Food will not heal...
Organizing Your Child’s Brain Through Crawling and Creeping
Crawling and Creeping When I first met Benjamin Thompson, he was struggling with echolalia (unsolicited repetition of vocalizations), extreme hyperactivity, self-biting, and poor eating and sleep habits. He had been...
The Gut-Brain Connection and Children with Special Needs
Gut-Brain Connection The gut-brain connection may have a direct impact on children with special needs. Deep in the walls of the digestive system is the body’s “second brain”. This enteric...
Top-Five Brain Boosting Foods for Children with Learning Disabilities
Many experts believe that learning disabilities originate mostly from little interruptions in the brain causing it not to function properly, though the causes are not concretely identified, the good thing...
Can You Open Your Ears to Train Your Brain?
As an educator, expert contributor for “Learning Disabilities” section on ABOUT.COM, and regular columnist for Parenting Special Needs Magazine, I had the opportunity to review a new product called Forbrain. This device consists of...
Brain-Building Fun: Inclusive Games for Families and Kids
Brain-Building Games These days, information about building our brains’ capacity and skills seems to be everywhere. “Change your brain, and you’ll change your life,” they say. Could it be true?...