Learning & Behavioural Difficulties
from an NIS perspective
ADD / ADHD / Dyslexia / Dyspraxia /
Hyperactivity / Aspergers
Important Note: Learning & behavioural difficulties can effect both children and adults. Investigation into learning & behavioural difficulties is the very area Dr Phillips' research first began.
Learning & behavioural difficulties are expressed by a range of labels: ADD, ADHD, dyslexia, dyspraxia, Aspergers syndrome and increasingly—autism, affecting not only children but some adults also. The key areas are:
- Learning difficulties – reading, writing, spelling and mathematics
- Speech (stuttering)
- Recall - short-term memory
- Co-ordination with sport/physical activities
- Behavioural – anger and frustration
- Emotional – lack of confidence, low self-esteem
Regardless of the combination of symptoms – as far as current research indicates they are represented by the one banner of “Neurological disorganisation”.
There are many types of treatments available that others use—these are assistance and/or educational programs. They help the person to COMPENSATE for the patients deficit. Compensation is stressful and tiresome.
Using the Neurological Integration System (NIS) developed by Neurolink® practitioners reset the neurological pathways to allow automatic function to be restored. The brain will initiate change—not the patient.
Other methods work on the basis of stimulating the brain or doing something active to the body to
effect change. Some programs work on the basis of minimising cerebellar developmental delay. They claim the cerebellum is the physiological cause of the learning difficulties.
Some of these programs will often claim that if the connectors between the thinking brain (cerebrum) and the cerebellum aren’t fully developed the cerebellum can’t process information quickly enough. Their exercises are then designed to stimulate the cerebellum and create new neural pathways.
What we do that is different…
With NIS practitioners address the neurological disorganisation so the symptoms will in time resolve. We do not see the neural pathways as impaired nor the cerebellum itself as a problem.
What is not happening in the neurologically disorganised person is that the cerebellum is not congruent (or in appropriate dialogue) with all the other cortical centres.
The cerebellum is only one area considered through treatment with NIS. Other areas are: Limbic Brain, Auditory Cortex, Association Cortex, Motor Cortex, Pre-motor, Sensory Cortex, Visual Cortex, Gait Patterns.
Why? Because…..you need to be able to write, visualise what you are writing and listen all at the same time. Other treatment methods do not take this into consideration.
How does it take to see change?
As always every patient is different, the combination of symptoms and the length of time (age) they have had may have had this complaint will influence time frames for change. However, on average it takes a period of 4 months to see a full pattern of improvement. The brain starts its changes from the very 1st visit. Small improvements should start to show within a week or two of the first visit.
How many visits required?
Depends on the patient and how NIS visits are structured in your practice but at least 2-3 visits a couple of weeks apart and a re-evaluation visit 4 months from the first one.
Is this treatment reversible?
The short answer to this is no. However trauma and hard knocks to the head can affect some of the cortical integration. If this happens to your patients then they will definitely benefit from treatment again. Viruses cause hemispheric confusion, so if your patient has a virus it may appear that the cortical integration treatment has not sustained. That is not the case. Once the virus has been treated and eliminated the symptoms of regression will disappear.
If you have a family member with learning or behavioural difficulties, contact us at the Neurolink Centre in Auckland or find your local NIS Practitioner.