Why Choose EBO?
Our active, fun-packed programs deliver positive change.
You may be wondering……..
How can one intervention help such a wide range of problems?
To put it simply, it is because many of the behaviours associated with children’s problems stem from a pre-birth, developmental starting point. For many reasons, a stage in the brain’s development has been missed, interrupted or skipped completely.
Brainchild helps to address that particular area of development. The problems fade as the maturation process is established.
Everything we do, say, feel, hear, see….. requires us to use our brain. So any problem with neurodevelopment can show in a multitude of ways. But this doesn’t have to affect everything about a child.
It depends where and when in a child’s development a step has been missed, interrupted or skipped completely. Many different adverse childhood experiences can influence this. They can include the birth process, emotional or physical trauma or unknown.
A child has no control over their challenges. They are automatic.
Below are a few broad areas that EBO can help to resolve.
How can we help your child?
These diagnoses are labels for a collection of behaviours that tend to be at odds with the way schools function. Children show a lack of patience and perseverance, often with a tendency to interrupt and want things to happen NOW. They are impulsive, and find it difficult to stay focussed, so that tasks are unfinished. …
The Brainchild Developmental Program can help your child develop control of aggressive or hostile behaviour. Aggressive behaviour can show in a variety of forms. It often relates to frustration due to delayed language development or immaturity of the brain. This is typically related to infant reflex persistence. Many of the families who have followed the …
Anxiety shows in many different ways. Often it limits the child’s life experiences and restricts family choices. Your child may be: Worrying about what might happen. Replaying negative past experiences. Trying to control their environment including people and routines. Dominated by fears – often irrational and lifestyle limiting. Withdrawing from social situations and interaction. In …
Nocturnal eneuresis is nightime bedwetting. Most of the children who come to us have primary eneuresis. This means that they have not achieved being dry at night since a baby. Sometimes the child also has problems with urine control during the day. This is diurnal eneuresis and can be very distressing as the child gets …
Communication is a vital human skill. Making and keeping friends relies on social communication skills. It involves appropriate use of language, reading non-verbal cues, such as facial expressions and gestures and understanding the intonation of the human voice. All of these are important in social situations. Many children with developmental issues struggle with this and …
Everyone finds it easy to concentrate on things we like to do. It often breaks down when it applies to things we need to do! However, sometimes children have underlying issues that make concentration difficult, or almost impossible. Difficulties with attention, being still, shutting out distractions or lack of understanding can contribute. Being in a …
Eating issues can create stress within the family. We are very aware that it can be a worry if a child is a “fussy” eater. But, of course, it can become more serious than that. We work with children with a very limited diet, Pica and refusal. Usually there are other issues associated with this …
Learning how to interact socially is a difficult skill to master. How to respond in a range of situations can be confusing. It is a complex skill. Difficulty often stems from immaturity in communication. It involves appropriate use of language, reading non-verbal cues, such as facial expressions and gestures and understanding the intonation of the …
There are thousands of genetic disorders and more are being found at an increasing rate. They can be very diverse. We always tell families that we cannot know if BrainChild can help, but it always has done, to date. Search in Success Stories about children with genetic conditions, for example. Many of the children with …
Difficulty with writing can have an impact on self-esteem, anxiety, behaviour and all aspects of the curriculum. It can relate solely to the physical act of handwriting, but frequently also involves composing the content, structuring the logical progression of ideas and just getting started! Resistance to writing has a tendency to turn into a behaviour …
Many children that have developmental issues have difficulty being still. This can range from constant fidgeting and changing position to highly repetitive behaviours that go on all day. Or maybe into the night. It can be exhausting for you! The more severe cases are often labelled as hyperactive. If you are concerned about your child’s …
Consider the effect of even a small amount of immaturity of the brain. Imagine how difficult life must be if you a school child and, in some ways, are still functioning at baby level. The persistence of primitive infant reflexes is immaturity of the brain. So what are reflexes for? They exist to keep us …
Low muscle tone is a feature relating to certain persisting infant reflexes. It can cause delays in motor development in a baby such as delays in rolling. sitting and walking. In older children it appears to be muscle weakness and can show as poor posture, wanting to lie down, lean and physically rest. It interferes …
If your child has frequent meltdowns, especially if they are unpredictable and frequent, the whole family will be affected. In severe cases they limit where the family can go and what they can do. In school, they are difficult to manage. We find that working on the underlying problems initially helps meltdowns reduce in frequency …
We all know that reading is a vital part of a child’s education. Slipping steadily behind their peers must be a daunting experience. Every child will respond differently. None will be happy about it. I am often told that, as a parent, you want your child to catch up and enjoy all that reading can …
Self esteem helps us to achieve, make friends and be happy. Few children who have persisting primitive infant reflexes have high self esteem. This can be an additional problem to add to the reflex issues. As children become more aware of their problems, self esteem starts to slide away. It is best to work on …
The central nervous system (CNS) is the brain and spinal cord. This is connected throughout the body via nerves to muscles, internal organs and sensory organs. Sensory issues are many and varied. Senses not only include vision, hearing , touch, smell, taste. They also include sensory-motor processes affecting body position in response to gravity and …
We understand that a child who wakes parents and siblings on a regular basis is not easy to live with! You will all suffer from the affects of sleep deprivation. We all know that tempers are frayed when we are sleep deprived. This state of mind become a permanent situation if lack of sleep is …
Slow processing means that it takes a child longer to process information, instructions, make decisions and more. Everything in the child’s day becomes a challenge that can become overwhelming. In school they can lose the thread of a lesson, become discouraged and give up. Who can blame them! They can be bright and intelligent but …
Does your child often walk into things, bump into people or objects in the street or knock over drinks by accident? This relates to issues with spatial awareness. They may have either a poor concept of their position in space, or the limits of personal space. Their tendency may be to approach people too …