Reaching Struggling Roadschoolers with The Brain Coach

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The Brain Coach shares all the facts about reaching struggling roadschoolers on Episode #149 of Roadschool Moms. The replay is a live recording by the Roadschool Moms team from the road. Kimberly Travaglino, co-founder of Fulltime Families,  broadcasts from her location at the spectacular Balloon Fiesta in Albequerque, NM. Across the country, Mary Beth Goff, the Road Trip Teacher calls in from the Midwestern region of the Hoosier State. The OTR duo are joined by Jan Bedell, The Brain Coach. This episode sheds light on the neurodevelopmental approach of homeschooling. Hit the replay to hear more about this concept as uncovered by the Roadschool Moms team.

Jan Bedell, The Brain Coach

Follow the journey of Jan Bedell from desperate homeschool mom to master neurodevelopmentalist. The Brain Coach knows there is more to education than technique and curriculum. Moreover, she is driven to provide help and hope to struggling homeschoolers.  Her passion transforms the brains of her students into learning mode. Most of all, brilliant work with students of all ages leads them to discover their potential without labels. Consequently, this engaging interview also reveals:

  • The expanded definition of a NeuroDevelopmentalist
  • Jan’s own homeschooling experience with her daughter
  • How to make a positive difference in a struggling homeschooler
  • If the right curriculum equals a positive homeschool experience
  • Simple steps to start make a difference in your home school now

More about Roadschool Moms

Looking for a roadmap for your next learning adventure? Scroll through the RSM library on iTunes to find more than 150 podcast replays.

Homeschool enrollment is on the rise. As a result, more and more families are moving into a home on wheels. Further, the Roadschool Moms record this broadcast to present resources that meet the challenges of today’s roadschooler. Kimberly Travaglino, co-founder of Fulltime Families, and Mary Beth Goff, the creator of Road Trip Teacher, team up every week to offer listeners a fresh take on homeschooling while traveling full time across America’s backyard.

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Let’s Fix It! The NeuroDevelopmental Approach for Life

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Let's Fix It! The Neurodevelopmental Approach for LiveBeing a mom of a child with involved developmental issues, Jan knows first-hand the feeling of wanting to “fix it.”  The NeuroDevelopmental Approach for Life is dynamically effective for changing the structure of the brain so individuals move through life more efficiently.

If your child has symptoms of or the documented labels of ADD or ADHD, this approach offers ways to improve the brain’s ability to function.  It can help a person to stay on task and follow directions by stopping the tactile misfiring in the brain. It is this misfiring that makes it hard for these individuals to maintain focus and not be overloaded by sensory input.

What if your child, or maybe even you, has issues similar to what you have read regarding dyslexia? The NeuroDevelopmental Approach for Life has the capacity to “fix” the glitches in the brain that represent the root causes of these symptoms.  Often low auditory or visual processing play a part in this label.  A large majority of these issues are also caused by mixed dominance, eye tracking and teaming challenges, and lower level brain disorganization.

When there are more severe issues like autism, OCD, PPD, all types of syndromes, developmental delays, or low IQ, The NeuroDevelopmental Approach for Life can still provide just as much help. Enhanced function is possible.  Often metabolic challenges are a significant part of what families are dealing with in these instances.  Jan will give you suggestions about this area as well.  There are some scientific breakthroughs you really need to know about!

This week the Brain Coach will help you to know how to get started on that road to better function through neurodevelopmental products and programs.  Discover where to start and move toward fixing the glitches that are keeping your loved ones from reaching their full potential.

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NeuroDevelopment Can Help Your Child with a Syndrome or Brain Injury

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How NeuroDevelopment Can Help Your Child With a Syndrome or Brain InjuryA syndrome is a group of symptoms that collectively indicate or characterize a disease, disorder, or other condition considered abnormal. There is a large range of negative effects in a person’s functional ability with and within each syndrome.

Brain injury can occur from genetic anomalies, birth trauma or accidents at any time during a person’s life. The reason NeuroDevelopment can help your child with a syndrome or brain injury is because the focus is on the root cause of functional or educational challenges.  It helps parents and professionals understand the importance of specific stimulation to the brain to improve abilities.  Whether your child has a brain injury or a syndrome like Charge, Down, Williams, Angelman, Fetal Alcohol or one of the other numerous syndromes identified in the world, there is hope and help for a better life.

Dr. Jan, aka the Little Giant Steps Brain Coach, shares her story about her oldest daughter’s journey from low abilities to significantly improved function, far surpassing the abilities expected of a person with her IQ.  Learn how you can be equipped to home school your child with special needs in a more effective way.

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UPDATED: You Knew It Yesterday – What Happened on the Test?

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You Knew It Yesterday - What Happened on the Test?You Knew It Yesterday – What Happened On The Test with Dr. Jan Bedell

Have you ever had that frustrating experience where you were certain your child grasped an academic concept, and then the very next day, she couldn’t recall ever seeing it? Well, it is not just a frustration for you.  The child is often upset as well.  In this episode, Dr. Jan tells her story of inconsistent recall and the frustration it caused her after studying hard only to be unable to recall the information when under the pressure of a testing situation.  The NeuroDevelopmental Approach to life can change all that if you are willing to think differently about education. The brain controls everything that you do. Thus, when you’re applying a solution for a learning challenge, the brain is where you must start. The brain needs to be organized like a container built for storing information instead of a sieve-like structure where everything leaks out. Many children miss developmental steps for good organization of the brain. The good news is that a child who is struggling to learn or who has a learning label like ADD, ADHD, dyslexia, Asperger’s or Autism can go back and develop this part of the brain.

 

Not only must the brain have a good, organized foundation, but it also needs a well-developed auditory and visual short term memory.  For more information on how strategic auditory processing is to overall function, refer back to podcast #14. These functional abilities include: staying on task, maturing to a proper level, socially appropriate interactions, following directions, comprehending and more. A link to free test kits for auditory and visual processing are in the handout below.

 

After the initial part of the brain’s foundation is established, the next area to consider is dominance.  As neurodevelopmentalists we consider having the same side dominance for hand (you must start here because the hand is genetically predisposed to be left or right),  eye, ear and foot to be most efficient when it comes to retrieving what you have learned. If  a person does not have same side dominance (for example, they are right handed but left eyed or eared or both), one of the most common symptoms is inconsistent recall. One day they know the information and the next day they don’t.  Other symptoms that sometimes accompany mixed dominance include: lack of an analytical thought or logic, extreme emotionality, erratic behaviors, anxiety (test or otherwise), phobias, depression and shyness.  People with mixed dominance often have low self-esteem as many things seem difficult and they relate it to intelligence or lack thereof instead of inefficiency in the brain that can be changed.

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The handout with this episode will give you the progression of neurodevelopmental programs that can make learning easier and retrieval of information second nature.  Even beyond that, The NeuroDevelopmental Approach to Life can be effective for more involved situations like those with syndromes (Down, Williams, Fetal Alcohol…) as well as sensory integration issues.

 

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