There is no cure, but for parents long on hope, they will often do whatever it takes to help their autistic child. Some of those parents are turning to a treatment new to South Carolina called the Sensory Learning Program, and most hail it as remarkable.

The South Carolina Autism Society's annual Strides for Autism walk will be held on Saturday, April 12, at Greenville Technical College.

SpeechWorks is one of 30 providers internationally that offer the Sensory Learning Program, an innovative 30-day program geared towards correcting sensory issues in the brain.  The program combines three conventional therapies into one, and it’s showing progress not just for Autism, but for kids with learning disabilities, attention deficit disorder and developmental delays.

The other day, my medical partner, Dr. Jim Hanahan, stuck his head into my consulting room and said, “Bill, my last patient said she was one of your readers and that you haven’t mentioned Patrick lately and she sure would like to hear what’s going on with him.

Three months ago I took my 7-year-old son through a neurological treatment designed to hack his brain. It's been 90 days since his treatment ended, and I am happy to report the hack has made a huge difference.

What if your computer missed your keystrokes whenever it was playing music? Or what if it couldn't read from the hard drive when a picture was on the screen? Or maybe every time the CD tray opened, a random window would close? Imagine that all system functions work fine by themselves, but not in combination. You would probably send your computer to the repair shop, if not the dump.

 

What if it wasn't your computer that acted this way, but your child's brain? Now what would you do?

Does your child fall often, touch everyone, scream when touched or have lots of tantrums? He may have a sensory processing disorder. 

In our March issue we told the story of Nate, a seven-year-old boy with severe learning and behavioral problems.  Nate's troubles were the result of a brain trauma he suffered as an infant.  Yet, subsequent to his visits to Sensory Learning Institute (SLI), Nate's major obstacles have been overcome.  His life has been enriched.  His future is full of promise and unlimited potential. 

 

It was as a result of Nate and similar success stories from those who have visited the institute that Front Range Family Magazine chose to sponsor the visits of several other children.

The Bolles Sensory Learning Method is an innovative noncognitive approach to developmental learning that utilizes Enhanced Natural Sensory Stimulation for remediation of an individual’s Emergent Faculties.  The brain’s ability to process and organize sensations of sight, sound, and gravity begins to emerge in the womb and continues into adolescence.  Sensory Stimulation plays a major role in shaping the structure and functioning of the brain. The brain can be thought of as a sensory processing machine.  By stimulating the senses we can enhance emergent faculties–normal subconscious sensory functioning in the brainstem area.