tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35990418.post4392369936843806680..comments2024-03-08T13:52:22.224-07:00Comments on LAJOY FAMILY: A Big SighCindy LaJoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16486626867331586704noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35990418.post-40188796404261939382014-11-11T07:13:43.843-07:002014-11-11T07:13:43.843-07:00Dear Cindy, As usual, your posts are a mix of fun ...Dear Cindy, As usual, your posts are a mix of fun and introspection that I personally find fascinating and uplifting. I looked back a couple of posts and saw your thoughts on FAS/FAE. Having adopted 2 clearly FAS 6 year olds from Lithuania, now 9 & 10, I can say I have researched the heck out of it. Did you know 1 big area of deficit is the hippocampus, which is shrunken? Did you know piano players actually enlarge their hippocampus? We home schooled piano and Bal-A-Vis-X also works on the same region. Getting the full set of DVDs and a workbook plus supplies is around $150 and worth the experiment. We struggle to find the time to do the exercises faithfully, but your kids would be more self-motivated and it is only 15 minutes. Longterm, I think neurofeedback is the future of brain reconstruction, but for now the science is barely emerging. Our psychologist said his peers find LENS training can potentially grow neurons & seems to help FAS brains, while admitting that these ideas are "well past the known science." Another practitioner complained that such ideas are hogwash and contribute to the poor reputation of neurofeedback. I think my Dr. was being honest, and it may be worth the experiment, but I am very aware that it may be a very expensive gamble. We completed Z-score NFB training & it made huge differences, but mostly in the areas they were each stronger in. The areas they were really weak in remain as huge deficits. But the one who was better behaved now has normal behavior (while her cognitive delays remain), and the smarter one is close to grade level in some areas while her impulsivity remains horrific. Well, she has stopped being violent, so that did improve. :) Just some food for thought. SherryAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com