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Right and left brain mixed signals for disorganized children

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amother ↓

Thu, May 14 2009, 3:03 am

ok I'm trying to find out more about this.
My son (8) is very disorganized and has a hard time listening to instructions and following instruction when told to do something.
We now got him tested by someone new who said his left and right brain are not working together so he gets mixed signals and it makes it hard for him to learn and follow instructions.
He gave us some exersized to do and will work with him every week.
Does anyone know more about this - I would like to look into this more.

cassandra

Thu, May 14 2009, 3:24 am

Interesting. I have a child like this too (she's 7) and one of her big problems along the way is that she was ambidextrous-- she used each hand equally but neither hand well. We solved the problem by picking the hand that she wanted and then working on strengthening that. My daughter has been working with an OT since she was a toddler and it's helped tremendously but on some level I know that this will always be who she is (and she comes by it honestly-- I was like that as a kid too and still kind of am!)

Can I ask what exercises you're supposed to be doing with him? Because although our OT never put it in terms of right and left brain being crossed all of this does sound very similar to some basic OT concepts.

poelmamosh

Thu, May 14 2009, 10:30 am

There is a method called Brain Gym that could help immensely. Google it and you will find people in your area who practice it with kids (and adults).

FranticFrummie

Wed, May 20 2009, 4:57 am

poelmamosh wrote:

There is a method called Brain Gym that could help immensely. Google it and you will find people in your area who practice it with kids (and adults).

THANKS! I need to look that up.

My daughter (almost 6 years old) was recently diagnosed with "poor right/left brain integration". Her right eye turns inward, and the eye doctor we took her to did some muscle testing and found out that her entire right side was weak and slow to respond to stimulus. She's right handed, so she's been having a lot of trouble learning to write, and she also has trouble paying attention in class. She's such a good kid, it was really hard for us to hear the teacher say that she wasn't focusing, and was falling behind the other kids.

↑ amother

Thu, May 28 2009, 5:39 am

op here
We are working on these exercises and I hope they will really help.
they show us how the problem is really more severe then we thought - there are certain things that we are shocked he has such a hard time doing (such as picking your left knee and putting down your right hand at the same time and then switching)
for those that are interested I found a book that seems really helpful on this topic.
People think he's ADD but it may all be this issue where his brains are not working together and that's causing many different issues.

Physical Activities for Improving Children's Learning and Behavior (Paperback)
by Billye Ann Cheatum (Author), Allison A. Hammond (Author)

http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer.....r=8-1

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