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ADHD In the Spotlight - Safe and Effective Tools Are
Available Including the Brain Gym Program
By Dr. Paul E. Dennison

After years of psychiatrists reporting that ADHD stimulants
are safe and effective, in February of this year, the Food
and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that all ADHD drug
manufacturers must warn the public that the drugs can cause
serious psychiatric and cardiovascular problems. These
problems include heart attack, stroke, mania and even sudden
death. Parents of children with ADHD were left with the
agonizing decision of what to do. Is it safe to keep their
children on these potentially harmful medications? What
would happen to their children when they take them off these
medications? Is there a safe alternative?

Dr. Paul E Dennison believes there is a healthy and safe
alternative. A solution that is already being used in
classrooms, workshops and homes throughout the world for not
only helping with ADHD, but also helping with other learning
and reading challenges, stress reduction, and overall better
health and well being. The profoundly simple Brain Gym
activities offer tremendously positive results and often
eliminate the need for dangerous prescription drugs
completely. For parents looking for an alternative to
starting or continuing a medicine regime, this can be the
answer they longed for.

Dr. Dennison recommends that you consult your family
physician before commencing an exercise program. Dennison
has found that most doctors will welcome the Brain Gym
movement program as an alternative, as no one really knows
the true harm done to those who do take the prescription
drugs. Dennison believes that ADHD is an insufficiency in
the ability to focus attention and to tune out distractions,
one that can be illuminated by processes that integrate the
functioning of the brain and the body, which is exactly what
the Brain Gym Program does.

As a professional educator and a pioneer in the field of
applied neuroscience and a world authority on cognitive
skills and reading achievement, Dennison has done extensive
field studies in this area. During the last twenty-five
years, Dr. Dennison has taught workshops in movement-based
learning in more than fifteen countries, being presented
with numerous honors, including the Reading Excellence
through the Arts (RETA) Award from the International Reading
Association. He has also written eight books, including
his latest, Brain Gym and Me: Reclaiming the Pleasure of
Learning. His books have been distributed through eighty
countries' bookstores, with a total sold of over 415,000
copies. These books have also been translated into more
than forty languages.

What makes the Brain Gym special?

It reactivates whole brain function via the
intimate connection with body movement.

It achieves the necessary focus of attention with
activities that relax the tendon-guard survival reflex and
help children feel safe in their body.

Sometimes one Brain Gym session can help a person
do linear and recognition tasks simultaneously, thus
overcoming the reading impediment labeled as dyslexia.

Children will naturally enjoy reading, as good
stories activate the imagination.

Children learn to read words other writers have
put together to express their thoughts, emotions, and
observations, starting with the writing of their peers.

Methods to create fundamental structures for learning
include:

Music and dance.

Tapping things out.

Developing active listening.

Receiving visual, kinesthetic, and tactile input
simultaneously.

If you or your child has been diagnosed with ADHD, look for
an alternative to the medications that are being too readily
prescribed. Parents need to carefully reassess the
situation on a case-by-case basis to see what is the best
for their family. Stop by www.braingym.com for additional
information on the Brain Gym Program. Also, Dennison's
latest Book, Brain Gym and Me: Reclaiming the Pleasure of
Learning is also available at his site and Amazon and
provides useful exercises and information on Brain Gym
basics and how it can benefit you and your family. Your
kids deserve the best; let our program help them achieve
that

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Educational Kinesiology, enhanced learning through movement,
was created by Dr. Paul E. Dennison and his wife Gail E.
Dennison through their visionary insight into the learning
process. Today these techniques, which are the foundation
for the Brain Gym Program, http://www.braingym.com