There is HUGE cause for celebration in our home this week and I think this smile says it all! Caleb has been putting a lot of hard work and effort into bringing up his grades. Over the course of the school year we have watched his grades climb out of the red to now having ALL PASSING GRADES! These past nine weeks, however, have shown the greatest improvement. His English/Reading grade went from a C- to an A and his Math grade went from a D to a C+. Science went from a D to a C and Social Studies climbed from a C to a B. What's even more noteworthy, though, is that at one point during this school year he was FAILING English! That's an impressive climb!
When Caleb was first diagnosed with autism and ADD, he was also diagnosed with a Mixed Receptive/Expressive Communication Disorder. Reading and writing has without a doubt presented the biggest hurdle to his academic success. He began feeling very defeated and over the years, and we've watched him slowly give up. He just stopped caring and stopped trying. That's hard to watch as a parent when you feel like you're exhausting all resources, but as a teacher it was even harder. I'm supposed to know how to fix this. We had tried every motivational tool, incentive, threat, punishment.... We just couldn't gain consistent ground.
There are a lot of things we've done with Caleb over the years that have benefited him tremendously: supplements, essential oils, occupational, physical and mobile therapies, learning support, and social skills groups.... It wasn't until this year, that we began to learn that there was a deeper issue that needed to be addressed before we could see Caleb reach his full potential. Years of interference to his central nervous system has prevented him from being free to thrive socially, emotionally and academically. He was trapped. ***WAS trapped!*** The tides have turned and it is only forward progress
from this point on. Since beginning the Neurosensory program, we have witnessed layer by layer peel away, releasing potential that was there all along. We are seeing the real Caleb emerge almost like a butterfly from its cocoon, and it's a beautiful thing!
This journey is a continuing saga with many written chapters yet to be discovered. Life is a marathon, friends, not a sprint. If you're searching for answers to something, don't give up! Keep knocking on those doors. Keep asking questions. Lean into wise counsel. Learn from your challenges and mistakes, and learn from the challenges and mistakes of others. Your answers might just be right around the corner!
Here is a link to a much better explanation of the Neurosensory program, originally developed by Dr. Monika Buerger, which targets Neurodevelopmental Disorders such as Autism Spectrum Disorders, ADD, ADHD and Learning Disorders ...
McFadden Chiropractic's Neurosensory Program
McFadden Chiropractic's Neurosensory Program
