What Can Brain Training Be Used For?

Brain Training is used in sessions with children as young as 5 years of age to enhance the way in which their brain functions, and has shown to improve conditions ranging from Asbergers Syndrome to Epilepsy.  There are many ways in which our brains, as powerful as they are, can fail to perform at the highest level…and this can lead to some of the troubles your child, pre-teen, or teenager may be facing.  As a parent, you want nothing more than to see your son or daughter grow up to be happy and healthy, and for them to achieve anything they attempt to do in life.  Neurofeedback can be that path to success.

 Sometimes the brain can get stuck in a state of high arousal, where your child may have trouble falling asleep or calming themselves down.  In other instances, your child’s brain is trapped in low arousal, and this is when you’ll see them struggling to find the motivation to complete their homework or even just wake up in the morning. 

When the brain spirals out of control, that’s when parents start recognizing the signs of maladies like migraines and panic attacks to developmental and behavioral disorders.  Fortunately, children battling a wide range of disabilities, diseases, and disorders can also learn to use their own brain waves to better manage and treat their symptoms through neurofeedback.

 While this process is by no means a "cure all" for any and every disability your child may be struggling with, there have already been hundreds of studies, papers, and testimonials suggesting that Brain Training can make an significant difference in your child’s mental and behavioral health. 

Studies and case reports have already shown that neurofeedback can be helpful for the following disorders:

  • Anxiety

  • Attachment Disorder

  • Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADD/ADHD)

  • Cerebral Palsy

  • Eating Disorders

  • Conduct Disorders

  • Learning Disabilities

  • Epilepsy

  • Personality Disorders

  • Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)

  • Seizures

  • Sleep Disorders

  • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

  • Tourette's Syndrome

  • Stroke/Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)

The best news of all is that kids’ brains are especially flexible and malleable; it’s the reason that children absorb a foreign language almost naturally, while an adult can struggle with audio tapes and translation dictionaries for years and never become fluent.  Some of the issues that Brain Training can help otherwise normal, healthy children navigate include:

  • Autoimmune problems

  • Behavioral and conduct problems

  • Depression

  • Fatigue

  • Fears and phobias

  • Headaches

  • Mood swings

Most of these are considered self-reinforcing syndromes: by giving in to negative behaviors, your son or daughter’s need to continue being impulsive, anxious, aggressive, etc. only intensifies.  But when you consider neurofeedback as a treatment alternative, you’re helping your child learn to break free of their own undesirable mental and behavioral patterns. 

For example, an ADHD child can target their own distractibility through Brain Training, which in turn can improve their performance in school and even their cognitive function — three controlled clinical studies cited by the NeuroTherapy Centers for Health found average increases of 10, 19, and 23 IQ points for representative groups of ADHD children. 

Despite the excitement surrounding the effectiveness of neurotherapy, it is important to understand that much research and clinical investigations are pending prior for this novel therapy to be considered “standard of care”.