A Shaman’s Way
Celebrate the Feminine! Tis workshop will explore
feminine essence in its natural form.
Celebrate and connect to your beliefs, desires, your sensuality and sexuality.
You will use the medicine wheel, ceremony, and journeying in a safe and sacred
space to become the powerful person that you truly are.
You will learn to recognize the archetypes of the feminine.
What they mean to you and how they can empower you.
Saturday, April 28th, 10 AM – 4 PM Holcomb Farm, West Granby, CT
Contact Julie Palmer:
ashamansway@gmail.com www.ashamansway.com
therapy to reduce inner ear related sensory problems is important. However, initially or simultaneously introducing structural therapy such as IMT to correct the inner ear compression is beneficial to allow for the functional AIT therapy to work optimally.
Applied Behavioral Analysis (ABA) Therapy—A Functional Therapy
Applied behavioral analysis was
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founded by Dr. Ivar Lovaas and is rooted in the concept that behavior is affected by the environment. ABA therapy uses behavior- ist methods to teach social and behavioral skills to children on the autism spectrum. It is a treatment that requires repetition and integration into all environments, including the home environment. This type of interven- tion falls into the functional therapy category because it involves education and training of the person using an immersion method. ABA therapy is a tool that can be successful in helping children on the spectrum reach their potential, but what if their potential for normal behavior is lower because of body dysfunction, for example, inner ear compres- sion or inflammation in the brain or gut? The benefits of these functional therapies for a child with autism spectrum disorder can be greatly increased when structural therapies such as IMT and comprehensive nutritional therapies are integrated into the child’s program.
Example: Hypersensitivity to Sound
Let’s examine some autistic behaviors to further illustrate the difference between structural and functional therapies. Let’s begin with hypersensitivity to sound. It is common knowledge that many children with Autism have a history of recurrent ear infec- tions and allergies. In the field of IMT there
are many patterns of dysfunction that have been identified in the body. The discovery of these patterns has led to the development of many treatment protocols. One commonly found pattern in children with Autism is severe compression of the inner ear. Within the inner ear, there are multiple important structures for hearing, including the cochlea, ear drum, vestibular nerve, and more. When combined into the vestibular mechanism, these structures are not much larger then a peanut. They reside inside the ear, border- ing the temporal bone. When there is severe compression, this peanut sized vestibular mechanism within the inner ear pushes up against the temporal bone. This can contrib- ute to significant hypersensitivity to sound. Often, the child may have headaches, and very likely does not have the ability to ex- press them. Much of their behavior may be secondary to this dysfunction. A functional approach to addressing
the hypersensitivity to sound may be AIT (mentioned above), a form of music therapy. AIT can be very successful when used at the appropriate time, but if there is severe com- pression of the inner ear the benefits of AIT are limited. However, if IMT as a structural therapy is utilized first to help decompress the inner ear, then the functional therapies have a greater potential to work. Often, the IMT alone can help to reduce and even cor- rect the hypersensitivity to sound. But in the more severe cases, the functional therapies are very important to support the re-educa- tion of the region.
Example: Aggressive Behaviors
When considering aggressive behaviors, the solution may seem more complex for a number of reasons. First, it may be chal- lenging to work with an aggressive child. Second, aggressive behaviors stem from a specific part of the brain, the limbic system.
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