By Cindy Nabb

Recently, my husband and I had the luxury of going to this years homeschool conference in our town and, much to my delight, it was an answer to prayer.  We have one little guy that has always been what I call a hands-on learner.  Traditional methods are hard for him.  Sitting down to a workbook is not his cup of tea and would only frustrate him and me.  We know he is an extremely intelligent kid.  He has always had a huge vocabulary, but would often use phrases in confusing ways and not be able to follow two or three-step instructions.  I felt like I had this bright kid locked in side this brain and I just needed to find the right keys to get him out.  I don’t feel like we are dealing with insurmountable learning disabilities just glitches. We sat down to listen to Dianne Craft, one of the featured speakers at the conference and immediately found relief.  We could see our son in the pictures that she painted of children with the same glitches as him.  

She has a book called Brain Integration Therapy.   In her book, she teaches you, the parent, to help retrain your child’s brain to move things such as writing from the right side of the brain to the left side.  Dianne Craft also talks about what she calls  The Biology of Behavior. This is how our gut and the gut-ecology, as she called it, can determine how we feel, act, behave and even learn. Yeast over-growth is the main culprit along with insufficient serotonin. Come to find out that these two things are related. I invite you to take a look at her site www.diannecraft.org and read through some of the handouts she has.  She lists other resources as well for further reading and investigation.

Dianne Craft has a Master’s Degree in special education and is a Certified Natural Health Professional. She has a private consultation practice, CHILD DIAGNOSTICS, Inc., in Littleton, Colorado.

Tags: behavior, homeschool, learning, teaching