Archives for May 2012

Protecting Children

How to Protect Children in Boulder County? The following information is from Blue Sky Bridge: Child and Family Advocacy Center.  The link below provides information on: 1. How to report child abuse 2. How to handle suspected child abuse 3. What you can do to prevent abuse For more information, please click the link below. […]

Neurofeedback Helps Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

In the article, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder – The Neurofeedback Remedy by Siegfried Othmer, Ph.D. and Susan F. Othmer, MA, the authors found with the use of neurofeedback and post traumatic stress disorder that: “Collectively, this approach has been found to be much better tolerated than traditional exposure therapies. In addition, it is helpful in […]

Dr. Shapiro Answers More Questions About EMDR in the New York Times

Dr. Shapiro answers more questions about EMDR in the New York Times.  These questions are in response to the earlier article, “The Evidence on EMDR” that was published in the New York Times on March 2, 2012. To see the follow up questions and answers, please click the link below. Source

Video Gaming and Your Child’s Brain?

Dr. Swatzyna recently wrote an article about how video gaming can affect a child’s developing brain titled, Is Excessive Video Gaming Harmful to Your Child’s Brain?  She writes: “Studies suggest that excessive video gaming can have lasting and serious effects, especially in young maturing brains.” This is more specifically true for children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity […]

ADHD and Neurofeedback

Research finds that Neurofeedback can help children with ADHD.  For more information on the research, click the link below. Source

Do You Have a Healthy Diet?

As a consumer, we often receive misleading information especially when it comes to eating right. Eating less and exercising more does not seem to work in fighting obesity although television and government campaigns against obesity say so. Studies are finding that the primary problem with obesity is the amount of sugar that we consume.  Sugar […]

Critical Validation Studies of Neurofeedback

Neurofeedback Study: Critical Validation Studies of Neurofeedback By Gruzelier J. and Egner T. Source Division of Neuroscience and Psychological Medicine, Imperial College London, St. Dunstan’s Road, London W6 8RF, United Kingdom. [email protected] Abstract “The field of neurofeedback training has proceeded largely without validation. In this article the authors review studies directed at validating sensory motor rhythm, beta and […]

Electroencephalogram Biofeedback

Neurofeedback Study:  Electroencephalogram Biofeedback for Reading Disability and Traumatic Brain Injury by Thornton KE Ph.D. and Carmody DP Ph.D. “Reading disabilities present major challenges to the educational system. The estimated prevalence rate for learning disabilities is 15% of the student population [1], with 6.5 million children requiring special education in 2002 [2]. Approximately 63% of […]