Because of their life circumstances in their early months, many of our adopted children did not experience the movement they needed in order to integrate their infant reflexes and allow their brains to fully develop. In orphanages, in particular, babies spend lots of hours lying still in cribs, though this can be true in other care situations as well.
Research clearly shows that unless a child is moving around in their world, the wiring in their brain does not make complete connections. Without complete and connected wiring, without integration of the infant reflexes, everything these children do is such HARD WORK. The child struggles, until one day they reach a place where there is literally more expected of them than their systems can handle, and they shut down.
This shut down can look like ADHD, or learning disabilities, or autism, or depression, or rebellion, or worse … it has several different faces. The bottom line is the underlying neurodevelopment was not complete, no more ‘learning’ can be piled on that weak system, and it collapses.
For some children this happens in the pre-school years, when they do not have sufficient brain connections to support language development or appropriate behavior in group settings; for some it comes in first grade when they cannot learn to read; for some it comes in third grade when they still do not know 2+1; for some it happens in middle school when they cannot manage transitions and peer interactions; others get into high school with inadequate comprehension of both oral and written language, poor study skills, and a disorganized approach to life in general. Learning and 'wiring problems' can affect the child in both the school and social settings.
What is Heartsent Learning Solutions?
There is an answer for these children and the families who love them: Heartsent Learning Solutions. This is a neurologically based program of movement therapy and academics. Heartsent Learning Solutions provides a program of playful activities that stimulates the necessary brain development - coupled with academic instruction as is appropriate for the child's age and grade level. This is not patterning, creeping, and crawling. This is not fighting with your child to do exercises at home every day. We won’t tell you: “take this and just do it at home.”
We will suggest you bring your child to us for a few weeks. The average Heartsent Learning Solutions program is 6-8 weeks: ideally 2 hours a day, 4 sequential days each week. The fees include the initial assessment, program development, reassessment, all conferencing, and the 6-8 weeks of instruction. The end result is lasting improvement for your child in the areas s/he needs; we tailor your child’s program to fit their needs.
We have worked with many families who have gotten neuropsychological assessments, spent countless hours negotiating with IEP teams for special education, spent month after month sending/taking children to occupational therapy, physical therapy, speech and language therapy, vision therapy, academic tutoring, or paid for tuition for private schools, and the children aren’t getting better in any lasting way, because their neurodevelopmental needs are not addressed.
Call Heartsent Learning Solutions, and get your child on the road to the bright, happy future that you have always envisioned for them. We know about adopted children, we understand their needs, and we know how to meet them - quickly, efficiently, in a cost effective manner, so that your entire family can benefit immediately.
A skilled teacher (Chris Gomes), and an adoptive mom with a therapeutic background and five adopted children who needed help (Val), developed this program. Val says "I have tested this program on my own children, and made sure it worked before offering it to you! I have known Chris for 18 years, and know she is a "Child Whisperer" who can connect with and find her way through your child's problems and needs. I am excited to offer this program to you, to help YOUR children benefit like mine have been. I completely stand behind this amazing program".
Chris Gomes is a Certified HANDLE® Screener. HANDLE is the Holistic Approach to NeuroDevelopment and Learning Efficiency – an approach that works to identify and strengthen sensory, motor and/or processing systems, to promote academic and behavioral skills and facilitate learning. Chris provides HANDLE Screenings as part of the Heartsent Learning Solutions assessment, and incorporates HANDLE activities into the Heartsent Learning Solutions program.
We have many families who have already benefited greatly from our services in our first 3 plus years, who will be more than happy to share their experiences with you. Call us to get their phone numbers. You can get their feedback, hear how their efforts with other methods did not result in lasting improvement, and hear how Heartsent Learning Solutions has helped their children. You can also call us for more information and a private consultation about our program. Your family deserves results in a way that feels good to each person in the family! Success does happen, and it can happen for you and your child.
Services We Currently Offer
The intensive program detailed above, socialization skills with group interaction programs, assistance with navigating the schools and IEP programs, and special Kindergarten readiness and summer camp programs.
Please contact us to schedule an interview with you or an assessment for your child.