Pam Cavallo rolls out the Neuromat

Can a Solution Be This Simple? Brain A BC's Pam Cavallo Ex plains The Neuromat

At BrainABC?s, Inc we are continually striving to make an impact and we are honored to be able to help the students at the School for Special Needs in Yungay, Peru! When Rodney and I met Jim Killon a few years ago we knew we had formed a friendship that through collaboration, could offer solutions to parents and teachers who otherwise do not have effective resources available to them.

I think my daughter, Natalie Cavallo, say it bests, ?Many think the figure 8 movement is just a fundamental basketball dribbling skill, or a way to calibrate the compass on Google Maps, but it is far more powerful than this. The motor movement of walking in a figure 8 can ?calibrate? the brain by helping create new neural pathways and increase efficiency. Using this science, BrainABC?s neuromat ® was born?.

We want readers to understand that recent neurological research has been ground-breaking and, in a sense, gives us an understanding of the power to change the way our student?s and client?s brains work. I believe that brains are both magical and mystical. When I?m working with an individual I not only believe I can change their brain, I expect it! We now know that brains are capable of changing throughout our lifetimes. How exciting is that? As parents, teachers and therapists it is our job to change the brains of our children, students and clients. And, with the neuromat® we are able to offer a low-cost, fun and simple solution.

We are on a mission to change lives around the world, and we believe we can accomplish that goal. The neuromat® is a simple but highly effective tool. The progress we are witnessing is nothing less than amazing.

The neuromat ® is a colorful, fun and easyway to facilitate walking in a figure 8 pattern. Itoffers parents, teachers, and therapists amulti-sensory approach to teaching virtuallyany person at any age how to walk(forward/backward), crawl, hop, skip or jumpin a simple figure 8 pattern. For years, we have known that this type of motor movement helps the brain create new neural pathways and in turn make the brain more efficient. As one moves through the figure 8 pattern, the brain has to quickly send and receive sensory data from one hemisphere to the other.

The motor movement of walking in a figure 8 pattern is based on years of research. This st rategic method encourages the brain to integrate many functional skills at the same time, thus increasing its ability to multi-task. When the brain is able to process sensory information and turn those messages into appropriate motor actions, learning takes place. There are many different cognitive ability levels, but the ability to use the brain to the best of its?ability, is a skill that must be developed, practiced and maintained.

Research confirms that the brain is a very powerful and pliable tool. When a new neuropat hw ay is form ed, it m ust be pract iced in order t o becom e a learned skill. This new skill must be practiced again and again and again. Having said that, it is when this new skill becomes difficult and you work through the difficulty, that real change occurs. Muscles react much the same way. A muscle gets stronger when fatigue sets in and the muscle is pushed to go further. Think of your brain as the most important muscle in your body.

The neurom at ® helps to develop skills, including but not limited to:

- The brain?s ability to multi-task - Attention Bilateral and mid-line movement - Body in space awareness - Motor planning - Sensory awareness and integration - Balance - Motor Coordination - Visual attention - Pre-readiness learning skills (color identification, counting, one-to-one correspondence)

- Receptive and expressive language