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The developmental
difficulty There is an X Factor in developmental difficulties. For those with developmental difficulties, timing and rhythmicity circuits are faulty and regimented rhythmic activity will correct those circuits. But there is a condition which interferes with this remedial process. About a third of children
with ADD/ADHD have this condition. Most children with Autism have this
condition. This condition is a state of the body which resists
interventions. We call this condition 'Not Receptive to Change.' We think of this as a conservative, protective state. It recognizes that there is something wrong with the body and is protecting the body by not permitting any additional changes. It has no method to recognize if a change is beneficial or harmful, so it stops all changes. For this reason, it is unpredictable whether interventions for developmental difficulties will provide improvements or not. This X Factor keeps many children with developmental difficulties from benefiting from treatments which would otherwise reduce the child's developmental delay symptoms. This X Factor is part of what is keeping the developmental difficulties child from appropriate movement through developmental stages. Environmental Toxins Our experience is that the 'Not Receptive to Change' state is maintained in the body by exposure to Environmental Toxins. We do not yet understand all the mechanisms for this, but when the environmental toxins are removed from the child's environment, the child becomes receptive to change and interventions work. Many developmental
difficulties researchers and
practitioners are starting to recognize that there is a nutritional
component to developmental difficulties. When the developmental
difficulties child has a problem with certain food
items (for instance: wheat, gluten, corn, dairy, etc. . ), their
symptoms can be reduced when those food items are eliminated. This is
good, as far as it goes. We think this X Factor is much larger than simply a nutritional issue. Our experience is that these environmental toxins can be anything you can ingest, breathe, or touch. We call them environmental toxins because it is something in the environment of the child, to which the child reacts like it is a toxin. Sometimes it can be something the child eats, like corn or wheat. Sometimes it can be something the child breathes in, like a perfume or the smell of a cleaning fluid. Sometimes it can be something the child touches, like rubber or nylon. It can even be something like laundry detergent residue in clothes. In reaction to this toxin, the 'Not Receptive to Change' state is adopted by the body to protect the child from further damage from this (these) toxin(s). This protective state keeps interventions from affecting the body. For instance, when a parent gives instructions to a child who is in the 'Not Receptive to Change' state, those instructions (an intervention) will not be followed. When a child is in the 'Not Receptive to Change' state, rhythmic activities (an intervention) will not build new timing circuits. This is how this X Factor keeps the developmental difficulties child from moving through developmental states appropriately. When we eliminate the environmental toxins, the child will stop the 'Not Receptive to Change' state and start being receptive to interventions. In some cases this state change will reduce some of the developmental difficulties symptoms. In all cases the developmental difficulties child must rebuild the faulty timing circuits before appropriate movement through missed or stuck developmental stages can be achieved. Determine Environmental Toxins Eliminating environmental
toxins requires some kind of testing to In our experience these environmental toxins are often a moving target. As you identify one set of environmental toxins and remove them from the developmental difficulties child's environment, you create a new environment for the child. In most cases, this releases the child from the 'Not Receptive to Change' state and then appropriate interventions begin to improve the child's condition. But sometimes, another set of environmental toxins start to affect the child. This next set of toxins were somehow hidden from the original testing process (we think the new toxins were masked by other toxins, now removed). When this happens, another set of tests need to be performed to find this second tier of environmental toxins. In some severe cases, more than two tiers are encountered and each needs to be tested. In our experience, when selecting a testing process you should consider cost, speed, and convenience. Costs vary from $120 to $3,000. Speed varies from immediate to days or weeks. Convenience is a personal decision usually based on distances and appointment times. Make sure you ask about these considerations when you call for appointments for this type of testing. If you want to ask us personally for our recommendations for this type of testing, contact us directly.
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determine what is
maintaining the developmental difficulties child in the 'Not Receptive to Change' state. There are many different ways you can obtain this
testing. Many medical doctors have alternative medicine practices where
this testing can be done. Many
chiropractors have a nutritional component to their practice where this
testing can be accomplished. The
testing can be done using skin, blood, and hair. Other testing methods
are by muscle testing, with electronic equipment, or over the phone. In
all cases, the skill and experience of the practitioner are very
important for best results.