| Another Way of Looking at Developmental Difficulty | | | | There does not seem to be any major advancement |
| By Rodger Bailey, MS What if the current medical, | | | | because everyone is sticking within their paradigms. |
| psychological, and pharmaceutical approaches to | | | | Advancements all seem to be in how to get more |
| developmental difficulties are all on the wrong track? | | | | precise labels and descriptions. No one seems to be |
| What if there was a cultural solution to these problems | | | | coming forward with anything significant in the areas of |
| that you could do at home and all the symptoms | | | | treatment or prevention. I recently visited a university |
| would be gone in a few months? The current 'wisdom' | | | | and talked with a director of the psychology |
| for these developmental difficulties is that there is no | | | | department. This department of this university was |
| cure, you might grow out of some of the symptoms | | | | focusing on Autism and Asperger's (a high functioning |
| over time, but you really need to take these | | | | form of Autism). Their education and their research |
| medications that are prescribed. And, you may need to | | | | efforts were focused on identifying the minute and |
| take the medications for the rest of your life. | | | | precise symptom differences between Autism and |
| Developmental difficulties or developmental delay or | | | | Asperger's. The 'Psychology' paradigm for these |
| developmental problems shows up as some | | | | disorders is that there is no cure and there never will |
| combination of these conditions: * A lack of focus and | | | | be. They are not looking for a cure. They are only |
| concentration * Poor coordination * Inability to do | | | | focusing on how to get better at the diagnosis of |
| anything for more than a few seconds * Inability to sit | | | | these conditions. When I told this university psychology |
| still * Inability for follow instructions * Inability to connect | | | | department director of my own personal experiences |
| to the context * Impulsivity * Extreme sensitivity to light, | | | | of working with hundreds of children with these |
| sound, or touch * Poor self control * Poor self image | | | | conditions who lost their symptoms, he explained that |
| and self esteem * Poor athletic performance * Poor | | | | there is no way to achieve symptom reduction and |
| musical performance * Poor academic performance * | | | | elimination. My experience did not fit his paradigm, so it |
| Poor speech development * Poor emotional | | | | was not something he could hear. I approached this |
| development * Poor social development The current | | | | university in search of graduate students who need |
| diagnostic process for developmental difficulties | | | | research projects for their doctoral studies. Their |
| involves identifying how many of these behaviors a | | | | paradigm is so strong, no one from that university |
| child displays. But, what if none of these specific | | | | wanted to explore my techniques, even though I have |
| behaviors is really important with respect to a solution | | | | remarkable results with developmental difficulties. The |
| for the child? What if the solution is something really | | | | same is true for medical doctors, clinical psychologists, |
| basic? In the last few years, I have worked with over | | | | and teachers. They think there is no way to fix these |
| 300 children and adults who have developmental | | | | conditions and so they concentrate on precisely |
| difficulties. My experience is that between 70% and | | | | identifying these conditions. All efforts for treatment |
| 80% lose all their 'symptoms' by following a rigorous | | | | are designed to help parents, teachers, and other |
| exercise program. I'll tell you more about this later. | | | | children cope with the children with these conditions. |
| Discoveries uncovered in research in the last few | | | | What will happen when we talk about a program you |
| years are leading to new paradigms in many fields. In | | | | can do at home for 40 minutes per day, three days |
| many instances, a multidiscipline approach is leading to | | | | per week, for only three months, and all the symptoms |
| new insights because of the unique | | | | will be gone in six months? This does not fit the current |
| frames-of-reference from those multiple disciplines. | | | | paradigm, so the 'professionals' will not review it, study |
| Many people working together from different fields are | | | | it, prescribe it, or tell anyone about it. For them, this |
| sharing ideas and learning from each other. These | | | | does not fit their current paradigm, so it cannot exist. |
| shared ideas are leading to dramatic improvements in | | | | Well, there is hope. If you want to read about my |
| understanding for all involved. However, in the areas of | | | | paradigm of Developmental Difficulty (which includes |
| developmental difficulties, many disciplines are all | | | | how-to solutions), read through my website: If you |
| looking at the problem, but few are sharing what they | | | | have someone in your family with some of these |
| are discovering. Because they are holding onto their | | | | conditions, contact me by email and I will be glad to |
| own paradigms, little advancement is being made. | | | | guide you to a solution for them. |