Autism Solutions Center

Laura Corby, Founder/CEO of Autism Solution Center, Inc. has partnered with Michael Gonzalez-Wallace, Developer of the Brain-Muscle Workout, in an effort to bring schools on board with an amazing new program. Michael's Brain-Muscle Workout and Laura's behavior modification and sensory integration protocols are the perfect pair to both increase wellness, physical fitness, coordination, and combat childhood obesity, as well as teach children to better regulate their emotions, increase focus and attention, and reduce unwanted behaviors in the classroom and out, with an outcome of improved grades and greater comprehension.

This program is highly effective for ALL school children, but we expect to see some tremendous gains in the special education departments. Implementing an exercise program that promotes neuroplasticity, in coordination with behavior and sensory protocols, will yield significant improvement in children with Autism Spectrum Disorders, and other neurodevelopmental disorders.

The cerebellum, the area of the brain responsible for voluntary physical movement is connected by neurons to all parts of the cortex, the area of the brain responsible for higher order thinking. Nearly 80 studies have suggested a strong link between the movement and memory, spatial perception, language, attention, emotion, nonverbal cues, and decision-making (Jensen, 1998).

1.ACTIVE CHILDREN LEARN FASTER
“ Dr Hesslow, a Swedish neuroscientist and well renowned cerebellum researchers: “All things being equal a physically active child will have an advantage in learning

2.STUDY: CATERINO AND POLAK 1999
“ Mental focus in young children improve significantly after engaging in structured physical activity”

3.EXERCISE AND AEROBIC IMPROVES CHILDRENS FRONTAL LOBES

4.BRINK (1995): “AEROBIC CONDITIONS SEEMES TO ASSIST IN MEMORY

5.EXERCISE IMPROVES MEMORY AND CREATIVITY

Dustnam research (Michund and Wild 1991 tested three groups: those who engaged in vigorous activity improved in short term, creativity and reaction time

6..MORE EXERCISE BETTER GRADES, STUDY SAYS
CANADIAN STUDY showed how academic scores went up went physical education was increased to one third of the school day (Vanes and Blanchard)

7. HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS INVOLVED IN EXERCISE SHOWED BETTER GRADES
Students involved in sports showed higher grades than those who didn’t. (1990 TEXAS, High School athletes scored 17% higher than non-athletes)


8. JAMES POLLATSCHECK AND FRANK HAAGEN (1996) say children who engaged in daily physical education showed superior motor fitness, academic performance than children who didn’t involve in any sport


9.PHYSICAL ACTIVITY CREATES GREATER SYNAPTIC CONNECTIONS
William Greenough showed how rats that exercised in enriched environments had a greater number of synaptic connections. Exercise improves brain functioning in the following areas: the cerebellum, the basal ganglia, hippocampus or the corpsus callosum


10. BRAIN ACTIVITY GROWS NEW CELLS (Van Praag 1999)
Aerobic exercise benefits us in many ways. One of hem is that we release endorphins, the class of neurotransmitter that relax us into a state of cortical alertness and reduce the symptoms of depression.

Others effect of exercise are: exercise tends to raise levels of glucose, serotonin, epinephrine and dopamine, chemicals that at elevated levels are to known to inhibit hunger and balance behavior


11.AEROBIC FITNESS AIDS COGNITION
Aerobic activity not only increases blood flow to the brain but also speeds recall and reasoning skills (Van Boxtel 1996)

12.EXERCISE TRIGGERS BDNF
Exercise releases BDNF a brain derived neurotropic factor that enables one neuron to communicate with another (Kino*bleep*a 1997)

13.CROSS LATERAL MOVEMENT ORGANIZES BRAIN FUNCTIONS
Exercise involving left arm with right leg organizes brain hemispheres.

14. BALANCE IMPROVES READING CAPACITY
The same way our eyes process through the optic nerve, we need to hear it as well. The auditory nerve plays a very important role in the movement process..

For more information on previewing this program for your school system, contact Laura Corby at (901) 758-8288 or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .