Someone Flipped the Switch

This summer has been amazing for my older son.  After a rough year where he struggled in school with staying focused, it seems as if someone has flipped a switch and he is on!  He talks more...almost too much, but that's okay because the change is wonderful.  He talks about things that are important to him and his new found sense of humor is amazing.  Right now he's in summer school and when I ask him about his day, when I say "What happened at school today?"  I get an answer, a real answer, not the standard "nothing" answer.  It's amazing!  He's told me about a classmate who asked him if he goes to church.  He has shared wonderful stories about Art class and even asked me questions like what should he name the car that he is creating out of clay.  These may not seem important or ground shaking conversations to most moms of twelve year old boys, but it's a amazing to me.  The best part is that other people see it too.  My parents saw the difference and when he spent the night with a friend, the mom shared stories with me about him telling her all kinds of stuff, personal stuff, our business.  Yes, we'll need to make some adjustments, but what a wonderful change.

For a mom of an ADD boy, these changes are significant and it all has to do with neurofeedback treatments he has been undergoing through Better Brain Care.  Our younger son went through neurofeedback at Better Brain Care three years ago and I have always felt guilty that we didn't send the older one.  Turns out that wasn't a bad thing because the treatment has come a long way in three short years.  Instead of two leads to measure brainwaves, they now use four and they have a way of integrating the data they collect from the brainwaves with the inventories I completed about his physical, cognitive and emotional behaviors.  I have to say it again!  The results are amazing.  The only down side was that our insurance didn't cover the treatment, but I consider it worth every penny since we now have a little boy who is engaging with the world in ways he never has.  What a blessing!!!!