Chikly and the brain curriculum

[Snowfire]

Has anyone any experience with the Brain curriculum? My daughter was seeing a person for CST last fall (she has adhd.) We stopped for a while and she (my daughter) said a week or 2 ago that she wanted to go back. I thought her request interesting and possibly insightful on her part so I scheduled. since we last saw this therapist she has done some training with Chikly on the brain. I had not heard of it before. she explained a little and it seemed a good fit. She had the session and we've scheduled again. I'm interested in (and feeling optimistic about) how things progress.

wondering if anyone has any experience about this?

 

[richardinunion]

I haven't taken the Brain curriculum, although it's definitely one of my goals. It's an advanced course, and only open to practitioners who have 4 years of clinical practice, as well as 4 levels of consecutive training in one of the following Upledger specialties: CST, LDT or VMR. (I'm taking the 4th level of LDT this Spring & will then become eligible for the 1st level of the Brain curriculum).

Although I can't share personal experience, here's the description from Upledger's website:

http://secure.upledger.com/viewcoursedescription.asp?courseID=963

And here's an article about the Brain technique being used to assist veterans:

http://www.upledger.com/pdf/UpDateSP07.pdf

Please keep us posted on how your daughter responds to this work!

 

[lourrainne]

Thanks for your response, Blisss. I did think about you because when I did a search a post came from you saying you were interested in this. I did read the information on Upledgers website. Thanks for the links. I'll read that article.

It was interesting to watch the session. the therapist is very good, working with a child who doesn't for once stay still. she did get her to lie still for the last 10 minutes or so, I was impressed. this morning my daughter is in good spirits!

 

[erivida]

I haven't taken the Brain curriculum, although it's definitely one of my goals. It's an advanced course, and only open to practitioners who have 4 years of clinical practice, as well as 4 levels of consecutive training in one of the following Upledger specialties: CST, LDT or VMR. (I'm taking the 4th level of LDT this Spring & will then become eligible for the 1st level of the Brain curriculum).

Although I can't share personal experience, here's the description from Upledger's website:

http://secure.upledger.com/viewcoursedescription.asp?courseID=963

And here's an article about the Brain technique being used to assist veterans:

http://www.upledger.com/pdf/UpDateSP07.pdf

Please keep us posted on how your daughter responds to this work!

I recently had a conversation with a therapist that has received this training and is doing the work. Many of her clients are veterans of war or have had other traumatic experiences. She was very excited about it and had some very... "out-there"... stories of her experiences with it. After a while I gave up on understanding what she was trying to describe, as I have no formal training in cranial-sacral work, and she emphasized that years of training and experience were prerequisites.