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When Linda Scotson's son, Doran was three days old she was told he was incurably brain injured and would be able to do nothing. She decided differently!
After exploring every hopeful avenue, Doran seemed little better. Linda saw that existing therapies relied on managing a child to use alternative muscles not the restoration of the right muscles. As children grew, this poor foundation caused increasing stress and collapsed under them. She began to believe that the answer lay in a principal that also applied to normal development and she set about the adventure of finding that answer
Modern medicine often sees the answer in some chemical fix for the symptoms. Linda knew that she wanted to deal with the actual cause at a more natural level. As a loving mother with total understanding of the problem, she had a unique qualification before she even began her studies at University College, London. Every brain -injured child Linda met had a problem breathing so Linda decided to focus her PhD research on the respiratory system. Her work showed that all neurological problems led to deep respiratory problems. Moreover, without normal respiratory mechanics, metabolic recovery in the brain was impossible.
Linda's extensive research and dedication led to the development of The Scotson Technique which, without the use of drugs or invasive therapy, proved the abnormalities associated with brain injury could potentially be reversed. Recovery was possible.
The real miracle of this carefully measured progress was that it was predictable and worked with ALL children. The unique, gentle, deeply restorative therapy, gradually transformed the lives of the children and their families.
Thanks to Linda's passion and determination to find a better way of living for her son and others like him, the Advance institute for The Scotson Technique has now helped families worldwide and can help you Advance your child.
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Advance Centre for The Scotson Technique (TST)
The unique restorative science for children and young people with brain injuries - advance your child!
Advance Centre teaches the parents of brain-injured children how to deliver The Scotson Technique (TST), a drug-free respiratory-based exercise to help nourish the brain with extra oxygen that it needs for more normal development. The technique, developed by Linda Scotson after 15 years of research into breathing and recovery of function after brain injury at University College London, Psychology Department, has been extremely successful in helping brain-injured children overcome movement, learning and behavioural difficulties. The Advance Centre teaching institute is based in West Sussex in the UK with centres in Slovakia, South Africa, Namibia and the Philippines.
Visit our blog: http://advancecentres.blogspot.com
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Our preferred method of contact initially is by email: info@advancecentres.com
ADVANCE UK Address
The Bradbury House
6 Station Road
East Grinstead
West Sussex
RH19 1DJ
TEL: 01342 311 137
INT: +44 1342 311 137
FAX 01342 305 159
Patron: The Countess Sondes. Vice Patron: David Jacobs CBE, DL. Vice Presidents: Carol Hehir MBE; Jilly Goolden. Trustees: John Gardiner; Sarah Pratten; Louise Bray
To meet international needs, Advance also set-up a now flourishing clinic in the following areas:
THE SOUTH AFRICAN Centre for Scotson Technique
THE SLOVAKIAN Centre for Scotson Technique
THE PHILIPPINE Center for Scotson Technique
What Can Be Gained?
This technique brings about improved: -
1. Physical structure: co-ordination, posture, balance and motor development.
2. Arm and hand movement and motor control.
3. Speech.
4. Swallowing, digestion and elimination.
5. Vision.
6. Intelligence and understanding.
7. Behaviour and socialisation.
8. Emotional maturity.
9. Sleep.
10. Seizure reduction and elimination.
11. General health and well being.
(Autism) A typical Story of Hope by a Mother.
At 2 ½ years Sasha was diagnosed with severe autism and verbal and body dyspraxia. By 12 years of age he was deteriorating and unable to hold his body upright, speak or communicate. He was agitated; he continuously flapped his arms and was always over breathing. He tired easily and had acid reflux. Six years ago we found the Scotson Technique. Improvements were vast, now he holds his head up, walks confidently and uses both arms. He is much calmer and happier, no arm flapping; he communicates well and is using some words of speech. He has much more stamina and rarely has reflux or over breathes. Sasha also attends 6th form college and has passed 2 GSCE in maths.
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Thursday, 15 October 2009
A group for families and friends of children with brain injury
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Friends of "The Scotson Technique"
Category: Organizations - Non-Profit Organizations
Description: A group for families and friends of children with brain injury
Studies in the last 10 years have shown that we grow new cells in our brain throughout our whole life. So the question comes to mind as to why the prognosis for children with brain injury is generally quite bad.
If we grow new neurons all the time, why does the brain not just replace the dead ones?
Studies have also shown that the building of new cells in our brain depends heavily on the supply of oxygen to the brain. The diaphragm is a vital part of our respiratory system and responsible for respiratory rate and depth – in other words, a strong diaphragm can supply the body with more oxygen than a weak diaphragm.
If the body is under extreme stress, it will distribute the available oxygen to the “important organs” like the brain and the heart -therefore,the muscles including the diaphragm will have less oxygen. This damages the diaphragm and consequently it's function.
So now, we are facing the situation of a child whose brain needs a huge amount of oxygen to build lots of new brain cells and a respiratory system that can’t supply the vital oxygen or the pressures the lungs depend on for optimal lung growth.The child’s development will start to slow down and eventually when the growth of the child can no longer be supported by the dysfunctional respiratory system the child will start to regress.
The only way children with brain injury can start developing more normally is by treating the respiratory system to provide the necessary oxygen for brain growth, and the pressures from the diaphragm on the lungs, other vital organs and the muscular-skeletal system to prevent and treat structural abnormalities.
The Scotson Technique was uniquely designed to treat the respiratory system which in turn enables children with brain injury to achieve a more normal development, better health and a generally improved quality of life.
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Linda Scotson is a guest on BBC Radio 4's Midweek Programme
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Libby Purves interviews Linda Scotson on BBC Radio 4
When Linda Scotson's son, Doran, was three days old, she was told by doctors that he was incurably brain injured and would not be able to live a normal life. She refused to believe this and, through her extensive research and dedication, developed The Scotson Technique.
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Sunday, 11 October 2009
Lésions cérébrales: Le Monde d’Antonio
.Antonio
Antonio - a French boy with cerebral palsy
Click here for a translation of the article below
Une cause, un fest noz
Antonio est un jeune briochin de 12 ans polyhandicapé, il souffre de lésions cérébrales, suite à un manque d’oxygénation de son cerveau après la naissance, qui le perturbent grandement dans son évolution.
L’association "Le Monde d’Antonio" a été créée en 1999 pour venir en aide au jeune garçon et à sa famille qui a fait le choix de le maintenir au domicile. Elle sert également à financer les soins complémentaires suivis en Angleterre auprès du centre Advance de Linda Scotson. "Des exercices très doux sont proposés pour stimuler les muscles internes qui sont atrophiés de part la diminution de la capacité respiratoire. Antonio suit également un traitement complémentaire d'acides aminés qui aide le cerveau à gérer les lésions et à compenser la pathologie" explique Joëlle Touzé, la présidente de l'association. Depuis septembre 2007, Antonio suit la méthode Neurokido de Dominique Déchamps, thérapeute niçoise. Son approche est basée sur l’amélioration du métabolisme grâce à une alimentation saine et un bon équilibre acido-basique ainsi que des exercices proches des postures de yoga.
L'association permet maintenant à une dizaine d'autres enfants de profiter de cette méthode en organisant sa venue en Bretagne.
En septembre 2008, la famille a acheté le matériel Neurocare, logiciel qui en harmonisant les ondes cérébrales, apporte un meilleur fonctionnement du cerveau. 2 séances hebdomadaires ont déjà permis a Antonio de mieux gérer son hypersensibilité aux bruits et d’être plus posé, moins ‘en dents de scie’, plus vivant. Il parvient maintenant à suivre du regard des images en mouvement !
Depuis 5 ans, le grand succès du fest-noz permet de récolter, ce soir là, entre 3000 et 5000 euros, suivant les années. Ce qui permet « d’aider à financer les thérapies, mais aussi les soins non remboursés par la CPAM (psychomotricité…), et les frais de maintien à domicile ( tierce personne, matériel, aménagements, perte de salaire..). Le maintien au domicile est un choix qui reste très lourd de sacrifices et nous le faisons pour le bien-être d'Antonio car le polyhandicap est encore difficilement gérable dans les centres ou il y a en outre un manque dramatique de places. Le coût en centre, pour la société, y est infiniment plus élevé; alors pourquoi ce choix du maintien à domicile reste-il aussi peu encouragé ? » précisent Brigitte et Otavio Gil, les parents d'Antonio.
Le formidable élan de solidarité né depuis 2004 autour de ce grand fest-noz est une bouffée d'oxygène pour tous les bénévoles qui entourent la famille et une vraie fête pour le jeune garçon. D'autres opérations en cours d'année permettent aussi de récolter des fonds (ventes de cartes, repas brésilien, loto, concerts, tournois de foot, vide grenier, …) Une initiative qui mêle solidarité et démarche artistique autour de la musique bretonne grâce à un plateau d'une rare qualité.
La plupart des artistes bretons répondent présents chaque année à cet appel du coeur pour une cause noble. Site Internet: le Monde d'Antonio
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Sunday, 20 September 2009
Gert’s Story
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By his grandmother
Gert was born 7th November 1993 - he was born premature at 28 weeks.
The doctors gave him an injection to open his lungs. He spent three months in an incubator when he was a year old. The doctor told us, when we asked, why Gert was not able to sit. He said that Gert had cerebral palsy and their was no hope for him to improve. He had an operation in 2004 to correct his hips which were out, due to spasticity.
We heard about The Scotson Technique and started in July 2005. Before The Scotson Technique, Gert had poor to no head control. He had limited use of his right hand and limited leg movements. He was very stiff and difficult to work with. His breathing was shallow and irregular and he had difficulty speaking.
After four years of The Scotson Technique…..
His breathing has improved remarkably. He can blow his nose and scream when asked and he is also speaking beautifully. His head control is normal and the spasticity in his shoulders and arms is much better, and his grasp has improved; he can now reach out to take objects. His wrist and hand function is remarkably better. He can reach to the top of a page to turn it and can do beautiful writing and drawing.
Gert can now also eat and drink independently. Besides all this, his hips and legs are bending and are much more relaxed such that his aided walking is also much better. All these changes have made Gert much more confident. He is a friendly normal teenager with a determination to do things independently.
At school, he is responsible for emptying the bins and delivering letters, messages and flowers as part of the internal school tasks. Gert takes his responsibilities seriously and his independence in manoeuvring his electric wheelchair has shown a marked improvement over the past few months. He now has the energy to keep up with his schoolwork and insists on doing it.
The Scotson Technique was worth every minute of four years of exercises. We know it really makes a difference. We are proud of Gert’s performance and will continue to ensure that maximum independence in all of his areas is achieved to assist in preparing for his life after school.
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Labels: breathing, cerebral palsy, head control, spactic, spasticity
Monday, 14 September 2009
Article about The Scotson Technique appears in a Hungarian Newspaper
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Click the image above to read the full article (in Hungarian)
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Labels: help, linda scotson, magyar, the scotson technique, treatment
Sunday, 13 September 2009
Nimoe’s Story
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By her mother
This is a story of Nimoe de Hoop who has cerebral palsy and she is now 7 and the half years old.
We started with TST about 3 years ago and this is how her development progressed:
* The first big milestone was speech: Nimoe started to build longer and more complex sentences as her breathing improved. This happened after about a year.
* The second milestone was that she was able to feed herself, drink with less or no assistance and hold a beautiful sitting posture.
* The third big milestone was toilet training. She can say when she needs to go to the toilet and even control her need at times when there is no facilities close by.
During these 3 years, her seizures have reduced tremendously in terms of frequency and severity. I mean she went from an average of one seizure per month to one seizure every 4 to even 5 months!
I'm carrying on with TST knowing there will be improvement along the way, adding quality to her life and our life as parents….
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Labels: breathing, cerebral palsy, infantile seizures, speech therapy, toilet training
Danilo’s Story
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By his mother
Danilo and his twin brother were born prematurely at 29 weeks on 16th January 2004 (Bologna – Italy).
He was not breathing on his own so he was incubated. After two months in ICU, he was sent home weighting only 1,750 kg. Two years later, I was told he had severe brain damage. There was no hope and not much of a future for him.
I felt that Danilo was just another number to add to the statistics of babies who survived a premature birth – now it is the family to take over and deal with all the problems and suffering that will soon start.
In fact, over the next 18-24 months, Danilo was diagnosed with:
* Spastic Quadriplegic Cerebral Palsy
* C.V.I. (Cerebral Vision Impairment)
* Infantile spasms
* West Syndrome
* Reflux
and all they gave was 1 hour (twice a week) of therapy. We did not need a medical degree to know this was not enough for Danilo. Therefore, like many other families with brain-injured children, we started looking /doing alternative therapies.
When we saw and read about the TST method at the Advance Centre, we finally saw that someone was taking this problem seriously. Linda showed us how important it was to first develop a healthy respiratory system.
We came to advance in August 2008. It’s almost a year now that we are doing the TST. It’s a long and slow progress as Danilo has so many problems, but we can see changes in him ( they may seem small to others but to me and I’m sure even to Danilo, they are big steps).
* Danilo has more head control
* His shoulders are open not all closed into himself
* He has a flatter chest, wider ribcage
* His speech, yes we are starting to communicate and understand what he is saying. (Danilo understands English and Italian) and he continues to surprise us daily with his words
* He can sit in the crossed leg position for longer and is also starting to use his arms to help with his balance
* He loves to slither all over the place and is so determined to get to where he wants
* He can now lean on his forearms and is trying to get into the crawl position
Our journey has just begun and we know he has a long way to go still (strong muscle tone as he grows older) – but we will take each step together and try our best to improve his condition.
“TST can make a difference”
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+ A group for families and friends of children with ...
+ Linda Scotson is a guest on BBC Radio 4's Midweek ...
+ Lésions cérébrales: Le Monde d’Antonio
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+ Gert’s Story
+ Article about The Scotson Technique appears in a H...
+ Nimoe’s Story
+ Danilo’s Story
+ Angelman Syndrome (“Happy Puppet Syndrome”)
+ Corentin’s Story
+ Charlie’s Story
+ Natália Története
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+ Tahlia's right-sided hemiplegia
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+ Some nice photos of Lili Scotson
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+ Lili and Doran Scotson
+ Fund-raising for Advance
+ Advance Centre Staff - who's who
+ Autism, Cerebral Palsy (and other problems related...
+ What is Autism?
+ William, born prematurely at just 25 weeks
+ Linda and Doran, Then and Now
o ► June (8)
+ Imagine...
+ The story of Ben’s Progress with TST
+ The Scotson Technique: Samuel's Story
+ Emily at Advance
+ Josie's Journey Out of Severe Autism
+ TST and Children with Autistic Characteristics
+ Constipation, Behaviour, Sleep, Autism and Breathi...
+ How The Scotson Technique Helped My Beautiful Gran...
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+ Help protest against psychiatry's harmful treatmen...
+ Doran: Child of Courage
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+ How TST Can Explain and Treat Otherwise Inexplicab...
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+ ADHD & Autism: Look beyond the diagnosis
+ Sarah Pratten, one of our trustees
+ How Abigail, 5-weeks premature, was helped by The ...
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Advance Centre teaches the parents of brain-injured children how to deliver The Scotson Technique (TST), a drug-free respiratory-based exercise to help nourish the brain with extra oxygen that it needs for more normal development. The technique, developed by Linda Scotson after 15 years of research into breathing and recovery of function after brain injury at University College London, Psychology Department, has been extremely successful in helping brain-injured children overcome movement, learning and behavioural difficulties. The Advance Centre teaching institute is based in West Sussex in the UK with centres in Slovakia, South Africa, Namibia and the Philippines.
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Sunday, 20 September 2009
Gert’s Story
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By his grandmother
Gert was born 7th November 1993 - he was born premature at 28 weeks.
The doctors gave him an injection to open his lungs. He spent three months in an incubator when he was a year old. The doctor told us, when we asked, why Gert was not able to sit. He said that Gert had cerebral palsy and their was no hope for him to improve. He had an operation in 2004 to correct his hips which were out, due to spasticity.
We heard about The Scotson Technique and started in July 2005. Before The Scotson Technique, Gert had poor to no head control. He had limited use of his right hand and limited leg movements. He was very stiff and difficult to work with. His breathing was shallow and irregular and he had difficulty speaking.
After four years of The Scotson Technique…..
His breathing has improved remarkably. He can blow his nose and scream when asked and he is also speaking beautifully. His head control is normal and the spasticity in his shoulders and arms is much better, and his grasp has improved; he can now reach out to take objects. His wrist and hand function is remarkably better. He can reach to the top of a page to turn it and can do beautiful writing and drawing.
Gert can now also eat and drink independently. Besides all this, his hips and legs are bending and are much more relaxed such that his aided walking is also much better. All these changes have made Gert much more confident. He is a friendly normal teenager with a determination to do things independently.
At school, he is responsible for emptying the bins and delivering letters, messages and flowers as part of the internal school tasks. Gert takes his responsibilities seriously and his independence in manoeuvring his electric wheelchair has shown a marked improvement over the past few months. He now has the energy to keep up with his schoolwork and insists on doing it.
The Scotson Technique was worth every minute of four years of exercises. We know it really makes a difference. We are proud of Gert’s performance and will continue to ensure that maximum independence in all of his areas is achieved to assist in preparing for his life after school.
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Posted by WorldWidePR at 23:36 0 comments
Labels: breathing, cerebral palsy, head control, spactic, spasticity
Monday, 14 September 2009
Article about The Scotson Technique appears in a Hungarian Newspaper
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Click the image above to read the full article (in Hungarian)
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Posted by WorldWidePR at 04:11 0 comments
Labels: help, linda scotson, magyar, the scotson technique, treatment
Sunday, 13 September 2009
Nimoe’s Story
.
By her mother
This is a story of Nimoe de Hoop who has cerebral palsy and she is now 7 and the half years old.
We started with TST about 3 years ago and this is how her development progressed:
* The first big milestone was speech: Nimoe started to build longer and more complex sentences as her breathing improved. This happened after about a year.
* The second milestone was that she was able to feed herself, drink with less or no assistance and hold a beautiful sitting posture.
* The third big milestone was toilet training. She can say when she needs to go to the toilet and even control her need at times when there is no facilities close by.
During these 3 years, her seizures have reduced tremendously in terms of frequency and severity. I mean she went from an average of one seizure per month to one seizure every 4 to even 5 months!
I'm carrying on with TST knowing there will be improvement along the way, adding quality to her life and our life as parents….
.
Posted by WorldWidePR at 23:03 0 comments
Labels: breathing, cerebral palsy, infantile seizures, speech therapy, toilet training
Danilo’s Story
.
By his mother
Danilo and his twin brother were born prematurely at 29 weeks on 16th January 2004 (Bologna – Italy).
He was not breathing on his own so he was incubated. After two months in ICU, he was sent home weighting only 1,750 kg. Two years later, I was told he had severe brain damage. There was no hope and not much of a future for him.
I felt that Danilo was just another number to add to the statistics of babies who survived a premature birth – now it is the family to take over and deal with all the problems and suffering that will soon start.
In fact, over the next 18-24 months, Danilo was diagnosed with:
* Spastic Quadriplegic Cerebral Palsy
* C.V.I. (Cerebral Vision Impairment)
* Infantile spasms
* West Syndrome
* Reflux
and all they gave was 1 hour (twice a week) of therapy. We did not need a medical degree to know this was not enough for Danilo. Therefore, like many other families with brain-injured children, we started looking /doing alternative therapies.
When we saw and read about the TST method at the Advance Centre, we finally saw that someone was taking this problem seriously. Linda showed us how important it was to first develop a healthy respiratory system.
We came to advance in August 2008. It’s almost a year now that we are doing the TST. It’s a long and slow progress as Danilo has so many problems, but we can see changes in him ( they may seem small to others but to me and I’m sure even to Danilo, they are big steps).
* Danilo has more head control
* His shoulders are open not all closed into himself
* He has a flatter chest, wider ribcage
* His speech, yes we are starting to communicate and understand what he is saying. (Danilo understands English and Italian) and he continues to surprise us daily with his words
* He can sit in the crossed leg position for longer and is also starting to use his arms to help with his balance
* He loves to slither all over the place and is so determined to get to where he wants
* He can now lean on his forearms and is trying to get into the crawl position
Our journey has just begun and we know he has a long way to go still (strong muscle tone as he grows older) – but we will take each step together and try our best to improve his condition.
“TST can make a difference”
.
Posted by WorldWidePR at 20:47 0 comments
Labels: brain damage, brain-injured children, cerebral palsy, cvi, reflux, spasms, Spastic Quadriplegic
Angelman Syndrome (“Happy Puppet Syndrome”)
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Respiration and the Potential for Developmental Improvement
Angelman Syndrome, also known as “Happy Puppet Syndrome”, is defined as an incurable congenital chromosome disorder. However, improvement is possible if the central requirements of human development i.e. oxygen delivery to the tissues, can be improved.
"A child with a drawing" by Giovanni Francesco Caroto.
This painting was originally called "Boy with a Puppet"
and inspired the term "Happy Puppet Syndrome”,
the initial description of Angelman Syndrome.
Although cardio-respiratory complications are described as part of the disease evolution, their origins are not well known. In fact, there is a negative loop between the development of abnormal brain growth and the development of abnormal breathing patterns. Normal brain growth depends on a co-ordinated breathing pattern that supplies both the oxygen and nutrition to the nerves for their cerebral input and the oxygen nutrition to the brain to build new structures. Angelman Syndrome (also known as Happy Puppet Syndrome) causes a retardation of respiratory development which presents a roadblock to the growth of neurobiological systems and thus neurological development.
The problem arises for two reasons:
1. All parts of the brain affect respiratory development, therefore abnormalities in brain growth will always present abnormalities in breathing.
2. Normal respiratory development depends on normal motor development which begins before birth. This abnormal motor development also causes abnormal breathing.
Thus brain growth is not simply a reflection of an automatically unfolded generic blueprint; it is dependant on the development of a flexible respiration system that supports the metabolic oxygen needs of the child’s developing activities. The breathing of the child with Angelman Syndrome, also known as Happy Puppet Syndrome, does not respond flexibly to meet those demands for oxygen in a sufficient or balanced way. This means the possibility of creating more normal function by more normal input is poor, thus the neurological growth is locked into an abnormal pattern.
In normal development:
* Normal sucking and swallowing requires good respiratory co-ordination to avoid aspiration.
* Normal seated posture requires good respiratory co-ordination because the diaphragm, the main respiratory muscle, is also the main postural muscle.
* Normal digestion and elimination requires good respiratory co-ordination because the breakdown of food in the stomach requires as much oxygen as the skeletal muscles during exercise and the stool is pushed out by co-ordinated diaphragm movement.
* Normal sleep patterns depend on good respiratory co-ordination because breathing pattern changes during sleep. Firstly to facilitate the metabolic work of the deep internal organs to provide the nutrition the muscles and the brain will later use. Secondly, to provide the oxygen nutrition to the brain during sleep, when vital neurobiological growth takes place. Respiratory co-ordination during sleep is therefore critical in early development.
* Respiration is also fundamental to speech development; this is because we learn to speak on a column of air created by our breathing. Moreover air flow is controlled by the diaphragm thus speech production is both physically and mentally highly dependant on oxygen.
Actor Colin Farrell with his son James who
was born with Angelman Syndrome.
Image credit: spielster.blogspot.com
The developmental problems of children with Angelman Syndrome or Happy Puppet Syndrome are therefore not simply genetic. Their situation also becomes more encouraging because their breathing can be improved and, as a result, functional improvements can be expected.
The Scotson Technique (TST) exercises are gentle and visibly improve children’s muscular skeletal structure which reflects changes in respiratory growth and development. As a result, encouragingly, more normal function can steadily be expected in many areas for those suffering from Angelman Syndrome (Happy Puppet Syndrome).
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Labels: angelman syndrome, athing, breathing, development, Happy Puppet Syndrome, neurobiological systems
Corentin’s Story
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By his parents
Corentin has hemiplegic cerebral palsy.
He was hyperactive and self mutilating with behavioural problems and poor sleep. It was impossible to manage him socially or at school. We needed to do something.
After a year of therapy, he did not need any more medication. His behavioural problems improved and he became calm. He sleeps during the night. He can now have a social life and he is doing well at school. He is steadily progressing and the result makes us very encouraged.
We did not previously believe this progress was possible. We feel that the investment was worth it because we see there is a way for him to improve beyond all expectation.
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Posted by WorldWidePR at 14:34 0 comments
Labels: adhd, behavioural problems, cerebral palsy, hemiplegic, hyperactive, self mutilating, TST
Charlie’s Story
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By his mother
Charlie was born on Easter Sunday 2008 at 35 weeks, due to a placental abruption.
Because of this, he suffered a hypoxic episode and it was then we were told it was highly likely that Charlie would have Cerebral Palsy. When he came home 5 weeks later and commenced physiotherapy provided by the NHS, we realised that this, every 2-3 weeks, was far from adequate and it was at this time that we started looking for other therapies available.
By chance, in our local newspaper, there was an article about another little boy who had cerebral palsy and looking at his website, it led me to a link to the Advance website. Finally, a therapy that made sense and seemed to have such positive results.
In February, we attended Advance for our first visit session. In the first six weeks of starting this treatment, we saw such positive result.
Charlie has always been very aware of his surroundings with good cognition, but was obviously frustrated by his physical limitation. Then he started to roll, initially onto his tummy but is now able to roll back as well. He is also far more vocal and louder with it. His diaphragm is no longer “flailing” and is much higher. The high tone in his arm is now not so noticeable and he is able to reach out and pick up toys. He rubs his eyes when he is tired - things, which “normal” babies do.
With these changes, Charlie is noticeably less frustrated and happier in himself.
It is only since finding out about Advance and TST that we can finally start to feel positive about Charlie’s future and feel that, we as parents are doing everything possible to fulfil Charlie’s potential. We hope that one day, he will be able to walk and lead an independent life as much as possible. By finding Advance, this now seems achievable.
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Posted by WorldWidePR at 14:19 0 comments
Labels: cerebral palsy, hypoxic episode, physiotherapy, placental abruption
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Article about The Scotson Technique appears in a Hungarian Newspaper
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Click the image above to read the full article (in Hungarian) . Labels: help, linda scotson, magyar, the scotson technique, treatment
Sunday, 13 September 2009
Nimoe’s Story
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By her mother
This is a story of Nimoe de Hoop who has cerebral palsy and she is now 7 and the half years old.
We started with TST about 3 years ago and this is how her development progressed:
- The first big milestone was speech: Nimoe started to build longer and more complex sentences as her breathing improved. This happened after about a year.
- The second milestone was that she was able to feed herself, drink with less or no assistance and hold a beautiful sitting posture.
- The third big milestone was toilet training. She can say when she needs to go to the toilet and even control her need at times when there is no facilities close by.
During these 3 years, her seizures have reduced tremendously in terms of frequency and severity. I mean she went from an average of one seizure per month to one seizure every 4 to even 5 months!
I'm carrying on with TST knowing there will be improvement along the way, adding quality to her life and our life as parents….
. Labels: breathing, cerebral palsy, infantile seizures, speech therapy, toilet training
Danilo’s Story
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By his mother
Danilo and his twin brother were born prematurely at 29 weeks on 16th January 2004 (Bologna – Italy).
He was not breathing on his own so he was incubated. After two months in ICU, he was sent home weighting only 1,750 kg. Two years later, I was told he had severe brain damage. There was no hope and not much of a future for him.
I felt that Danilo was just another number to add to the statistics of babies who survived a premature birth – now it is the family to take over and deal with all the problems and suffering that will soon start.
In fact, over the next 18-24 months, Danilo was diagnosed with:
- Spastic Quadriplegic Cerebral Palsy
- C.V.I. (Cerebral Vision Impairment)
- Infantile spasms
- West Syndrome
- Reflux
and all they gave was 1 hour (twice a week) of therapy. We did not need a medical degree to know this was not enough for Danilo. Therefore, like many other families with brain-injured children, we started looking /doing alternative therapies.
When we saw and read about the TST method at the Advance Centre, we finally saw that someone was taking this problem seriously. Linda showed us how important it was to first develop a healthy respiratory system.
We came to advance in August 2008. It’s almost a year now that we are doing the TST. It’s a long and slow progress as Danilo has so many problems, but we can see changes in him ( they may seem small to others but to me and I’m sure even to Danilo, they are big steps).
- Danilo has more head control
- His shoulders are open not all closed into himself
- He has a flatter chest, wider ribcage
- His speech, yes we are starting to communicate and understand what he is saying. (Danilo understands English and Italian) and he continues to surprise us daily with his words
- He can sit in the crossed leg position for longer and is also starting to use his arms to help with his balance
- He loves to slither all over the place and is so determined to get to where he wants
- He can now lean on his forearms and is trying to get into the crawl position
Our journey has just begun and we know he has a long way to go still (strong muscle tone as he grows older) – but we will take each step together and try our best to improve his condition.
“TST can make a difference” . Labels: brain damage, brain-injured children, cerebral palsy, cvi, reflux, spasms, Spastic Quadriplegic
Angelman Syndrome (“Happy Puppet Syndrome”)
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Respiration and the Potential for Developmental Improvement
Angelman Syndrome, also known as “Happy Puppet Syndrome”, is defined as an incurable congenital chromosome disorder. However, improvement is possible if the central requirements of human development i.e. oxygen delivery to the tissues, can be improved.
"A child with a drawing" by Giovanni Francesco Caroto.
This painting was originally called "Boy with a Puppet"
and inspired the term "Happy Puppet Syndrome”,
the initial description of Angelman Syndrome.
Although cardio-respiratory complications are described as part of the disease evolution, their origins are not well known. In fact, there is a negative loop between the development of abnormal brain growth and the development of abnormal breathing patterns. Normal brain growth depends on a co-ordinated breathing pattern that supplies both the oxygen and nutrition to the nerves for their cerebral input and the oxygen nutrition to the brain to build new structures. Angelman Syndrome (also known as Happy Puppet Syndrome) causes a retardation of respiratory development which presents a roadblock to the growth of neurobiological systems and thus neurological development.
The problem arises for two reasons:
- All parts of the brain affect respiratory development, therefore abnormalities in brain growth will always present abnormalities in breathing.
- Normal respiratory development depends on normal motor development which begins before birth. This abnormal motor development also causes abnormal breathing.
Thus brain growth is not simply a reflection of an automatically unfolded generic blueprint; it is dependant on the development of a flexible respiration system that supports the metabolic oxygen needs of the child’s developing activities. The breathing of the child with Angelman Syndrome, also known as Happy Puppet Syndrome, does not respond flexibly to meet those demands for oxygen in a sufficient or balanced way. This means the possibility of creating more normal function by more normal input is poor, thus the neurological growth is locked into an abnormal pattern.
In normal development:
- Normal sucking and swallowing requires good respiratory co-ordination to avoid aspiration.
- Normal seated posture requires good respiratory co-ordination because the diaphragm, the main respiratory muscle, is also the main postural muscle.
- Normal digestion and elimination requires good respiratory co-ordination because the breakdown of food in the stomach requires as much oxygen as the skeletal muscles during exercise and the stool is pushed out by co-ordinated diaphragm movement.
- Normal sleep patterns depend on good respiratory co-ordination because breathing pattern changes during sleep. Firstly to facilitate the metabolic work of the deep internal organs to provide the nutrition the muscles and the brain will later use. Secondly, to provide the oxygen nutrition to the brain during sleep, when vital neurobiological growth takes place. Respiratory co-ordination during sleep is therefore critical in early development.
- Respiration is also fundamental to speech development; this is because we learn to speak on a column of air created by our breathing. Moreover air flow is controlled by the diaphragm thus speech production is both physically and mentally highly dependant on oxygen.
Actor Colin Farrell with his son James who
was born with Angelman Syndrome.
Image credit: spielster.blogspot.com
The developmental problems of children with Angelman Syndrome or Happy Puppet Syndrome are therefore not simply genetic. Their situation also becomes more encouraging because their breathing can be improved and, as a result, functional improvements can be expected.
The Scotson Technique (TST) exercises are gentle and visibly improve children’s muscular skeletal structure which reflects changes in respiratory growth and development. As a result, encouragingly, more normal function can steadily be expected in many areas for those suffering from Angelman Syndrome (Happy Puppet Syndrome).
. Labels: angelman syndrome, athing, breathing, development, Happy Puppet Syndrome, neurobiological systems
Corentin’s Story
.
By his parents
Corentin has hemiplegic cerebral palsy.
He was hyperactive and self mutilating with behavioural problems and poor sleep. It was impossible to manage him socially or at school. We needed to do something.
After a year of therapy, he did not need any more medication. His behavioural problems improved and he became calm. He sleeps during the night. He can now have a social life and he is doing well at school. He is steadily progressing and the result makes us very encouraged.
We did not previously believe this progress was possible. We feel that the investment was worth it because we see there is a way for him to improve beyond all expectation.
. Labels: adhd, behavioural problems, cerebral palsy, hemiplegic, hyperactive, self mutilating, TST
Charlie’s Story
.
By his mother
Charlie was born on Easter Sunday 2008 at 35 weeks, due to a placental abruption.
Because of this, he suffered a hypoxic episode and it was then we were told it was highly likely that Charlie would have Cerebral Palsy. When he came home 5 weeks later and commenced physiotherapy provided by the NHS, we realised that this, every 2-3 weeks, was far from adequate and it was at this time that we started looking for other therapies available.
By chance, in our local newspaper, there was an article about another little boy who had cerebral palsy and looking at his website, it led me to a link to the Advance website. Finally, a therapy that made sense and seemed to have such positive results.
In February, we attended Advance for our first visit session. In the first six weeks of starting this treatment, we saw such positive result.
Charlie has always been very aware of his surroundings with good cognition, but was obviously frustrated by his physical limitation. Then he started to roll, initially onto his tummy but is now able to roll back as well. He is also far more vocal and louder with it. His diaphragm is no longer “flailing” and is much higher. The high tone in his arm is now not so noticeable and he is able to reach out and pick up toys. He rubs his eyes when he is tired - things, which “normal” babies do.
With these changes, Charlie is noticeably less frustrated and happier in himself.
It is only since finding out about Advance and TST that we can finally start to feel positive about Charlie’s future and feel that, w