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Tomatis® can help you overcome negativities and unhelpful stuff and bring out your true potential.

This is a great article about stress & anxiety and how they relate to dyslexia :)

The Dyslexia-Stress-Anxiety Connection - International Dyslexia Association Stress is the reaction of the body and brain to situations that put us in harm’s way. The stressor may be a physical threat (e.g., a baseball coming quickly

Here's another Glimpse of Change from a happy mum that made our day! Before Tomatis® her 8-year-old boy could only count to 10. After his first Tomatis® intensive, he could suddenly count to 100. A big step towards closing the gap in math.

To suddenly sort out the sequencing of numbers is a quite common effect of a Tomatis® retraining programme. Read about other changes on our website https://www.tomatis.co.nz/glimpses/

Another great Tomatis NZ practitioner 😀

Lyndsey Marment | Tomatis® New Zealand I have extensive experience with teaching and special education; Wellington College of Education Diploma of Teaching, Reading Recovery, Bachelor of Education in Special and Inclusive Education, Postgraduate Diploma in Specialist Teaching with Distinction in Learning and Behaviour.

It's mostly children who suffer from car sickness, but sometimes adults do too. Tomatis® may change your life in more ways than you imagine. Find more examples here. https://www.tomatis.co.nz/glimpses/

Can Tomatis® be beneficial for someone with Autism/ASD? Absolutely. Here's one success story of many. https://www.tomatis.co.nz/boy-with-severe-communication-disorder-and-asd/

What if there is no diagnosis, just a gut feeling something isn’t quite right? As a parent you might recognise yourself in this story. Mark and Diana say "Go for it!" https://www.tomatis.co.nz/what-if-there-is-no-diagnosis-just-a-gut-feeling-something-isnt-quite-right/

Schools urged to stop punishing kids with autism for 'naughty' behaviour - and start listening to parents One boy's school put his class into 'lockdown' whenever he was overwhelmed, and suspended him multiple times.

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Can Tomatis® help children and adults on the spectrum to improve their academic and social skills? Yes, this is what Tomatis® Practitioners around the world see happening daily! More about Tomatis® Learning Support here: https://www.tomatis.co.nz/learning-support/

Why do people with ADHD fidget so much? New research in New Zealand shows fidgeting helps to activate the prefrontal cortex. It increases blood flow in the area were decisions are made. With the unique filters and time delays in the Tomatis® Method, we stimulate these areas via SOUND instead of movement — with lasting changes in both fidgeting and learning as a result. For everyone, not just those with ADHD.

https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/news/2021/03/22/bioengineers-shows-that-fidgeting-might-help-concentration.html?fbclid=IwAR2Ha6xYZXy2eW-R9cR5VNNBSCAOFwF2-baa7hQxmpPOEFu4ytVIhP1FmlM

Bioengineers show that fidgeting might help us concentrate - The University of Auckland A collaboration between researchers at the Auckland Bioengineering Institute (ABI) and Mātai Medical Research Institute have demonstrated that fidgeting might improve activation of the decision-making region of the brain.

KingsFisher Institute | Increasing Learning Potential | KingsFisher Institute We focus on brain health & general wellbeing. Know someone with difficulty with auditory processing, learning & reading? We can help. Free 15-min consultations

Karakia to self-regulate.

Karakia can mean many things, but the general concept around karakia is to remove the tapu, or sacredness from something or someone. Traditionally, Māori had different karakia for almost everything – travel, kai, whenua, birth, death, and so on.

Karakia is practised a lot these days in ECE centres, mainly to open and close the day and also to bless kai. But did you know that karakia can also help settle a child?

This karakia was written for children to recite when their emotions become too overwhelming for them – this karakia can also be used by adults. It can be compared to a form of meditation, but for us it is all about bringing a sense of calmness to the situation and as a result, regulating those extreme emotions.

Hā ki roto | Breathe in
Hā ki waho | Breathe out
Kia tau te mauri e kokiri nei | Settle the mauri that stirs inside of me
I nga piki me ngā heke | Through the ups and the downs
Ko te rangimarie tāku e rapu nei | It is peace that I seek
Tihei mauri ora

This photo is of Te Uranga o te Rā who continues to benefit from the use of karakia in regulating his emotions.

Contact us to find out more about Edublox programmes here in NZ :)

Dyscalculia: Definition, Prevalence, Symptoms, Types, Causes, Intervention What is dyscalculia? How many children suffer from this problem? Learn more about the symptoms, types, causes and intervention.

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Have you invested in various programmes before? Tomatis® is different. Tomatis® works both backward making previous interventions more effective and forward by making future learning easier. https://www.tomatis.co.nz/what-is-tomatis/

Also available here in Tauranga by appointment 😀

KingsFisher Institute Ltd on Google The KingsFisher Institute is excited to announce the arrival of the new Visagraph, called the ReadAlyzer 2K. We are the only centre in New Zealand that can perform this assessment. The ReadAlyzer 2K measures actual eye movements during reading and checks reading comprehension. With our ReadAlyzer 2K...

HANDWRITING is an issue for many children and adults. Because everything motor is coordinated through the ears, Tomatis® always works on motor skills and the vestibular system. This example illustrates how a boy's handwriting changed after ONE intensive block of Tomatis®. More "Glimpses of change" on our website: www.tomatis.co.nz/glimpses.

Did you know that a 3-year old (top left image) and a 6-year old (top right image) have significantly different skeletal structure in their hands?! Notice the bones in the wrist of the 3-year old -- many of them are still mostly cartilage! Look at all the spaces in between the bones where muscles and tendons will change through the years. Even the difference between a 6-year old and a 14-year old (lower right) is huge!

Preschoolers have SO much development to do before they can write the way school-aged children or adults can!

Please do NOT stress if your preschooler does not want to write or draw. Some love it and some don't.

While they are growing, strengthen those little bones and muscles! Here are some great pre-writing, muscle-strengthening activities:

* painting, drawing, coloring
* playdough
* tearing and cutting
* gluing
* poking holes in things (try toothpicks and paper!)
* digging in dirt
* building with LEGOS, marble runs, or other blocks
* beading (try beads, cut straws, or even bobbins!)
* puzzles
* squeezing (try stress balls, squeezing water in a sponge, or using a pipette)
* picking up and throwing balls (use different sizes!)
* playing with toys (watch what their little fingers do when they pick up and move little cars, marbles, action figures, etc!)
These all strengthen and help develop little hands, muscles, and bones. When they are physically ready to write, it will be so much easier than if they were pushed when they didn't want to and weren't ready!

This has some good information about Auditory Processing Disorders - including the signs to look for - and most importantly, what can be done to help. Learn more about the Tomatis Method at www.tomatis.co.nz. You can also enrol for the next free Live Webinar on 13th April 2021 at 8pm for further information :)
To connect with a Tomatis Practitioner in Tauranga, contact [email protected]

Tomatis® New Zealand Official Website The Tomatis® Method improves motor, emotional, and cognitive abilities through music and language. Regardless of age and current capabilities. Permanently.

Another example of how the Tomatis Method can help, what awesome changes for this young man!
If you are interested in finding out more, or doing a programme here in Tauranga - contact us at Attune :)

David is a 6-year-old who struggled with speech and language. He started his Tomatis® listening programme in september 2020. Within a month, his parents noticed the first improvements:
• Started to sing – which he had never done before
• Increased vocabulary and sentence structure
• Improved speech clarity
• Able to dance in rhythm to music – wasn't rhythmic in his movement at all before
Read the full list of 80 changes here: https://www.tomatis.co.nz/what-type-of-improvements-can-you-expect/

This UK study shows the impact retained primitive reflexes can have on a child's development - and the effects it can have on their learning... Sally Goddard Blythe has done amazing work on reflexes; research, programmes and books. Some of my training was based on her work :)

New findings suggest that 60% of children may be entering the school system lacking some of the fundamental physical capabilities, which underpin academic learning. A new study shows that these children showed signs of significant immaturity in the postural and motor skills needed to support learning in the classroom, affecting their ability to sit still, as well as their hand-eye coordination and handwriting.
https://doi.org/10.1080/03004279.2021.1895276

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* Reduce stress & anxiety and gain energy
* Overcome learning difficulties,increase learning potential
* Improve memory, focus and concentration
* Better coordination, movement and balance
* Develop listening and communication skills

For further information you can contact me by email, [email protected]

Natural, non-intrusive, and scientifically researched, the TOMATIS® Method gets real results. Find out more https://www.tomatis.co.nz/