Michael and Paul

Dear CyberLearning Technology:

I have two sons, ages 11 and 12 ½, who are have been using SBG technology since November of 2005. My husband and all four children and I have benefited in many ways from the use of this technology.

Prior to this technology we traveled a total of 4 hours a week for a total of 50 weeks over 1and1/2years. Training time amounted to close to 100 hours over the same time period. Neurofeedback training at home has given us back time. Training at home has provided much flexibility in scheduling training time. At home we can judge on any given day when is the best time for the child. It has always been the goal to optimize conditions of rest, nutrition, and personal stress for the child so that there training can be maximized. We can do this so much easier at home, instead of trying to work around office schedules

In doing traditional neurofeedback in the office we paid per training this added up especially with partial or no insurance coverage. Now with SBG, we can afford to financially keep training. This has been such a blessing when one can see the positive results and know that finances will not limit further training. Imagine taking insulin away from a diabetic when we know it helps them have control in their life. This is how we felt prior to SBG's technology.

As a parent with two out of four children with ADHD it is easy to feel powerless at times. It is easy for the children to feel the same. SBG's technology and the ability to train at home have given us a sense of control over our lives and more. We feel that we can learn to change, improve and actually live productive and happy lives. All this has been done in a positive way. How exciting it is for four kids to know that it is okay to identify their problems and not get in trouble, but to learn to say what and how I can learn to live with this. It has been encouraging to us all when all members of the family from parents to a six year sibling can notice changes in behavior, improved abilities to do school work and function appropriately in a group.

The above benefits have such value to us and to any others using this technology, but none surpasses the emotional, intellectual and physical positive outcomes that we have experienced in our family. The potency of this technology (whereby we can train several different brain waves and different parts of the brain) has caused amazing changes in our two sons.

Our oldest (all four are home schooled) has needed extensive help with 85% of his schoolwork. I had to be physically sitting beside him to keep him on task and still it was a battle to keep him focused. Not only was staying attentive a challenge, he exhibited very poor memory. He was quick to pick up mathematical concepts, but a day later he would forget how to use the concept. A year later he organizes his schoolwork, stays focused, comes to me for help and is 85% independent and with a goal to be more independent next year. His self confidence has improved whereby he is no longer timid to try something. He has played soccer since he was six and loves the sport, but was never successful in scoring. After 3 months of SBG training, he scored 9 goals in six games and then went onto be seen as a leader on the team in the spring and fall teams this year, despite being one of the youngest on the team.

In the past he was very argumentative with a tremendous reasoning ability and this made healthy discipline very difficult. Today he is quick to apologize and then desires to discuss the incident to share his viewpoint and to understand ours so that we can learn and move beyond the issue and know better how to handle it. It is a delight to have a mature conversation with a twelve year old! Despite all this he has retained his fun loving mischievous side that makes him who he is.

Our second son has benefited as well from SBG's technology. His needs were similar in some ways, but different in others. His main need was for emotional stability. He was a very angry and sensitive child and yet he was very caring, generous and concerned for others. These latter qualities were difficult to see because of multiple anger outbursts throughout the day. When trying to reach out and help him through these breakdowns he would emotionally push us away and not let anyone in or even say” I don't know!” Through SBG Neurofeedback training he now is willing to identify, acknowledge and discuss any difficulties he has. He will “let us in emotionally” and now can find the words to put behind his feelings and emotions. He is getting along with siblings. He and his eight year old brother are great buddies; there were like oil and water prior to training. They hated being roommates and now want to be roommates.

As a young child he basically taught himself to read and enjoyed reading. Two years ago reading became very difficult and unpleasant for him. We found out that his brain was becoming sleepy when he read and he could not sustain the attention he needed. This was hard to believe since he has a great memory and works hard and does not walk away from his work. With the SBG Technology, we were able to address this issue while we were still addressing the emotional lability. Like my oldest he too retains his personality. We all get to enjoy his comical antics, but with more pleasure because we see a happier, kinder, calmer child. What once was a child with many thorns is now a child blooming.

In general our family life is happier, calmer, and more positive. We are living and enjoying the benefits of ADHD instead of being weighed down by the negatives of ADHD. Since the SBG training, many will compliment our boys on their maturity, and good behavior.

I have not mentioned the kids 'biggest comment! “It is so much fun…We get to do playstation and play games!” One's biggest battle of trying to get a child to work on something has completely been removed. “Mom can we do SBG today………..please!

We have highly recommended SBG to many others citing many of the above stories and reasons. We feel that we have given our children wings without side-effects from medication. They have confidence in knowing and accepting who they are. The last benefit we are thrilled about is that these positive changes will probably not go away if we slow down or stop training, whereas with medicinal intervention the same claim cannot be made. If our children were on medication they may some day want to stop medication whereas with SBG they have a gift for life; changes that would probably stay for lifetime.

Gratefully,

Janet H.

Turn an attention deficit into an attention benefit! Your brain is the accelerator, your calmness the steering!

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