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Preliminary Results of 2009/2010 Control Study

2/9/2012

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Check out the results of this study completed by Susan and Paul Phariss of Brain Fitness Strategies. Pretty cool results!! They have also figured out that learning and practising juggling can have a significant impact on learning, coordination, etc. Paul recounts his personal experience of overcoming learning disabilities and his inability to read, secondary to a brain injury sustained when he was a boy. Check out their book: Have a Ball Learning

Brain Fitness Strategies performed a controlled study using Rhythmic Movement Training on a group of four students with learning disabilities in a public school. The students received an average of one 40-minute session per week of RMT from October 2009 through May 2010. Students in the study group gained an average of 37 words per minute of oral reading fluency, compared to the control group which gained 12 words per minute. This represents a 208% increase in words per minute gain over the entire group.

Control Group

This group received NO Rhythmic Movement Training. Students gained an average of 12 words per minute. Results: 16% improvement 
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                                     Green - represents performance when the study began
                              Pink - represents performance in the middle of the study
                              Blue - represents performance at the end of the study

Study Group

This group did receive Rhythmic Movement Training once per week. Students gained an average of 37 words per minute! Results: 55% improvement 
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                                                   * beginning test scores not available 
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    Heidi McLarty is a Pediatric Occupational Therapist with a passion for remedial treatment activities which provide the most bang for your buck! In other words, they are very effective, simple to implement and teach others, AND best of all, they don't cost a small fortune! Not quite free, but pretty near because of the applicability of this work with a whole bunch of different individuals, with different conditions! The main link here is that we are dealing with the brain and nervous system, which we now know is plastic. That's a very exciting and valuable bit of info that we NEED to take advantage of. 

    Heidi plans to continue to create lots of "ripples" in the therapy world! Reflex integration is one of the most valuable tools she hopes many more will add to their toolboxes in the near future!
    *Please note: Heidi has obtained client's verbal consent to post the case study stories she has posted here. Names have been changed to protect client confidentiality.

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