Start with an assessment
Under six, Developmental Milestones, whose perceptual-motor and social domains cover much of this. From seven upward, the Individualized NeuroDevelopmental Profile.
Autism spectrum and learning differences
We work from systems, not from a place on a spectrum. What we assess is how sensory integration, cognitive flexibility and the social communication networks are actually operating in an ordinary day.
Three systems worth naming
Rather than a spectrum position, we look at the three systems people most often tell us are causing friction.
Parietal lobes
Sensory integration, the joining of raw sensory input to movement and spatial awareness.
Cingulate system
Cognitive flexibility, resilience and adaptability, and the remediation of rigid thought loops and perseveration.
Temporal lobes
Auditory prosody and the social-emotional communication centers.
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What people describe
We ask what is causing friction in an ordinary day. The answer decides the plan, and it is different for every person who asks.
- Sensory input arriving louder or later than it should
- A thought that gets in and will not shift for hours
- Social responses that land unexpectedly or feel out of sync
- A day that goes wrong when its shape changes
How we work with it
Then the work itself
For this presentation that usually means NeuroCognitive Processing, neurofeedback and cognitive remediation in the same session. What gets targeted comes from the assessment and from the person. Sleep, sensory load and flexibility are common; none of them is assumed.
Questions people ask
What people ask first, starting with what we do and do not try to change.
Do you try to make autistic people less autistic?
No. We work on the specific systems a person tells us are causing them friction, such as sensory integration, sleep or flexibility. What we target comes from the assessment and from the person, not from a template.
Where does this start?
Under six years, Developmental Milestones. Seven and up, the Individualized NeuroDevelopmental Profile.
Is neurofeedback safe here?
Dynamical Neurofeedback® is non-invasive. It reads activity and signals back; it does not stimulate or direct the brain, and it pushes toward no predetermined target.
For the work between appointments
What we hand parents to use at home, sold through our storefront.
Functional Sign Language Manual
A practical signing dictionary for opening a channel with a child who is not yet speaking.
$14.95 USD
Children’s Relaxation: The Little Girl, The Dragon and The Owl
A bedtime story a child breathes along with, so the breathing is learned without being taught.
$9.95 USD
My “Lived-Experience” Journal
Handwriting reaches memory and emotional processing along pathways typing does not. Shipped inside the US.
$14.95 USD
Prices in USD, as published in the storefront. Checkout, delivery and support for anything on this shelf run through store.cognitive-connections.com.
Start from what is actually causing friction
Sensory load, sleep and flexibility are the things people usually want addressed. The assessment says which of them is which.