Center For
Neuro Development
8907 C Gravelly Lake Drive SW
Lakewood, Washington 98499
Phone (253) 581-1588
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Fall Schedule at the Center – What’s Happening at the Center?
It is not too late to get started for the school year. We will have our regular, free introductory seminar on September 14 at 6:00 p.m. See below for class offerings. Contact us to find out how to get started: – maggie@centerforneurodevelopment.com (253) 581-1588 You are welcome to forward this newsletter or print it out for distribution as long as you include all of our contact information.
Also, this month we will begin a 6-week series given by Dr. Gary Kiefer, one of our medical advisors. Every Wednesday at 7:00 p.m. beginning on September 16, he will address health issues that affect learning – Heal Your Body, Heal Your Mind, Heal Your Family. Below you will find an introduction to Dr. Kiefer.
Position Available: Brain Training Coordinator
We are praying for God to send us a person or persons who will train to work with our clients and their parents on implementing Individualized Neurodevelopmental Plans. Contact us for more details.
Classroom / Meeting Space Available
Want to earn some extra cash? Offer classes for homeschoolers in the afternoons. Or, use our meeting room for evening activities. If you would like to offer classes or hold activities in our center, please contact us for information, schedule a time to come by to visit our center so we can get to know you and show you around.
Meet Our Medical Advisor – Dr. Gary Kiefer NMD
Naturopathic Medicine
Dr. Kiefer is a graduate of Kent State University with a BA in Sociology. His early clinical career began by working in the field of addiction counseling and rehabilitation. Later he earned a degree in Natural Science. His thirst for natural healing became a personal lifestyle along with a growing love of organic gardening and herbal medicine led him to the study of natural healing. He received his Naturopathic Medicine degree at Bastyr University. For the last fifteen years he has studied and used German homeopathic remedies in combination with digestive remedies and a healthy diet. He continues to update his medical skills on a regular basis, a habit he does not want to break.
A Book Review by Maggie Dail, M.A.
ICAN Certified Neurodevelopmentalist
www.specialhelps.com
Feed Your Body Right
Lendon H. Smith, M.D.
M. Evans and Company, Inc.
New York, 1994
I. Key Points of the Book
A. Why Do I Get Sick - At Least Two Factors ( p. 15-18)
1. Your Unique Chemistry - one size does not fit all
2. Genetics Explains Some Diseases - only one factor
B. How I Got From There to Here - Dr. Smith's story (p. 19-22)
1. His and most doctor's training - Drugs, Drugs, Drugs is the answer
2. John Kitkoski Appears - John contacted Dr. Smith
a. John had studied animals and plants and was now ready for humans
b. Sense of smell and taste are hooked up with the brain.
C. A Very Brief History of Mankind's Efforts to Improve Health (p. 23-28)
1. Hippocrates - (born 460 BC) Accurate observations; "he believed that diseases were the result of natural causes. Let your medicine be your food, and your food be your medicine." P. 23
2. Acupuncture and Ayurvedic Medicines - (4,000 BC) "Most of the world's populations used local plants, teas, extracts, and poultices, but the knowledge was transferred orally and some medical methods have been lost." P. 23
3. Galen - (born 130 AD) Born Greek and moved to Rome. He washed gladiators' wounds with red wine, saving them from fatal wounds. "He did believe, however, that some weakness of the patient allowed sickness to invade." P. 24
4. Paracelsus - (born Switzerland in 1493) Broke from Galen's dogma; he gathered empirical information by traveling and visiting many practitioners; "He felt nature should heal wounds, but he did introduce mercury, sulfur, lead, gold, and even arsenic to the therapeutic armamentarium. Some of his treatments ended up as cures." In those days cures were few as average life span was 20-30 years. P. 24
5. James Lind - (18th century) convinced British government that citrus fruits prevented scurvy in sailors; took 50 years to convince.
6. Pasteur - (born 1822) discovered the bacteria that were associated with disease; "finally admitted on his deathbed that it was the territory (the body) that, when weakened, allowed the germs to invade." P. 25
7. Efforts in healing included: bloodletting, mercury salts, arsenic, herbs…aspirin, purges, baths, mercury treatments… p. 25
8. Death was the result: pneumonia, TB, typhoid fever, abscesses, osteomyelitis, meningitis, scarlet fever, peritonitis, erysipelas, childbed fever --- all bacterial infections. P. 25
9. Addiction - "In 1912 a higher percentage of people were addicted to morphine than at any time in American history." (in cough syrup) P. 25 - "The Harrison Narcotic Act of 1912 put a damper on morphine's use." P. 26
10. In 1918-19 Typhoid Mary (influenza epidemic) and streptococcus passed on to public by milk handlers. P. 26
11. Early 20th Century "Cures" - sleep with window open, drink three glasses of pure spring water daily, walk in fresh air 30 minutes daily, keep the bowels open, have no negative thoughts, "(Dancing, however, was thought to produce pelvic congestion and increase the risk of sterility for both male and female!) p. 26
12. "In the second decade of (the 20th) century the members of the American Medical Association decided that they alone were privy to the scientific basis of medical practice. …the eliminated some medical diploma mills of the time and laid down a rigorous curriculum aimed at teaching medical aspirants the "science" of medicine." "It seemed a natural progression of logic to blame bacteria for disease; the 'territory' was not important. It was the pathogen. They could now see the little bugs." (with better microscopes) p. 26
13. Antibiotics - arrived in 1930s and 1940s; allopaths put all their stock in the antibiotics. 50 years later…they would see the damage by failing "to address the problem of why the person (territory) got sick in the first place." P. 26-27
14. The medicine that Dr. Smith's Dad practiced in the 1920s and 1930s. Dr. Smith lived to see the folly of many of the treatments his Dad, a well respect physician, used.
15. "Allopathic medicine is 'modern' medicine. Make a diagnosis, and cure the disease with drugs. One definition is 'produce a condition in the body incompatible with the disease.' If you have enough penicillin in you, you will not have a strep throat. By the same token, if you can improve the power of the immune system, the body can do the job itself without the drugs that have their toxic effects." P. 28
? A Writer’s Guide To Powerful Paragraphs
? Biographies – 8 books and 8 essays
? Write Your Roots –by Carol Thaxton
? Learn to Write the Novel Way by Carol Thaxton
? Literature and Christianity 1 Tape/3 books/9 essays
? Writing Powerful Personal Narratives / College Applications
? Contemporary Issues and Position Papers
? How Should We Then Live and Position Papers
Courses may be customized. Contact us for details
2009-2010 Online Class
ECONOMICS / COMPOSITION
Students read books and respond to questions posed by the instructor – short answer, paragraphs or essays – on a private yahoo group.
Politically Incorrect Guide to Capitalism
Uncle Eric’s: What ever Happened to Penny Candy?; The Clipper Ship Strategy and The Money Mystery
Academy Northwest Classes
2009-2010
Tuesdays – 1:00-3:00
1st Semester - Life Practicum - .5 credit
2nd Semester - Integrated Science Lab – up to 1.0 Credit
Homeschool Helps Classes
Spanish – Family Fun with Conversational Spanish – Tuesday evenings 6:00-8:00
Elementary Class – This class covers a variety of areas using Charlotte Mason methods with elements of Classical Education. Thursday – 1:00-3:00
? Picture This – book of Bible and memory verses
? Logic Activities (Critical Thinking Press)
? Exposure to French, German and Spanish
? Latin and Greek Roots for English vocabulary
? Science Kit (www.homeschoolscience.com)
? Story of the World by Susan Wise Bauer
Brain Training – Individualized (Diagnostic) Math, Language Arts or Neurodevelopmental Program – Up to 3 hour periods to provide a combination of neurodevelomentally friend stations and one-on-one time with teacher.
Up to 5 days a week. Monday – Thursday
10:00-1:00 or Monday – Friday 4:00-5:00
Classes and Seminars for Parents
Able to Teach – Family Academy’s parent qualifying class.
Offered as hybrid (class and online)at:
TCC in Tacoma and Gig Harbor
(253) 566-5020 and (253) 851-2424
Pierce College – South Hill Park
(253) 964-6502
and completely online through:
Cascade Bible College (Family Academy contact) (800) 877-4586
Homeschooling the High Schooler – contact us for information.
Maximize Your Child’s Learning Potential – 2 hour seminar. www.specialhelps.com (Offered free 2nd Monday evening of every month at the Center for Neuro Development at 6:00 p.m.)
Brain Development and Learning (Reading, Math, Other Subjects) – sometimes given as an all day or series of 2 hour seminars.
www.specialhelps.com
If you would like to offer a class in our building contact us:
Maggie@homeschoolhelps.com or (253) 581-1588
For more information about us: www.centerforneurodevelopment.com
ANW Tuition
ONE CREDIT OPTION PER SEMESTER $100.00
Full Load Option Per Year –
Registration - $90.00 (by 6/20)
$125.00 (after 6/20)
Tuition- $480.00
Homeschool Helps Tuition- Monthly
BRAIN TRAINING
– AM - 4 days a week –
– $300 per month
– OR
– PM - 5 days a week
– $200 per month
Ask about other payment options.
ANW Classes -Online or In Center
$75 month – each class
Non-ANW Online or In Center Classes
$50.00 – each class
Independent Classes
Homeschool Music Class Mrs. Aimee Wilkins
2nd – 4th Grade
Tuesdays, 1:00 pm, 55 minutes
September 22, 2009 – November 10, 2009
Class Fee $65
Class minimum: 10
This class is designed to teach basic music theory, beginning vocal technique, and performance. The final class will be a dress rehearsal for a culminating performance celebrating Veteran’s Day that evening. Younger siblings not eligible for class, but who have memorized the songs will be invited to participate in the final rehearsal and performance. Class fee includes a practice cd.
Homeschool Art Class - Mrs. Aimee Wilkins
2nd-4th Grade
Tuesdays, 2:15 p.m. 74 minutes
September 8, 2009 – November 10, 2009
Class Fee $85
Class minimum: 10
“All children are artists. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.”
Pablo Picasso
This hands-on course will introduce students to different mediums and modes of artistic expression. Ranging from one-dimensional portraits to three-dimensional sculptures, the students will enjoy learning while creating. Students will be required to bring basic supplies to each session, and will leave each week with at least one project they have created.
About Mrs. Aimee Wilkins:
Junior High/High School: Girl’s Ensemble, choir
1992 – 2000: I both sang and played for Sunday school, kid's camps, second grade classroom, elementary school chapel (K-6), and staff devotional/worship time.
2003-2007: I both sang and played guitar for Sunday school K-2 and Kids Summer Camp.
2003 – Present: I sing and play guitar for Women’s Ministry (groups of 200 to about 2,000)
I began taking voice lessons again in the fall of 2004 and have continued until present. I learned to play guitar after I graduated from high school, and have continued to gain knowledge through the years while playing with other professional musicians.
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Maggie Dail, MA
ICAN Certified Neurodevelopmentalist
www.centerforneurodevelopment.com
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