ILT Blog and News
By Dr. Shirley Kokot
Does my child have a learning disability?
Perhaps you sense that your child is not performing up to her potential. Perhaps she is struggling at school or doesn’t show the same mastery of age-expected skills as older siblings. Could she have a learning disability? For reasons not well understood, learning...
The importance of active play during the toddler years
According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), nearly 80% of the world’s teenagers don’t get enough physical activity. A recent study, from the University of Montreal, suggests that the amount of physical activity a young child engages in – around the age of 2.5...
Left ear Right ear
Integrated Learning Therapy includes careful attention to aspects of a child’s auditory processing. We understand that children who have a left dominant ear, for example, may process spoken language more slowly. This means that a teacher’s instructions may not all be...
Some underlying causes of learning difficulties
Integrated Learning Therapy (ILT) is a neurodevelopmental approach that takes note of all the factors that can interfere with a child’s ability to cope with learning and living. This means that we aim for an holistic view of the child rather than focusing on a narrow...
Growing a healthy gut garden
Integrated Learning Therapy places great value on a healthy digestive system. Our knowledge about the importance of nutrition for brain health naturally evolved into a concern for the state of our clients’ guts. More specifically, for the contents of their guts. ...
Thoughts on teaching handwriting
Education departments in some countries have expressed the opinion that there is no longer a need to teach children cursive (joined up letters) writing. This is because there is a decreasing need to write at all thanks to the use of computers, i-pads, cell phones and...
ADHD behaviours and bread
Is bread really the staff of life for all people? The answer is almost certainly that it might have been once but in our modern times, the preservatives that are used to keep it fresh for longer might be underlying the difficult behaviours associated with ADHD....
Are some children more vulnerable to video games?
It seems that even small amounts of video games can trigger a response in certain children. Most at risk are particularly sensitive – being children in homes, in foster care and even adopted children. Such children share a symptom due to trauma that results in...
How can you help a child develop intelligence?
Are you tempted to use flash cards to teach your toddler to read? Are you considering buying computer programmes said to boost intelligence? We are all hopeful that our children will succeed at school but to help them, we need to know how the brain develops and what...