ILT Blog and News
By Dr. Shirley Kokot
The CEO centre of the brain
Our children are young, so we expect them to be irresponsible, to need our advice and supervision. We don’t expect them to be able to independently plan to meet their goals, do their homework, safely cross the road or to take on complex tasks while still very young. ...
Learning difficulties and Learning disorders
In this article, some answers are given to some of the most often asked questions that parents pose about learning disabilities and difficulties[1]. What is a learning difficulty? Typically a learning difficulty or problem is defined as a difficulty acquiring academic...
Helping children with Learning Difficulties (LD)
Over the last few years there seems to have been an enormous leap in explanations for Learning Disabilities (LD). There is talk of genetic predisposition, processing times (e.g. slow auditory processing), brain imaging techniques and findings, quantified EEGs, brain...
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...