Why move?
It is the tradition of our education system to believe that individuals will learn best if they are presented with lots of information, in the form of a lecture or 2-dimensional written form, and seated still with eyes forward and taking notes. However, for real...
In what order do we learn?
Addressing learning issues on the academic level is like repairing a roof when the walls and foundations are cracked and crumbling. The above diagram, The Learning Ladder (de Garcia, 2014), illustrates what systems need to be in place, and in what order, so that...
Our Immune System
During these trying time, at least here in the US, we are only hearing about medical treatments against Covid-19, including the importance of vaccination and how not to pass it around (i.e., masking and social distancing), however, nowhere are we hearing about what we...
Hypermobility of the Joints
So almost 3 years ago now, I woke up one morning and my joints of the spine were super flexible and popping like pop beads. It started one day in the lower spine and in a couple of days it was the entire way up through the neck. Within a couple of weeks it then...
Neuroinflammation
Neuro-inflammation is inflammation of the nervous tissue, and is associated with a wide variety of psychological symptoms such as ASD, ADHD, schizophrenia, and epilepsy. Neuro-inflammation is a defense mechanism that initially protects the brain by removing or...
How I Became a Learning Specialist
I hold a fundamental belief that all children want to learn and succeed in school, although they may eventually compensate for their learning struggles by appearing not to care or to be lazy. To a child to whom learning does not come easily, he has to use so much...