they present information to the child about what is happening at that moment in his cortex. They are seeing their own brain waves misbehave, and they try to get them under control. Gradually, the patient is able to do so. Once the childs brain has learned to regulate itself better, it continues to use that skill, just as other childrens brains do naturally. When this happens, there are numerous improvements. Ones sleeping may improve, bedwetting may stop, headaches may disappear, less temper tantrums, reading level may increase, school behavior may become less disruptive, and his math and writing may also improve. Among the symptoms responding to the training, it is easiest to document progress with tests of cognitive function and of intelligence. In one thirteen year old boys case by the name of David tremendous results occurred. David was an eighth grade student who had reading and math shills one to two years below grade level. He was failing every subject and seemed distined to repeat the eigth grade. His teachers described his as disruptive and oppostional in class and stated that he had difficulty paying attention during structured and unstructured activities. The school administrators contacted his grandparents and suggested that he was likely suffering form an Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. They recommended that he be taken to his pediatrician and placed on Ritalin. At home his father virtually abandoned him from birth. His mother, overwhelmed by the task of raising him and his two sisters without spousal help, relapsed into drug and alcohol abuse. She was frequently drunk and around David she was moody and volatile. He ran wild. He refused to obey her curfews, going to be late at night and failing to rise for school in the morning. Intermittently he wet the bed. He never helped the family with housekeeping or yard work chores. His mothers parents, sensing that she needed heip with David, and hav...
