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Greetings!  
 
From the moment I held my third child in my arms, I knew something was different. He didn't cuddle, didn't grab my fingers, and didn't respond to my touch or voice as my other children had done. In fact, he never uttered a word until he was six years old.
 
His problems were so severe that doctors and educators offered little hope. The professionals I consulted offered a very bleak life sentence of minimum functioning for my little boy. And yet I could see glimmers of intelligence where they could not.
 
Whitney had a knack of returning to places he had been to earlier, as if he had an internal GPS system. He ripped apart his toys and examined their inner workings very closely.
 
There was one particular moment when I realized Whitney was thinking and problem-solving - using his brain, although he wouldn't talk. He had awakened again in the middle of the night and decided he was hungry. At first, all I noticed was the mess of pancake syrup, milk, Cheerios and other food mixed in a large pile and strewn all over the kitchen floor. How he even managed to reach some of the items in my "child proof" kitchen was mystery enough.
 
And then I saw that sitting in the (fortunately unlit) oven was a bowl. In the bowl were the contents of an empty cake mix box, some water and three unbroken eggs. It was the three eggs that told the story. They were unbroken - just like the pictures on the box of cake mix!
 
He had seen the picture on the box and recreated it exactly, but when nothing happened after that, when it didn't turned out like he planned, when there was no cake, he became frustrated and angry and simply made his own "breakfast" all over the floor.
 
That's when I realized that the "experts" were wrong. Whitney did not have a psychiatric or mental health problem. He had a communication problem. He obviously had a mind capable of reason, determination, problem-solving and goal-achieving - but in a visual manner. What he lacked was a language to communicate his desires to the outside world. He was thinking in pictures, not words!
 
Many of my clients have reached this same conclusion. As the mother of a two-year old Maverick told me:  "I could see his ability when no one else could. I knew something was amiss. I spent the nights studying books on autism ... but something just didn't add up and I could not figure out what that was. He is a Maverick, I can confidently say that now.  I am so filled with hope, I can barely contain myself."
 
Are you a parent who feels your child's diagnosis might not be accurate?  Have you seen your child exhibit moments of thoughtfulness and even brilliance, when therapists have decided there is no hope?
 
If so, I encourage you to explore the possibility that you may have a "Maverick" on your hands. Sign up for a free screening or take a free webinar or make an appointment to discuss your child's condition with me.

Cheri L. Florance, Ph.D.

President, Brain Engineering Labs
 
Free Screening
"The visual brain is very powerful and because of this overwhelming power, children can have problems with attention, memory, cooperation, motivation and communication.  The visual brain can become the enemy of the auditory-verbal brain and cause it to malfunction."  ~ Dr. Cheri Florance 
The purpose of the free screening is determine the likelihood that your child's symptoms are related to the "Maverick Mind" syndrome -- a strong visual brain interfering with the development of the auditory-verbal brain, causing language, communication, and even behavioral problems.
 
To schedule a free screening, click HERE.
 
Choose "Free Telephone Screening," select a day and time, and we will call you. 
 
It's as easy as that!
 5 steps key             FREE WEBINAR:
 
Introduction to Brain Engineering
for Highly Visual Families

  
This webinar is specifically for any family with strong visual thinkers, who will find the information about the new brain science of visual thinkers enlightening.  
 
This webinar is free, but seats fill quickly.  
 
Please complete a short survey to help Dr. Florance get to know something about you. Dr. Florance creates the Webinar agenda based on the responses and questions submitted.
 

 Click HERE to take the survey and receive Webinar instructions. 
 

In Their Own Words:

 
"Dr. Florance, you said how you usually see something change around two weeks. Well, tonight at dinner  ... I noticed how cheerful and happy our daughter was. I told her that I noticed that she seemed really happy and asked her if it was because of her new glasses. She said yes, but also she just feels like she can 'talk to the world' now. Remarkable...I couldn't have made that up. I'm learning that a lot of these meltdowns are over communication. It was hard for us to believe that she really hasn't been comprehending what we say to her...to us it just looked like defiance. It became crystal clear to me this weekend that after going round and round an issue and getting nowhere, the minute I used a metaphor - -- and she totally got it. I have also noticed that suddenly she seems to be asking me the meaning of many vocabulary words. This is a good sign, I think."
 
(Mother of pre-teen Maverick)
AMP Up With The Animals  by Dr. Cheri Florance
A series of exercises and lesson plans for parents to use with children who have been diagnosed with "Maverick Mind" syndrome. Each of the ten chapters in this series uses one animal as a focus for the exercises designed to enhance the child's ability to improve their Attention, Memory, and Processing (brain "AMP"). The book includes photos of children imitating the animals' movements, and many exercises and activities to reinforce the training goal for each chapter and each animal. Explanations of the science behind each brain engineering exercise are provided for parents.
 
5 steps key  Now available through Amazon.com and BarnesandNoble.com
 
NOTE that for some families this manual is enough and the ideas presented will provide them with new ideas and insights that can be applied immediately. Other families may prefer additional materials and guidance, especially those with children who are having trouble with communication and cognition which result in behavior problems. Dr. Florance has created very specialized materials, including videos and music about the "AMP Up" animals to accompany this book, combined with  personal consultation to support a parent's  ability, and their  child's ability, to learn to "AMP Up." 

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PODCAST:  Magnificent Maverick Moments. Listen to success stories on i-Tunes:
 

FREE INFORMATION: Receive free e-books when you schedule a Free Screening appointment by clicking http://brain-engineering-labs.genbook.com. Choose "Free Telephone Screening" and select a day and time that's open and we will call you. 

 
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Thank you and we look forward to helping you soon.

Cheri Florance, Ph.D.
Brain Engineering Labs
866-865-9820

www.ebrainlabs.com