Neurocorrection

Neuropsychological correction (neurocorrection) is a methodic set of exercise applied to prevent abnormal development of mental function in children of 3-12 years old. Neurocorrection at the CBS promotes improvement of perception, understanding, memory and many other functions of the brain, disorders in the work of which were identified during the examination.

Nowadays, the effectiveness of neuropsychological support for children with these pathologies has already been proven, so parents want to empower their child by providing him or her with more harmonious personal development through neurocorrection.

Indications for Neurocorrection

It is recommended that all preschool and junior school children get an opinion of a Neuropsychologist. After the diagnostic procedure, the neuropsychological correction specialist will provide information on the child's characters, the degree of development of his/her higher mental functions, and indicate what to pay closer attention to and how to eliminate these problems.

What age is the best for neurocorrection?

 As we have already mentioned, neuropsychological correction is the best for children 3-12 years old. An earlier start of the therapy guarantees faster results. Most often, they are seen already after 2-3 months of sessions, and the maximum is after 7-9 months. However, it should be noted that in the case of more serious disorders, in which the child's development is much slower than usual, the results after neurocorrection can be seen in some months or years.

Contraindications

Neuropsychological correction for children with episyndromes and hemiplegia should be done with caution. Also, neurocorrection is not prescribed if there is a profound degree of mental retardation and if the child's lower and upper extremities do not work. In this case, neurocorrection exercises make no sense.

An Essence of Neurocorrection

Neurocorrection sessions usually take place in the form of a game. The specialist offers the child individually selected motor exercises for sensorimotor correction, breathing exercises, exercises for the development of speech, articulation and others necessary to eliminate psychological pathologies and corrections.

Thanks to this complex, the brain zones are activated in a certain sequence, making up for developmental "errors" in a natural way. Correction begins in infancy: the neuropsychologist encourages the child to repeat the natural movements of a normally developing infant: moving the arms, legs, holding a toy, cuddling, squeezing objects, etc. After mastering them, the functionality of the brain structures should be restored and work in the correct sequence.

Coping with movement control skills the child has an opportunity to overcome pathological features of his or her development: it may be an adaptation to other children in a group of kindergarten or class, difficulties encountered in school, the inability to control and cope with his or her emotions, etc.

Neurocorrection Stages

• Diagnostic. At this stage, using neuropsychological diagnostics, the Specialist determines the actual volume of skills and abilities and the presence of various pathological factors which can or have already led to certain "failures.
• Setting stage. The goal of the orientation stage is to create positive motivation for neurocorrectional work. As a result, anxiety is reduced and understanding of one's place in society, fear of being among people is eliminated, and confidence in oneself and an exceptionally positive result is increased. At this stage, the neuropsychologist also conducts explanatory conversations with parents and children to explain why certain neurocorrection exercises are necessary.
• Correction. This stage consists of three stages:

• Phase 1 - the beginning of corrective work aimed at increasing cerebral blood circulation, increasing working capacity and normalizing all psychophysiological processes;
• Phase 2 - development of motor reflexes and fine motor skills, improvement of work and interaction of brain hemispheres;
• Phase 3 - increase in the level of self-control: neurocorrection is carried out alternately in lying, sitting, on all fours, and finally standing.
• Assessment of effectiveness. The elimination of symptoms is not the reason for stopping the neurocorrection sessions. As experience and practice shows, the positive result is not manifested in a single moment, but over time. And the removal of symptoms without elimination of the cause of their occurrence can entail the return of symptoms in full or in part. That is why Neurocorrection sessions should be continued until a permanent long-term effect is achieved, and also to prevent new disorders.

It should be considered that kicking back the achieved results can occur due to illness, trauma suffered by the child, changes in social behaviour, and other reasons. In such cases, a repeated course of neurocorrective exercises is provided.

Neurocorrection Results at the Center for Brain Stimulation

Neurocorrection sessions at the Center for Brain Stimulation take a special approach to each child's demands. Appointments at the Center have the following goals:

• social adaptation, participation in collective games and activities;
• formation of a sense of inner security;
• training on the feeling of oneself in space;
• development of sensorimotor skills, coordination of movements, fine and fine motor skills;
• correction of muscle tone;
• improvement of sensory support of higher mental processes;
• speech development, improvement of articulation;
• development of logic;
• reduction of fatigue;
• normalization of behaviour;
• development of the ability to control one's behaviour;
• Increasing academic achievement and learning motivation, etc.

Advantages of Neuropsychological Correction in Children 

Among the main advantages of Neurocorrection are safety, playfulness, and high involvement of the child in the process. Based on knowledge of the specifics of a particular sensory system, the neuropsychologist constantly changes the intensity and complexity of exercises and helps the child form adaptive responses of more advanced levels.

The neuropsychological correction program is constructed strictly based on each child's features and is prescribed by a specialist also individually based on neuropsychological diagnostics.

Other benefits of the program include:

• an individualized neurocorrection program considering age, needs, and level of brain development. The program includes mandatory homework and works with parents;
• conducting a detailed neuropsychological diagnosis to determine the specifics of the development of higher mental functions (non-hardware method);
• establishment of connections between symptoms and features of the functional state of brain sections;
• determination of areas of the brain that are still "maturing," which functional connections are not yet working to their full potential.

Center for Brain Stimulation Advantages

1. Our clinic employs all the necessary specialists: psychologists, speech therapists, correctional educators, sensory therapists, neuropsychologists.
2. The Centre is equipped with a full set of equipment for sensory integration exercises and remedial classes.
3. Various programs of neuropsychological correction, cerebellar stimulation, logorhythmics, etc. are used.
4. Availability of many different specialists with great experience and high-level professionalism in one centre.

Doctors

The Center for Brain Stimulation provides an opportunity to get a consultation from a qualified specialist and undergo a necessary course of rehabilitation assistance for patients with various types of disorders and deviations. Procedures and exercises, which are prescribed by the neuropsychologist of the Centre, promote the development of high mental functions of the brain, the relationship between different parts of the brain, improve speech, thinking, motor skills and help a child to solve various psychological problems.

A certified neuropsychologist is a psychologist who has special knowledge of the brain and works at a deeper level, beginning with a parent's anamnesis from an early age or perinatal period of the child.

In general, neuropsychological correction creates a safe and positive atmosphere in which the experience of new sensations does not scare the child, but rather will stimulate a desire to experiment.