Coats for Kids is in it's 17th year at the office of Dr. Lois Flemming. This is a project that is near and dear to all of our hearts. Over the years, thanks to the generous spirit of our patients and the community, we have collected over 1000 new winter coats and over $5000 in cash for the foster children of Craven County.
This year, we set a goal of 150 coats. We are half-way through our drive (last day for collections is Friday, Dec. 16th), and we are not even close to 150 coats. I know the economy has us all tightening our purse strings, and the drive is not over yet, but I am getting anxious that we will not be able to provide coats to all the foster children as we have in the past. I would like to encourage you all to consider making a contribution to this wonderful charity.
Coats for Kids is great way to give to our community.
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
Friday, September 9, 2011
School ADHD Resource Kits are now available.
Whole Child Wellness is supporting our kids, and the local school system, by providing ADHD Resource Kits to Elementary Schools. These kits contain great resources for teachers and parents, to help them understand the ADHD brain and give them tools and techniques to enhance learning. The exercises contained in these kits are great for all learners, not just those with neurobehavioral disorders, and our hope is that teachers will implement a few of these techniques in their classrooms every day.
Some of the items contained in each kit:
"Disconnected Kids"- written by the founder of The Brain Balance Center. (This book is a great starting point for anyone interested in learning more about brain balancing.)
Cross-body movement exercises to improve reading skills.
Explanation of right and left brain functions.
Easy tests to determine lateral dominance.
Behavioral and learning evaluations.
Cognitive exercises to improve logic, reasoning, calculation and planning.
Eye tracking exercises to help with tracking words while reading.
Nutritional evaluation sheets to help determine food intolerance's.
Sensory stimulation to promote right or left brain function.
Lot's of literature explaining why the ADHD brain learns differently.
E.O.G. brain boosting exercises........and much, much more!
Ask your child's teacher if they have an ADHD Resource Kit and if they are implementing it in the classroom. If your school does not have a kit and is interested in receiving one, please contact us at staff.drflemming@embarqmail.com .
Some of the items contained in each kit:
"Disconnected Kids"- written by the founder of The Brain Balance Center. (This book is a great starting point for anyone interested in learning more about brain balancing.)
Cross-body movement exercises to improve reading skills.
Explanation of right and left brain functions.
Easy tests to determine lateral dominance.
Behavioral and learning evaluations.
Cognitive exercises to improve logic, reasoning, calculation and planning.
Eye tracking exercises to help with tracking words while reading.
Nutritional evaluation sheets to help determine food intolerance's.
Sensory stimulation to promote right or left brain function.
Lot's of literature explaining why the ADHD brain learns differently.
E.O.G. brain boosting exercises........and much, much more!
Ask your child's teacher if they have an ADHD Resource Kit and if they are implementing it in the classroom. If your school does not have a kit and is interested in receiving one, please contact us at staff.drflemming@embarqmail.com .
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Expected Child Behaviors
The Whole Child Wellness program quite often makes recommendations to parents regarding dietary changes. We perform a comprehensive IgG food allergy test before we list specific foods a child needs to avoid. Successfully making the recommended dietary changes requires diligence and patience, and are a necessary evil, vital to resolving the child's brain imbalance.
Chicken nuggets, pizza, chips, bread, cereal, ice cream, macaroni and cheese. This is just a sampling of the foods that kids love and want to eat all the time. It can be a daunting task to cut these offending foods out of your child's diet. Parents struggle to find nutritious, healthy foods their child will actually eat, and quite often, the children backslide and become irritable, hyper or super-sensitive, seem fatigued or even experience headaches and nausea. These are the physical withdrawal symptoms presented as the child goes through detox. Similar symptoms occur in adults who quit smoking and go through nicotine withdrawal, or stop caffeine and go through caffeine withdrawal. It is important to note that in susceptible children, the protein components in milk (casein) and wheat (gluten/gliandin) can form a morphine-like chemical that their bodies have adapted to. When you take that chemical out of the body, the body will have physical withdrawal symptoms similar to that of a drug addict.
Most parents look at these behaviors as negative things, equating them with side effects from medications which are bad for you and last as long as you take the medication. We here at Whole Child Wellness look at these side effects as a positive sign. A sign that the body is detoxing, eliminating the offending substance. We know that this backslide into negative behaviors is temporary, short lived, and a necessary sign of healing within the brain.
If you would like to learn more about some common offending foods, please log on to www.naturalhelpforadhd.blogspot.com .
Chicken nuggets, pizza, chips, bread, cereal, ice cream, macaroni and cheese. This is just a sampling of the foods that kids love and want to eat all the time. It can be a daunting task to cut these offending foods out of your child's diet. Parents struggle to find nutritious, healthy foods their child will actually eat, and quite often, the children backslide and become irritable, hyper or super-sensitive, seem fatigued or even experience headaches and nausea. These are the physical withdrawal symptoms presented as the child goes through detox. Similar symptoms occur in adults who quit smoking and go through nicotine withdrawal, or stop caffeine and go through caffeine withdrawal. It is important to note that in susceptible children, the protein components in milk (casein) and wheat (gluten/gliandin) can form a morphine-like chemical that their bodies have adapted to. When you take that chemical out of the body, the body will have physical withdrawal symptoms similar to that of a drug addict.
Most parents look at these behaviors as negative things, equating them with side effects from medications which are bad for you and last as long as you take the medication. We here at Whole Child Wellness look at these side effects as a positive sign. A sign that the body is detoxing, eliminating the offending substance. We know that this backslide into negative behaviors is temporary, short lived, and a necessary sign of healing within the brain.
If you would like to learn more about some common offending foods, please log on to www.naturalhelpforadhd.blogspot.com .
Wednesday, July 6, 2011
Do you worry about possible side effects?
There have been neumerous studies published regarding the negative side effects associated with long term use of medications prescribed to treat symptoms of ADHD. Stunted growth, suicidal thoughts, increased risk of drug abuse. Even sudden death.
Instead of blood tests and a thourough medical evaluation, parents of children seeing a medical doctor for ADHD have a conversation about the school's checklist, and leave a few minutes later with a prescription for a powerful psychotropic drug for their young child.
-Did the doctor check for a thyroid disorder?
-Did the doctor test for heavy metal toxicity?
-Did the doctor even mention nutrition or possible food sensitivities?
Whole Child Wellness is named as such because we examine the whole child, and determine the causes of their symptoms, then treat their condition naturally. We must warn you, however, there are some pretty powerful side effects.
To learn about the possible side effects of the natural approach to treatment of ADHD, please log on to
www.naturalhelpforadhd.blogspot.com .
Instead of blood tests and a thourough medical evaluation, parents of children seeing a medical doctor for ADHD have a conversation about the school's checklist, and leave a few minutes later with a prescription for a powerful psychotropic drug for their young child.
-Did the doctor check for a thyroid disorder?
-Did the doctor test for heavy metal toxicity?
-Did the doctor even mention nutrition or possible food sensitivities?
Whole Child Wellness is named as such because we examine the whole child, and determine the causes of their symptoms, then treat their condition naturally. We must warn you, however, there are some pretty powerful side effects.
To learn about the possible side effects of the natural approach to treatment of ADHD, please log on to
www.naturalhelpforadhd.blogspot.com .
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
14 Key Factors Resulting in Hemisphericity
Genetic predisposition
Peri-natal factors- birth trauma, cerebral hypoxia, fetal distress
Cerebral traumas- cranial blows, concussion, whiplash
Cranio-vertebral/postural dysfunction- subluxations, weak core muscles
Dys-afferentation (reduced sensory capacity)- chronic ear infections, scar tissue
Sedentary/reduced movement- TV, video games, computers, long hours sitting, street insecurity
Psycho-social factors- sensory deprivation, physical or emotional abuse, lack of social support
Environmental toxins- trans-placental (mercury, drugs, alcohol, cigarettes) Neonatal (passive smoking, heavy metals)
Electromagnetic pollution
Essential Fatty Acid Deficiency
Vitamin, Mineral, Amino Acid Deficiency
Metabolically incompatible diet
Food allergies/intolerance's/peptide accumulation- casein and gluten, other food sensitivities, food additives, phosphates
Gastro-Intestinal Dysbiosis- pro biotic deficiency, bacterial overgrowth, parasites, Candida
Immune Dysfunction
For more information on hemisphericity or the 14 key factors resulting in hemisphericity, please log on to www.naturalhelpforadhd.blogspot.com .
Peri-natal factors- birth trauma, cerebral hypoxia, fetal distress
Cerebral traumas- cranial blows, concussion, whiplash
Cranio-vertebral/postural dysfunction- subluxations, weak core muscles
Dys-afferentation (reduced sensory capacity)- chronic ear infections, scar tissue
Sedentary/reduced movement- TV, video games, computers, long hours sitting, street insecurity
Psycho-social factors- sensory deprivation, physical or emotional abuse, lack of social support
Environmental toxins- trans-placental (mercury, drugs, alcohol, cigarettes) Neonatal (passive smoking, heavy metals)
Electromagnetic pollution
Essential Fatty Acid Deficiency
Vitamin, Mineral, Amino Acid Deficiency
Metabolically incompatible diet
Food allergies/intolerance's/peptide accumulation- casein and gluten, other food sensitivities, food additives, phosphates
Gastro-Intestinal Dysbiosis- pro biotic deficiency, bacterial overgrowth, parasites, Candida
Immune Dysfunction
For more information on hemisphericity or the 14 key factors resulting in hemisphericity, please log on to www.naturalhelpforadhd.blogspot.com .
Friday, June 17, 2011
Why adjust kids?
Parents of children coming into the Whole Child Wellness program are sometimes surprised by the fact that chiropractic treatment is a part of the program. How can spinal manipulation help with symptoms of ADHD, Asperger's, Autism or Opisitional Disorder?
Spinal joints that are improperly positioned, or subluxated, can cause irritation or pressure to the nerves exiting the spinal column. This leads to poor nerve signal transmission from the brain to the body and from the body back to the brain. The brain is dependant upon this "super-highway" of nerve signals to control all bodily functions (respiration, digestion, blood pressure, etc.), for proprioception and coordination, and to make sense out of all the sensory input our bodies are constantly receiving from the world around us.
Spinal subluxations are common in children due to falls, rough play and birth trauma. It is so important to remove these sources of interference in their internal communication system and allow their "information super-highway" to function at it's best.
For more information on what kids think about spinal adjustments, and to learn about Dr. Flemming's adjusting technique, please log on to http://www.naturalhelpforadhd.blogspot.com/ .
Spinal joints that are improperly positioned, or subluxated, can cause irritation or pressure to the nerves exiting the spinal column. This leads to poor nerve signal transmission from the brain to the body and from the body back to the brain. The brain is dependant upon this "super-highway" of nerve signals to control all bodily functions (respiration, digestion, blood pressure, etc.), for proprioception and coordination, and to make sense out of all the sensory input our bodies are constantly receiving from the world around us.
Spinal subluxations are common in children due to falls, rough play and birth trauma. It is so important to remove these sources of interference in their internal communication system and allow their "information super-highway" to function at it's best.
For more information on what kids think about spinal adjustments, and to learn about Dr. Flemming's adjusting technique, please log on to http://www.naturalhelpforadhd.blogspot.com/ .
Tuesday, June 7, 2011
Why Mineral Tissue Analysis is so important.
A tissue mineral analysis is one of the first tests we do on children entering the Whole Child Wellness program. Using a small sample of hair from the child, an independent lab tests the amount of heavy metals and other toxins present in the child's system. The majority of kids we test come back with unhealthy levels of toxic metals accumulated in their system. It's not just lead parents have to worry about. There is also aluminum, mercury, cadmium and arsenic- all found in the foods we eat, the materials we cook with, the air we breath, the medicine we take. What are we putting into our kids!?!?
Parents who have been very diligent in providing healthy, nutritious foods and clean home environment are especially surprised by the levels of toxins found in their child's system. They say "no wonder my child is having problems" and "how did this happen?".
This is why if your child is having difficulty with focus, attention, communication or behavior, a mineral tissue analysis should be one of the first diagnostic tests performed. The Whole Child Wellness program works first to remove these toxic substances creating interference in the brain, then to strengthen the weakened areas created by the interference.
For more information on the Whole Child Wellness program, and information on a recent study done by the Center for Science in the Public Interest, go to www.naturalhelpforadhd.blogspot.com .
Parents who have been very diligent in providing healthy, nutritious foods and clean home environment are especially surprised by the levels of toxins found in their child's system. They say "no wonder my child is having problems" and "how did this happen?".
This is why if your child is having difficulty with focus, attention, communication or behavior, a mineral tissue analysis should be one of the first diagnostic tests performed. The Whole Child Wellness program works first to remove these toxic substances creating interference in the brain, then to strengthen the weakened areas created by the interference.
For more information on the Whole Child Wellness program, and information on a recent study done by the Center for Science in the Public Interest, go to www.naturalhelpforadhd.blogspot.com .
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