10: The Game-Changing Tool for Kids with ADHD with Dr. Roseann Capanna-Hodge
On this week\u2019s episode of the Soaring Child Podcast, we had a conversation with Dr. Roseann Capanna-Hodge. Dr. Roseann is a Connecticut Certified School Psychologist, Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC), and Board Certified Neurofeedback Provider (BCN). We discussed the importance of the very complex tool for treating kids with disabilities called neurofeedback. Research has actually shown that neurofeedback is far more effective and safer to use than psychostimulants, which are more than likely to have a side effect.\xa0
Neurofeedback is a process that changes the brainwaves in a child\u2019s brain using measurement and reinforcement. People are wary of changing the electrical movement in their child\u2019s brain, but research has shown that neurofeedback provides an abundance of benefits. Dr. Roseann explains how the procedure works and how it has been under major scrutiny by medical scientists and professionals.
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Takeaways:\xa0
[1:14] What is neurofeedback
[8:52] Targeting working memory for neurofeedback
[20:55] How neurofeedback is effective for kids with ADHD
[23:41] Why care providers are not sharing this information
[29:10] At-home neurofeedback
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Memorable quotes:
\xa0\u201cIt\u2019s based on operative conditioning. That when you give somebody a reward, they are more likely to repeat that behavior. And the brain is the same; it learns it.\u201d
\u201cSo that\u2019s neurofeedback. You just reinforce the brain for changing from an unhealthy to healthy brainwave, and it\u2019s very possible and it\u2019s lasting. You can directly target very specific regions.\u201d
\u201cThe brain then creates a new set point, a new homeostasis, and it\u2019s able to function at a higher rate outside of the neurofeedback session on its own.\u201d
\u201cI was like, this is amazing. I haven\u2019t slept, you know, because my baby was up, and I could just do this neurofeedback in my frontal lobes, and I can feel alert and I can feel good.\u201d
\u201cIf anything in this podcast is opening your mind, to other possibilities, that nutrition and nutrients are the foundation to build the brain. And sometimes those things alone can rectify things.\u201d
\u201cThere\u2019s so much amazing research of kids with ADHD getting neurofeedback, and we know that it improves inattention, we know that it improves impulsivity, and we even know for kids that are moody or anxious, that it can improve those kinds of components.\u201d
\u201cWhy aren\u2019t primary care providers sharing that diet has to be the foundation? The diet feeds the brain. And then when you can reduce the inflammation in the body, bringing in therapies like neurofeedback to really optimize that brain, why isn\u2019t that, you know?
\xa0\u201cSince 2012, the American Academy of Pediatrics says neurofeedback is a level 1 intervention, the same as psych meds\u2026 but pediatricians are not telling parents that.\u201d
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