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Karen has travelled from Dublin to Toronto to London to meet with people who have worked tirelessly to find new ways of treating children with sensory difficulties.
Dr. William Shaw, PhD, is an American chemist, autism researcher and the founder and director of the Great Plains Laboratory, based in Lenexa, Kansas.
William Shaw, is board certified in the fields of clinical chemistry and toxicology by the American Board of Clinical Chemistry. Before he founded The Great Plains Laboratory, Inc.,
Dr. Shaw worked for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Children’s Mercy Hospital, University of Missouri at Kansas City School of Medicine, and Smith Kline Laboratories. He is the author of Biological Treatments for Autism and PDD, originally published in 1998 and Autism: Beyond the Basics, published in 2009. He is also a frequent speaker at conferences worldwide.
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Diane details her daughter’s diagnosis with ASD and working with the LiFT programme delivered by Karen O’ Connor.
At 14 months her daughter, Rosalie started to regress in terms of speech. After observing her over the course of a few weeks, they noticed she stopped showing interest in playing with other children and then stopped talking and walking completely. When diagnosed with ASD it was a shock to Diane’s family as her daughter had met every milestone previously.
After an assessment with Karen O’ Connor, Diane’s daughter started therapeutic listening for 20-25 mins per day and because of this, her child’s life has changed.
Diane speaks about how Karen’s approach is different and how it has helped her daughter concentrate better, her comprehension has improved, she has different sounds and words, her balance and coordination have improved, her motor skills, sleeping pattern and appetite too.
Combining listening therapy and the Brushing programme has really helped Rosalie in a short period of time and the results are evident.
Diane highly recommends these proven home programmes and believes music works from the inside out and speech and language therapy works from the outside in.
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Helen discusses her experience introducing her son to Karen O’Connor’s Pieces of the Jigsaw programme and the support Karen provided from the start.
Helen speaks about her son, Bruce who was born prematurely and had a very difficult start in life. Bruce was a very anxious and uneasy baby and wasn’t hitting his development milestones.
After seeing specialists, ophthalmologists and undergoing various tests, between 12-18 months Helen knew things with her son weren’t improving and it wasn’t just him down to him being born prematurely.
His speech was delayed and didn’t speak until 27 months and he wasn’t doing the things he should be doing at his age.
Before his third birthday, Bruce was diagnosed with autism which was devastating for his family. After exhausting many routes for help and guidance for Bruce, Helen was put in contact with Karen O’ Connor. After the first assessment with Karen, Helen says how she felt hopeful about her son for the first time.
Karen educated her on how to manage Bruce and introduced her to floortime strategies, the Hannon approach etc. They started seeing results. The next big move was with therapeutic listening. Helen began to see real changes. He became calmer, his eye contact and his motivation to speak both improved. The programme is still ongoing.
Helen explains the impact that Karen O’ Connor’s programme had on herself and her son.
The results are life-changing.
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Listen to Patricia discuss her and her son’s experience with Karen O’Connor and her Pieces of the Jigsaw programme.
Patricia’s son visited Karen O’ Connor when he was six years old with disfluency issues which were brought to her attention by his school teacher.
Patricia’s main concern was his fluency or what she knew at the time being referred to as a stammer. He couldn’t get out his words even though she knew what he was trying to say.
After visiting the university’s Speech and Language department the advice given wasn’t helpful and that’s when Patricia decided to get another option; an assessment with Karen O’ Connor.
The holistic assessment of the puzzle helped Patricia understand the motor planning and the whole picture of her child was addressed. Although it was totally new to Patricia she felt relieved and understood it straight away. Karen not only looked at his Speech and Language or comprehension but all the pieces of the jigsaw puzzle that makes up a person.
Karen helped set the foundation for Patricia’s son and it became clear that in order to reach the top the bottom needs to be set in place first. Changes started to become visible and as time passes the benefits of the home programme are becoming clearer. Patricia acknowledges that if the motor planning piece is left out then it will always be missing.
Karen’s book along with the LiFT programme eliminated all fluency issues for her son which have now totally disappeared. His reading and handwriting also improved as well as his coordination and balance.
The results are really life-changing.
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Karen O' Connor speaks with Paul Madaule, Psychologist & Director of the Listening Centre, Toronto.
Paul was involved in establishing centres in the US and Mexico and he created Listening Fitness with the LiFT®, a portable audio-device and professional training course that provides the listening work to wider audiences.
Paul has written numerous articles on subjects related to the educational and therapeutic value of music, voice and Listening Training with children with developmental and learning problems. He also co-authored About the Tomatis Method. Paul’s book When Listening Comes Alive, first published in 1993, has been translated into ten languages.
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Aileen discusses his daughter’s experience with Karen O’ Connor and the differences she saw in the Pieces of the Jigsaw programme compared to ‘standard’ techniques they’d encountered.
Aileen’s daughter wasn’t talking so they wanted to address these problems. After visiting many Speech and Language therapists and not seeing results as well as public waiting lists, they decided to contact Karen O’ Connor and the child development centre.
Aileen’s daughter wanted to speak but couldn’t get the words out which indicated that she had a problem with her tongue. After being assessed by Karen it was discovered that her daughter’s muscle tone was weak hence why she couldn’t get the sounds out.
After meeting with Karen, Aileen felt that they were on the right track. Karen explained her approach of looking at all the pieces of her child’s jigsaw and that all the pieces need to align in order for their child to fully develop and not just one area.
Aileen praises the Brushing approach which creates a calming environment for her daughter and that she really enjoys it as it makes her feel more comfortable in her own skin when out and about. She now has a greater sense of what she’s using her tongue for.
Aileen stresses the importance of not giving up and for parents to keep going with these approaches with their child. It’s a process and is not going to happen overnight.
The first change they saw with therapeutic listening was that their child was more settled and engaged for longer periods of time. The programme changes but when using the Ease programme that’s when her sounds and words started to come.
Aileen highly recommends this approach to other parents as it has enabled her child to achieve her potential in a short period of time.
The difference it has made to her child and the benefits her family have seen in this time are incredible.
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Louise details her son’s experiences with the Pieces of the Jigsaw programme as delivered by Karen O’Connor.
Louise noticed her son, Bear was pointing and waving instead of speaking and at 14 months regressed went downhill. He walked on his toes, with his hands over his ears- very anxious and had a pale complexion. Louise talks about her son being lifeless, not smiling and had no sense of where he was and looking lost.
Louise brought her son to various speech & language therapists and after assessments and trying different approaches they felt the gains were short-lived for how unwell they made his son feel.
The first time Louise felt hopeful was after speaking with Karen O’ Connor.
Karen’s expertise and guidance really helped Louise and her husband manage their son. The combination of therapeutic listening and the LiFT programme was a game-changer. Before this Louise admits her son was a sad child, no personality after four days he started showing interest and
In the beginning, his spinning got worse but things started to calm down and his eye contact improved. There were so many changes that Louise keeps a diary. His expressive language and clarity has really improved and engagement with others with the LiFT programme.
The results are life-changing.
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Karen Clancy has over 17 years of experience practicing in the field of Complementary & Holistic Medicine.
Karen uses a combined method of her treatments with patients depending on what is needed for each individual. For children and babies, Karen works mainly with Craniosacral Therapy providing a safe, caring and playful space for them to be met and worked with. Karen is passionate about health, healing, nature’s wisdom and cycles, and helping empower people to obtain optimum health, vitality and wellbeing on a physical, mental, emotional & spiritual level.
Karen commenced acupuncture and Welcare studies in 2001 and graduated from CMATCM in 2004 having been a member of TCMCI association since then. Karen has undertaken many advanced Acupuncture training in Facial/Cosmetic Acupuncture, Tungs Holographic systems, Dr. Zhu’s Scalp Acupuncture, Dr. Tan’s Balance method and many of Master Jeffery Yuens classical acupuncture courses. She has also completed naturopathic postgraduate training in the Welcare System® at the Welcare Foundation® in Dublin.
In 2005 Karen trained in Module 1 of theoretical & practical training in San Diego & Tijuana Mexico, with The Gerson Institute, in the management & support of cancer & chronic diseases. Since 2003 Karen has also been training in CranioSacral Therapy with the Upledger Institute and has done postgraduate training with Ingrid Bacci and is also in BioDynamic CranioSacral Therapy. In 2009 Karen graduated from ICIM with a Diploma in Nutritional Therapy. Karen has done training also in “Focusing” by Eugene Gendlin. This is a subtle, compassionate, transformative practice of inner awareness, listening and dialoguing. It enables us to direct our attention inwardly to precisely what needs our attention in our lives. Through this compassionate listening process, natural steps of change arise spontaneously.
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Tom discusses his daughter Valentina's experience with Karen O'Connor and the differences he saw in the Pieces of the Jigsaw programme compared to 'standard' techniques they'd encountered.
Karen has over 20 years experience working with children with complex communication needs. She would like to share her extensive knowledge and unique approach combining speech & language therapy approaches with up-to-the-minute sensory integrative and sound therapy techniques so that your child can achieve their greatest potential over the shortest period of time.
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Marie Slevin is a Clinical Developmental Psychologist at the Department of Neonatology at the National Maternity Hospital, Holles St, Dublin. She specializes in neurodevelopmental follow-up and assessments of preterm infants and term infants with neurological problems and has specialised skills in the administration of the Bayley Scales.
Meet The Experts is a series of interviews with professionals in the field of speech & language therapy. Karen has travelled from Dublin to Toronto to London to meet with people who have worked tirelessly to find new ways of treating children with sensory difficulties.
Karen O’Connor along with Marie Slevin have published research that looks at Therapeutic Listening for Preterm Children with Sensory Dysregulation Attention and Cognitive Problems. It concluded that Therapeutic Listening is a feasible intervention for preterm children to improve attention levels and sensory processing skills.
Karen has over 20 years experience working with children with complex communication needs. She would like to share her extensive knowledge and unique approach combining speech & language therapy approaches with up-to-the-minute sensory integrative and sound therapy techniques so that your child can achieve their greatest potential over the shortest period of time.
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Bríd details her son’s experiences with the LiFT programme as delivered by Karen O’Connor.
Bríd’s son, Cathal was assessed by Karen at the age of three years. They started the LiFT programme together. After day two, Bríd and her husband saw an improvement with Cathal when he started making eye contact.
Although their son began to have tantrums at the same time as doing the LiFT programme, Karen reassured them that he was expressing himself and that the listening therapy was working. Bríd and her husband started to see an improvement. Cathal loved music and it calmed him down in situations.
Brid can’t stress how much therapeutic listening worked for Cathal who is now 13 and is in secondary school. His results in school surprised both the teachers and his parents. His confidence grew as did his love for music and sport. Cathal is thriving which Bríd believes is a result of early intervention with the Lift programme.
Bríd thinks without the programme Cathal definitely wouldn’t be where he is today 10 years later.
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Dr Goodwin McDonnell is a practicing GP who along with a great many of the medical profession have committed themselves to help children and families who are living with autism and related life-challenging illnesses. Dr. Goodwin is not just a GP but also a homeopath, and approaches his medical practice with an integrative approach where he looks at the whole picture and not just a single symptom. This thorough approach has yielded enormous success rates for children who live with Aspergers Syndrome, hyperactivity disorders and similar related illnesses. The key to his success with these patients appears to be related to treating gut disorders and dietary issues. (Taken from Soulwave.ie)
Karen has over 20 years of experience working with children with complex communication needs. She would like to share her extensive knowledge and unique approach combining speech & language therapy approaches with up-to-the-minute sensory integrative and sound therapy techniques so that your child can achieve their greatest potential over the shortest period of time
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Karen has travelled from Dublin to Toronto to London to meet with people who have worked tirelessly to find new ways of treating children with sensory difficulties.
Pauline Moran is a pediatric occupational therapist with over 20 years experience working with children with developmental changes.
Pauline runs a Sensory Integration Clinic in Kilcoole, Co Wicklow. Pauline qualified in 1994 from the London School of Occupational Therapy, Brunel University. She began working in Paediatrics in 1996 and has great experience working with children with a variety of different conditions.
Pauline has specific expertise in the area of sensory integration (SI). She is SIPT certified and is an advanced practitioner in sensory integration through the SI Network UK & Ireland with the University of Ulster.
She is also an advanced Practitioner in Therapeutic Listening. Pauline has always been proactive in her continual professional development. She has a depth of training and certification reflective of her commitment to course attendance each year.
Nothing gives Pauline more joy than seeing her clients’ progress to reaching their potential. She educates, liaises and works closely with parents, teachers, schools and other professionals. She works holistically with the children, referring the children to other professionals when required.
Pauline looks at occupational performance throughout the child’s day in particular, certain things that might be affecting their behaviours and routines and then understanding what exactly is affecting the child’s function.
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