• Diet for ADD/ADHD
• Omega 3 fatty acids
• Neurofeedback and
• Working memory training

You can watch the video here:

At the end of the video – I mention the new 2 CD program that I’ve developed on Alternatives for ADHD. This is now available – and there is an ‘early bird discount’ which lasts until Monday April 19th 2010 until 11:59 pm Eastern Time.
To learn more about these CD’s – visit: Alternatives for ADHD.

Best,
Dr. Kenny

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Brainwaves are measured using an EEG – or electroencephalograph.

Understanding brainwaves in ADD/ADHD is exciting because of new research coming out about Neurofeedback and LENS in ADHD treatment. These treatments will be discussed in upcoming articles on this blog.

We now know that when children with ADD/ADHD are fully engaged in an activity their brain wave function remains at a lower levels. In children without disorder, the brain waves reach beta waves. And this makes all the difference in the behavior and the level of attention.

The brain is capable of producing four different frequencies of waves. The highest frequency is the beta – that’s what we use when we’re busily caught up in an activity that truly interests us. And that’s the brain wave that doesn’t necessarily appear for those with ADD/ADHD

The second highest is the alpha wave which is what you’re experiencing when you have just completed a task and you sit down to rest. When you sit down to reflect or meditate you start experiencing alpha waves. Taking a leisurely stroll through a garden also induces this state.

The third type of brain wave is the theta, which is dominant in our brains when we perform repetitious tasks. The repetition can be defined in any number ways. Even driving the same stretch of freeway on your commute to work every day can create these waves in your brain.

And that brings us to the slowest brain wave, the delta. This is the wave that dominates when we experience a good deep – and dreamless – sleep. These are also the same brain waves that are produced in abundance when you reach that trance like state in meditation.

A quick review:
Beta waves: Alert and attentive
Alpha waves: Relaxed/day dreaming
Theta waves: Drowsiness
Delta: Deep sleep.

In coming articles, we’ll cover how the approaches of Neurofeedback and LENS can work with the brainwaves to improve functioning for people with ADD/ADHD.

Best,

Dr. Kenny

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Neurofeedback, so its supportors say, trains the brain to work more efficiently by measuring the brain waves while an individual essentially plays a video game. Now, the effectiveness of this treatment is being put to the test – the scientific test, that is.

Researchers at The Ohio State University College of Medicine in Columbus, Ohio testing this form of therapy with the help of 36 children, aged six to 12. Each child receives 40 treatments of neurofeedback training either two or three times weekly for a total of 14 to 21 weeks.

The students are not permitted to take medication for ADD/ADHD during the course of the trial.

This study is the first time that neurofeedback as a treatment for ADD/ADHD has been tested in a double-blind study in this country. The study works by monitoring the brain waves of the children as they play the video game. As the children lose focus on the game, their brain waves will naturally slow. And in turn the test is constructed so the children lose the ability to control the game. They won’t be able to gain control again until they are prompted to refocus, which will increase their brain waves.

Having the research be ‘double blinded’, means that one group of the children will receive the real neurofeedback treatment, where the second group will have the same set up, however the treatment will not be true neurofeedback. This will allow the researchers to see if the neurofeedback leads to clinical improvement in children with ADD/ADHD, because the ‘sham’ treatment is acting like a placebo.

Watch this blog to see view the results of this trial. You can also visit here to read the entire news release of the study.

Best,

Dr. Kenny

p.s. to learn more about neurofeedback and other alternatives for ADD/ADHD, please visit: Alternatives for ADHD.

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