Reframe Your Thinking Around Autism: How the Polyvagal Theory and Brain Plasticity Help Us Make Sense of Autism by Holly Bridges

Author:Holly Bridges [Bridges, Holly]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Asperger Syndrome (AS), Autism, Education, Family & Relationships, General, Health & Fitness, Neuropsychology, Psychology, Psychopathology, Special Education, Non-Fiction, Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), Asperger, Neurodiversity
ISBN: 1849056722
Google: Bm8NCgAAQBAJ
Amazon: B010MQFRMM
Goodreads: 26346714
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Published: 2015-08-21T00:00:00+00:00

12. Anat Baniel and Brain Plasticity

We learn through movement, we turn stimulation into information…with awareness.

Anat Baniel

Nature doesn’t grow in straight lines. Nothing in nature is perfectly straight. Our rational brain loves straight lines, they are fun to draw and design buildings with, but they are not natural. We have all grown up learning the classical model of learning: ‘get it perfect’, ‘get it straight’, ‘there’s a proper way of doing things, if you want to get it right’. That’s the rational brain way of doing it.

Learning brain plasticity is not a bit like this. It is the opposite of rational: it is natural, organic. We grow like trees, not buildings. We don’t erect scaffolding and concrete in our brains, we grow wonderful images; we make music.

If you want to engage with your brain, you need to be open, be mindful that it is a garden not a building, and that there is never just one way of doing things. There are infinite ways of doing things. The point is to engage the brain, to play with its magnificence, and then trust it to do its stuff. It knows what to do – it just needs the right conditions.

Anat Baniel works with a range of childhood conditions, from cerebral palsy to autism. She has a unique way of working with children with special needs that facilitates transformation in a way that ordinary therapies do not. She uses movement with attention and eight other essentials to communicate with the brain to enhance change and learning. As Dr Michael Merzenich wrote in his foreword to Anat’s book, Kids Beyond Limits:

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