ABMNM and Autism
Picking up from where I left off last time, the Anat Baniel Method NeuroMovement (ABMNM) works very well with all children with special needs, including children on the Autism Spectrum. ABMNM is a very gentle approach. It entails giving FS or Functional Synthesis lessons to the child in which an ABMNM practitioner works one on one with a child. The basic premise of ABMNM is to move away from the Fixing paradigm to Connecting with the child. A child on the spectrum is not a mechanical toy that is broken and needs fixing but is a living, breathing human being that is whole and complete. ABMNM helps create new connections in the brain as a result of which we see various outcomes. The brain, like any other organ in our body, serves a function and the job of the brain is to put order in the disorder and make sense out of the nonsense. Our brain thrives on learning. So, how does the brain learn? Whenever the brain perceives a difference, new connections are formed in the brain and learni