ESPN�s College Football Gameday program featured a special 2.5 minute report on Notre Dame�s use of Interactive Metronome in their off-season workouts. (Sept 13, 2003 ). Hosted by Chris Fowler, Lee Corso and Kirk Herbstreit, the segment included interviews with coaches and players. Tyrone Willingham, head coach of Notre Dame remarked, �It�s a program of focus and concentration enhancement that allows a player to better focus all of his energies on the given task.� �If you have the ability to focus and concentrate � then especially in pressure situations you�re much clearer in your thoughts and your view of what�s taking place,� says Willingham �And, thereforeit should enhance the ability to make big plays.� Click here for full story.
Elaine Rooney was at her wit�s end. Her 9-year-old son, Logan was diagnosed with ADHD when he was a first grader. The family tried medication. They tried diet modifications and even tried homeopathic treatment. Nothing seemed to make a dent in Logan�s unruly behavior. When she heard about a new therapy, called Interactive Metronome, she was skeptical, but desperate enough to give it a try. After the third session, Mrs. Rooney started to notice a difference in her son�s behavior. Click on icons for full story.
When parents first hear the diagnosis: ADHD, or any other learning disability, one of their first questions is, "Will my child have to be on drugs?" There are now alternative treatments, including one new to the Northwest that has childrenclapping their way to success - it's a computerized version of a metronome that's music to one mother�s ears. Click here for full story.
Any parent of a child with attention deficit disorder knows the struggles of trying to keep that child to task at home and especially in school. Many turn to medications like Ritalin to help their kids calm down and focus. In this Healthy Living report a look at a new therapy that's growing in popularity. Click here for the full story.
Attention, coordination and timing are skills we take for granted. And not all children are born with these skills. Children with Hyperactivity, Sensory or Attention Deficit Disorders have to learn those skills through special therapies. A music therapy called Interactive Metronome is based on the time-keeping metronome you've probably seen before. But its benefits show up every time eight-year-old April Graves goes out for recess. Click here for the full story.
Belen High School student Robert Velasco recently achieved the National Leader Board Record for the Interactive Metronome. It took Velasco only 10 days to surpass the IM scores of professional athletes such as Jay Fiedler of the Miami Dolphins and Anthony Carter of the Miami Heat. Click icon for the full story.
