food for thought

Over the weekend, while visiting family in La Junta, my uncle Paul told us about a book he's reading that's changing his life.  See, he's a high school principal, one that cares about helping kids learn, succeed, and straighten out their issues - so reading the book called Disconnected Kids is changing the way he looks at his job.

I haven't read it yet, but is sounds like the author, Dr. Robert Melillo, has figured out that a lot of neurological problems (ADD, autism, etc) may actually develop because certain parts of a child's brain were understimulated as they grew up (read: they sat in front of the TV all day instead of going outside to play).  So they don't need to be drugged into a stupor to fix the problem - their brain just needs the stimulus they missed out on as little ones.  He's been working on this for a while, written other books too, and now he's started Brain Balance Achievement Centers, which put his theories into action.  Really cool idea, don't ya think?