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The Results of OUR Work

Neurofeedback combined with training in metacognitive strategies
Effectiveness in students with ADD


As published in: The Journal of Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback (vol. 23, Number 4)
L. Thompson, Ph. D.


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Recent unsolicited e-mails and letters from the mother and father of a client who came to the centre 15 years ago (permission was given for us to let others read these):

Hello Lynda and Mike,   I tried to send you an email last week through your ADD website.  However, I suspect that it did not get through to you.  I wanted to update you on the incredible success that your former early client, Cameron, has become.  I will not go into detail here until I am sure that you receive this email.   The short on his story is that he is doing exceedingly well at Queen's University in his final year of Honours Computer Science.  He has decided to do his final presentation and research paper in one of his courses on the use of computers for using brain waves to aid ADD/ADHD children as well as many other brain disorder conditions.   This has brought up many fond memories of you both in his mind and he would love to talk to you again.  He especially remembers conversations with Mike that influenced him greatly.   You would not believe what this scraggly little boy looks like and acts like now.  We are eternally grateful!  As Cameron says, "You saved my life!"   Regards,   Joan
Then in another email:
Cam is now in his final year at Queen's.  Many of his marks are in the 80's and 90's. At this pinnacle in his journey he has found pause to reflect on his journey and your (ADD Centre's) part in it.  As he has been planning his power point presentation on EEG and Neurofeedback for ADD/ADHD he was at the point of listing the benefits of the training (increased focus and attention span etc. when he shouted out (still excitable), 'that's it! "Empowerment!"; that is the most important result of all!  That's what Lynda and Mike did for me.  They empowered me to do my own learning and to take charge of my own destiny'. 
And in a further letter:
Here is a short history of Cam - A Miraculous Success Story During Cam's elementary school years his sister, Alison, would take him to Queen's University to see plays.  Afterwards, the students would naturally discuss the particular play.  They were astounded by the in depth analysis that her little brother would contribute.  Cam is extremely perceptive and can naturally perceive and understand the subtle undercurrents of human drama.  Alison's cohorts thought Cam was some kind of genius or child prodigy.  They found it hard to believe not only how young he was; but also, that he has a severe learning disability. Cam was routinely elected class president of his high school classes.  He was heavily involved in sports and was the captain of the school's rugger team.  He graduated from Queen Elizabeth Collegiate as an Ontario scholar with first class honours.  He was also chosen to be valedictorian for his grade 13 class year. After graduation Cam took and graduated from the St. Lawrence College program in Computer Engineering (we thought university would be too difficult and stressful for him with his disability).  However, after graduation he decided he would like to entertain the idea of becoming a teacher so he enrolled at Queen's in the 4 year Computer Science program (Note:  I may have the names of these programs wrong). In the summers during his university career, Cam worked at RMC.  His assigned task was to program their slow poke reactor to analyze samples automatically.  This turned out to be an extremely frustrating and virtually impossible task as the computer program was completely inept, there was no program manual, and the program company refused to help him.  Despite almost  insurmountable road blocks, he ended up  creating a user manual himself and  getting the reactor running properly. Cam was the only person to achieve this for the government's slow poke reactors.  Subsequently. RMC has offered Cam a Master's program with them and he is being actively pursued by an up and coming computer software company in Ottawa.