Heavenly Home and the Words We Use to Describe It

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A few years ago I was taking minutes at a meeting to All brains grow….

Okay, I’ll be honest with you. It wasn’t exactly taking minutes; She was taking notes. I wrote “take minutes” because that asks you to imagine me in a specific role; one where I am professional and potentially necessary, but not overly responsible for what is said or done. Taking minutes in a meeting is a requirement in many companies, while taking notes sounds less professional but is a good idea.

At the meeting I was encouraged to participate, to include my thoughts and opinions, to recognize areas that were not being addressed or that were difficult to understand. Most of all, though, during those initial meetings between Lynette Louise, Louloua Smadi and their team, my action was to take notes as they designed a website and online course aimed at sharing the knowledge about behavior, bioplay and neuroplasticity that they teach to women. families and schools around the world. Response techniques and brain sciences that effectively help people with special needs and/or traumatized brains. All Brains Grow and want to share with as many people as possible how to grow them with intention, confidence and experience.

I am Lynette’s daughter and personal assistant. I have been her daughter since birth (unlike several of my siblings who were born at older ages, sometimes even teenagers) and her personal assistant pretty consistently since my teens.

Louloua is not my sister, and although sometimes I feel like she is, I’m kind of glad she isn’t. If she were, maybe he would have to be jealous. She is beautiful, trilingual, holistically intelligent and very empathetic. More than that, she’s excited to take over and partner with Mom, while I’m excited to be less hands-on and more encouraging. I’m not putting myself down, I see my value from the outside, but I’m also aware that my unwillingness to be in the practical position leaves me in a more comfortable and less vulnerable space. Therefore, I might be a little jealous of Louloua if she were my sister. (I admit this because I’m a little jealous of Brandessa, my practical, leader sister. I’m also her enthusiastic cheerleader.)

Being invited to take notes and offer ideas to the All Brains Grow team as they began to create an online course for parents around the world, using their combined experience and knowledge, their delightfully different styles and cultures, I was filled with gratitude.

As neuroplasticists, play therapists, mothers, siblings, and individuals, these women are knowledgeable and experienced in the art of caring for special needs and learning disabilities. They focus on environments and families. Never about a broken child. A broken person.

They teach the science and skills of neurofeedback and bioplay.

Biogaming takes the science of biofeedback, enhanced learning through play, and everyday life knowledge, and brings them together into an easy lifestyle while learning.

They have the gift of providing parents and caregivers with the understanding and information necessary to become experts in the lives of their children and the home they are building. As I said years ago in my notes: make bioplay simple so time at home is easy and everyone becomes smarter and healthier. Heaven at home.

And now, heavenly home is the name of the course.

And it is the names that I most want to mention here.

Because of their combined years of making change in lives that were desperate for it, making miracles happen with behavioral science and perseverance, knowing what needed to be taught and leading by example in the course they were building was not as difficult to debate as knowing what words to use in your lessons and literature.

And here’s the thing: They work and live in different places around the world, languages ​​change, and the people they work with often have difficulty communicating, but people are easily emotionally charged and willing to react unnecessarily strongly to the choice. of words.

It is not the opinion of thinking people that we should not discuss the power our language has. In fact, Lynette and Louloua are wonderful at pointing out how the language you use in your home will indicate deeper meaning and influence behaviors. However, if you use terms like special needs, learning disabilities, autistic, brain dysfunction, or neurodiverse, it doesn’t mean that you are more or less “right,” but rather that you have most likely adopted language based on what you hear and see. around it. It is worth examining the names and words we use. They are always worth considering, and changes in the way we talk to each other and each other lead to changes in the way we see ourselves and others, leading to changes in our ability to acquire skills and grow healthily. .

But the point is not to argue about the words: considering them is. As I took notes that day, I heard women consider and worry about language. Not to please or reject, but as a result of how much they consider and care for people.

This is the part we want to hold on to and take the strongest action on: the people we talk to as we use our words. The people are the point, the words are our attempt to connect.

Those conversations and my notes are now a few years old. Since then there has been a lot of filming, transcription, consulting and teaching. All Brains Grow is now a website with an online course for parents and caregivers of people with special needs that is being used by parents all over the world. It’s a beautiful way to use technology to help families in their homes, in the space where they spend the most time and where an intentional and informed response is most needed.

Heavenly Home is about creating a paradise at home by knowing what to do to help your family grow healthier and more skilled. Happier.

Heaven at home is knowing when to pay attention and when not to pay attention, knowing when (and what) to play and when not to play, knowing when to punish and when not to punish; knowing when to be scheduled and strict and when to be free and spontaneous. Heaven at home is being armed with knowledge so you can respond quickly and effectively.

The name of the course is Heavenly Home. The sky is used because that is the feeling they want to create, the feeling that the word evokes. It wouldn’t be impossible for people to decide to get angry at the inference from heaven. They might decide it’s blasphemy. Or they might infer that religion is involved and choose to avoid it. Even make fun of it.

But Heavenly Home got its name that day I was taking notes when the team spoke passionately about wanting to help families create a home space that was wonderful. Where they knew how to foster growth, acceptance and the acquisition of skills and be their own experts. Where they would know what to do when challenges arose.

Knowing what to do is a heavenly gift.

However you choose to say it.

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Tsara Shelton, author of Going in circles and learning about myself, is a contributing editor for Disabled World. You can also stay up to date with Tsara’s latest posts by following @TsaraShelton on X.com. Explore Tsara’s full biography to get complete information about his background, experience and achievements.

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