The Bellefonds Method

[Shelley]

I'm not sure if I remember this right. But ion tv had a rehash of a 48 hrs. show concerning the brain and brain growth. Bellafonds European brain training was shown. Has anyone heard of it?

[Bernard]

I have not, but found some info pretty quickly:

Bellefonds Method- Aerobics for The Brain

Cognitive Retraining Techniques based on the Bellefonds Method

[Shelley]

wow, ok thanks. I wonder if it would work for epilepsy, or is there enough research to even fathom a guess?

[Bernard]

I don't know. Some of it sounds similar to the Andrews-Reiter (AR) approach, but I think the AR approach is more specific to seizure control.

[RobinN]

This is interesting Shelley. Thanks for sharing it.

[Shelley]

Andrews-Reiter (AR) approach. What is this? I have not heard of it.

[Bernard]

See the chart for the Neurobehavioral / Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT).

Dr. Andrews is also a member here.

[Isabel Feldman]

Hi I am one of the authors of the Bellefonds method.

The link to the website is:

http://www.learningstrategycenter.com

Which was not cited by Bernard.

The method only concerns LD resulting or in conjunction w/epilepsy and does require for it to be totally controled before considereing this methodology as certain aspects (use of headphones, certain "against the clock" exercises) can trigger an attack

BTW CBS was supposed to come top Eurpe to interview us at the time. Instead they interviewed a simple practitioner.... .

Hope this helps,

I. Feldman

[Bernard]

Hi Isabel, welcome to the forum.

Thanks for popping in and explaining a little bit about the system as it relates to epilepsy. Are you aware of any statistics or studies on how people with epilepsy have done with the Bellefonds system?

I found the CBS story: Brain Aerobics

[Isabel Feldman]

Hi Bernard:

We were not happy with what the person in the interview said. You can't "fix" the brain, you can create compensating strategies based on cerebral plasticity.

Yes I do have a complete study in French with an epileptic population but only with the auditory processing componenent and not the total method.

[Bernard]

Were the results of the study published (even if it's in French)? I couldn't find anything in the usual sources when I searched the internet (a long time ago).

[Isabel Feldman]

you will not find it on the net. Stuff just started gettting onto the net in Europe in 2000 (archives etc). This article is from the early 90's. I'll dig around and see if I still have an offprint and send you one