A Breakthrough Success Story

I want to introduce you this week to Susan. Susan has taken the Learning Breakthrough Program to areas that people have been asking about for years.

Look at this recent news article found in the largest newspaper in N. Ireland that Susan recieved by helping parents and families in the UK.

A little background

Let me tell you about a few things I have learned from Susan after working with her for the past 2 years:

Susan worked in insurance for 26 years (the last 15 as a financial advisor) before deciding to provide the Learning Breakthrough Program.

She started providing the program to her friends on a trial basis, in her part time.

Now Susan makes a full-time living helping and supporting people who are looking for solutions that the Learning Breakthrough Program can provide.

The Interview

Last week I interviewed Susan over Skype, to talk about the successes she has experienced in the past couple years.

Here are a few takeaways from the interview

She had 2 young boys struggling with low concentration, bad behavior and learning difficulties.

School did not help, the principal (headmaster) made her feel like she was doing a bad job parenting.

Her oldest son, diagnosed with ADHD, had a complete turnaround and is now in a prestigious culinary school training to be a chef.

Her youngest son, diagnosed with Dyslexia, dramatically improved his reading level, among other things, and now plays Scrabble with the Oxford Dictionary with his mother. 

Susan invested in a program that was based on the Learning Breakthrough Program, that included clinic visits and monitoring that cost her over £2,000 per child ($4000 US Dollars).

(Watch the video at the bottom of this post) 

Click here to go watch the Video.

Dyslexia symptoms and biological dysfunction According to some internationally recognized diagnostic manuals, dyslexia is a condition in which the normal ways of skills’ acquisition are blocked in the early stages of development.  This is not a consequence of absent opportunities for learning or some form of brain injury or disease. It is considered that the causes of dyslexia are rooted in cognitive functioning abnormalities resulting from some type of biological dysfunction. That is why, dyslexia is defined as problematic learning which limits the ability of students to have a full command over information processing, motor skills, and the working memory. In individuals with the disorder, difficulties in recognizing, identifying, and discovering stimuli have been reported. In turn, these lead to difficulties in mastering some or all skills associated with speech, reading, spelling, writing, and arithmetic.

via Dyslexia Symptoms and Emotional Problems | Center Harmony.

A newly published article by the Department of Neurology, Division of Cognitive Neuroscience at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine outlines another look into the role the cerebellum plays in language development and cognition. There are many researchers investigating this part of the brain that is so deeply involved in movement and a huge variety of "automated" functions. The exact logic of how the brain uses all its various systems to divide and tackle the complex cognitive tasks it performs every day is still in its infancy. However, the efficiency of cerebellar functions and how it can be enhanced through calibrated neuro-motor and vestibular training is constantly being examined as a likely method of improving brain fitness generally and as a way to overcome specific learning challenges.

The entire article is available here: Functional Topography of the Cerebellum in Verbal Working Memory, with the abstract printed below for your convenience.

Abstract :

Interviews from Learning Breakthrough about the balance and sensory integration, Whole Brain System, Attention Deficit Disorder, and more.

Great Interviews About:

• The Brain System


• Attention Deficit Disorder


• Neural Network Efficiency


• The Vestibular System


• Neurological Economy


• Sensory Processing


• And More ...

Also find the interviews on YouTube:

Check out some of the various seminars by Dr. Belgau.

Topics Include:

• Neural Network Efficiency


• Vestibular System


• Brain Reaction Timing


• Neurological Economy


• Sensory Integration


• Auditory Processing

Find the Seminars on YouTube

Frank Belgau describes some of the history of Learning Breakthrough in this clip from a seminar in Orlando, Florida.

It covers some important historical observations and sheds light on the program's design and how work with his unique balance board and sensory integration exercises helps helps improve the precursor causes of Dyslexia, ADHD and learning disabilities as well as brain fitness.

"The pendulum ball should swing out and back to ABOUT the belly button height on the user. This is not mandatory. You may find that it is more comfortable if the ball comes up a little higher. Whatever works best and gives the user the most precise and consistent feeling for tracking and hitting the ball is a good setting. The final setting varies of course from person to person so feel free to adjust the distance for comfort and ease of use.

My usual recommendation is to start with the board about 4 feet from the ball and adjust from there. The hanging height and swing pattern of the pendulum ball will have a lot to do with the distance that eventually gets decided on.

I hope this is helpful. What ever is comfortable and helpful and keeps the eye tracking, movement preparation and feedback feeling smooth is the place to end up."

2 minutes and 28 seconds of program details including video samples of each of the program's equipment types, balance board and user friendly video and instruction manual.

From the upcoming release of A Life In Balance: Discovery of a Learning Breakthrough


The Still-Missing Core


"One of the basic principles of a two-engine airplane is the synchronicity between the two engine systems that are fixed on either side of the plane. If one engine puts out more thrust than the other, it causes problems in flight. If the disparity is sufficiently severe, it can cause the plane to go out of control and crash.  Remembering this principle caused an idea to begin to percolate: was the issue these children were experiencing related to the balance between the two sides of their bodies?"

Welcome. As we launch this blog and work to communicate with our program users and readers from many fields, we plan to do as much listening as talking. We will be elaborating on our mission and better defining what we call "The Belgau Hypothesis" and we are thrilled to have the input of blog readers regardless of their background.

LBP has had much anecdotal success for a couple of decades on the learning disabilities and cognitive efficiency fronts. The program continues to be used by therapists and doctors as an "alternative treatment" for challenges like auditory processing delay, dyslexia, attention deficit disorder, dyspraxia, memory, comprehension, executive function and as an academic improvement tool for users of all ages. However, it still needs the type of scientific validation that takes great time and resources to establish. If the web is good at anything...it is moving a clinically proven concept like LBP to a community supported, scientifically validated treatment model. We invite the assistance of all like-minded supporters as well as skeptics. We believe that Frank Belgau's work will only become more widely appreciated as time goes on.

Years of working with Frank and Beverley Belgau (and their son Eric as well as others close to the program) has generated a working  hypothesis of cognitive organization (based on sensory integration treatment with a precise vestibular remediation component). We intend to see this become the basis for the future scientific study of LBP. Supporting and documenting the general efficacy of the program is of primary importance. However, sharing relevant and helpful information, concepts and the writings of others with all who are interested in strength-based, "alternative" interventions, is a close second. Watch this space, share your thoughts and help us spread the word in what ever way you can.

Thanks for reading and for not keeping Learning Breakthrough a secret.