גישת וולדון The Waldon Approach

WALDON NEWS: Due to popular demand, I will be in Denmark this month giving two back to back workshops with supervision to 21 participants.

It is truly rewarding to be bringing the Waldon Approach to a wider audience and to share my experience treating children with developmental delay in our Center in Jerusalem.

I'll be happy to speak with you about how we can help your child +972 (0) 50 430 4583

A new 9 year old girl with autism joined us today. She is super intelligent but has emotional issues. Will not be easy but we hope to help her achieve her potential

Dear Parents,

The Plastic Brain

This is addressed to you and to all children and young people with learning difficulties. We understand your difficulties and your fears. We commit ourselves to work together with you every day, not to do magic, but to understand your children so they can feel free to explore the world without fear and to make the life of your family unit lighter. The Waldon Approach is based on our working together - parents, professionals and children as one unit as there are no difficulties that we cannot reduce with a lot of hard work and love.
The importance of movement in The Waldon Approach.
Piaget explained that concepts develop as a result of actions that children perform acting on the objects and not from the objects themselves. The development of cognitive skills is based on movement which of itself creates new connections within the brain and reinforces the existing ones.
The synaptic plasticity of the brain results from the ability of synapses to change as a result of experience. If two neurons fire repetitively at about the same time then the synapse between them connecting the two neurons together. As Hebb famously said: “cells that fire together wire together”.

There is a neural pathway for each memory which is activated during information retrieval. These neurons are able to change their function and change the way in which they process information which is the basis of learning in the brain. Neuroplasticity is the brain's ability to change its structure in response to movement experiences. Each experience activates the neurons to make structural changes, which strengthen the connections between the active neurons. The mental process of focusing attention can change the physical structure of the brain. This is why it is important not so much that the children perform all the activities during our lessons in perfection, but that at that precise moment they are concentrated as they explore the activities. We are looking for concentration and energy, the focus of attention on the exercises and on the movements that we encourage or cause the child to do. The scientist Merzenich the author of Soft-Wired: How the New Science of Brain Plasticity Can Change Your Life found that when it comes to assigning the processing power of the brain the brain maps were governed by competition for precious resources. This is the basis of the principle: “USE IT OR LOSE IT.”
This in a nutshell is the basis of our method, movement-repetition of the experience-attention of neurotransmitters. We engage the plasticity of the brain to modify itself as it gains new information.
Thanks, and best wishes
Walter Solomon
Blerina Lalaj
October 2018

WALDON NEWS: I am happy to be giving 4 days of workshops and 2 days of supervision in the Waldon Approach at Fondazione MindTime, in Canobbio, Lugano, Switzerland in early October. I will also be giving 2 back to back workshops with supervision in Denmark in mid November.

At our Center in Jerusalem, we help your child develop and achieve their potential. See how your child’s concentration, behavior and understanding of the world improve by working with them yourself for 20-40 minutes a day. It is never too late to help your child’s cognitive, emotional and social development.

WALDON NEWS: I have been invited to speak at the Neurology and Neuroscience Conference in London in July 2019 and will be bringing the Waldon Approach to a wider audience. I shall be sharing my experience of treating children with developmental delay at our Center in Jerusalem.

I was pleased to participate in the Paris Neurology 2018 Conference on July 12th, which was a fascinating event.

• Is one of your children more challenging than the others?
• Are you feeling very concerned about her or him?

If so, the Waldon Approach is a breakthrough treatment that can make a real improvement in your child’s development. At our Center, we help your child develop and achieve their full potential. See how your child’s concentration, behavior and understanding of the world improve by working with them yourself for only 20-40 minutes a day.

Contact Walter for an initial free consultation to discuss how we can support you: 050 430 4583 or [email protected]

Blerina and I are always happy to see the children we work with making progress and developing their understanding of the world around them. My son was the pioneer child for Geoffrey Waldon. Before he saw Robert, the doctors had written him off as re****ed and remote, with shocking behavior. Today, he is well-integrated and fully functioning member of society, with a wife and 3 children, as well as a professional career as a web developer. Contact Walter for an initial free demonstration of the breakthrough Waldon Approach with your child: +972-(0)50-430-4583.

WALDON NEWS: The therapist Ariela Bonelli has combined the Waldon Approach with Cognitive Therapy to provide a comprehensive therapeutic treatment for children with special needs. I was very happy to see my student Ariela moving this approach forward in this way.

Two new young children - a boy and a girl - joined my center this week and both sets of parents expressed surprise at how well their two year old children concentrated during their individual 50 minute lessons. I am happy to say that they will be coming weekly and I am sure the parents will see over a few short weeks how their cognition will be developing.