Neurofeedback Assistive Technology can help improve emotional control within the brain to help the brain functioning calmly. Emotional outbursts are often due to feeling overwhelmed. Just as stimming results from this, emotional outbursts can also result, as the brain does not know how to cope with the information being provided to it. When the brain functions calmer, the person no longer feels compelled to act out emotionally.

Neurofeedback Technology strengthens brain processing, including the areas in the brain that are responsible for taking in sensory information and building a response. Neurofeedback sessions can improve a person’s ability to engage in conversation & appropriately process what is being said and what should be said in return.

Ritualistic behavior is often performed to deal with anxiety or overwhelming external stimuli, giving the patient a sense of self control. Neurofeedback Technology trains the brain to be able to cope with anxiety and external stimuli with more ease, thereby substantially reducing and/or eliminating ritualistic behaviors.

For those struggling on the autistic spectrum, even processing the information given regarding directions can be absolutely overwhelming, so expecting the patient to be able to fulfill these directions seems overwhelming if not impossible. Neurofeedback sessions make the brain function more efficiently and calmly, allowing the patient to improve information processing, which improves the ability to follow the directions given by parents and/or teachers.

Signs and symptoms of panic disorder can include the following:

• An overwhelming sense of fear or panic
• Rapid heart rate, difficulty breathing
• The sense that the world around them isn’t real

Neurofeedback Technology trains the brain to process information calmly & appropriately, so when new, even surprising information is presented, the person is able to cope with the seemingly sudden change without feeling overwhelmed.

If the brain is overwhelmed by anxiety, processing information can be overwhelming and cause emotional reactions. Once the brain learns to calm itself anxiety can be reduced or eliminated.

Impulsivity can be significantly reduced and/or eliminated as the brain learns to cope with anxiety in a healthy, sustainable way through neurofeedback.

Repetition of physical movements or sounds is very common in ASD patients. Often, this is done because sensory stimuli can become too overwhelming or uncomfortable. Neurofeedback works to make the brain function more calmly & efficiently, reducing the patient’s perception of stimuli as being overwhelming. If the patient feels more calm overall and the stimuli around them does not seem overwhelming, the stimming can be reduced or in some cases eliminated.

The brain is taught to function more calmly and deal with anxiety more appropriately, thereby reducing symptoms of hyperactivity.

When the brain is working at it’s best, with far less anxiety and better processing, being social becomes easier.

The NDIS Capital Support budget relates to supports such as Assistive Technology and depends on quotes from suppliers. Funds within this budget can only be used for their specific purpose and cannot be used to fund other items.

The Capital Support budget has an Assistive Technology category  – includes equipment items for mobility, personal care, communication and recreational inclusion.  This allows access to Neurofeedback Assistive Technology, however approaval is required from the NDIS in advance of acessing these services for anything over $1,500 per annum.

NDIS Core budget includes four categories of support: Consumables, Daily Activities, Assistance with Social and Community Participation, Transport.  Our Services are approved for the purposes of Daily Activities and usually covers up to $1,500 per year.

The Capacity Building funding is allocated across eight support sub-categories:

1. Choice and Control
2. Daily Activity e.g. therapy aimed at building your capacity to participate
3. Employment
4. Health and Wellbeing
5. Home Living
6. Lifelong Learning
7. Relationships e.g. positive behavioural support strategies to reduce behaviours of concern
8. Social and Community Participation

Our Services are covered under Daily Acitivty – therapy building capacity to particupate.