If you are a parent in Colorado who has spent the last several months, or several years, trying to understand why your child is struggling, you have probably encountered the phrase neurodevelopmental disorder. It may have appeared in an evaluation report, in a conversation with a pediatrician, or in your own late-night research after a […]
If you’ve been researching developmental challenges, sensory processing difficulties, ADHD, autism spectrum disorders, or learning struggles, there’s a good chance you’ve come across the term Melillo Method. For many parents, the first reaction is the same: “What exactly is it?” The answer is more nuanced than most online summaries make it sound. The Melillo Method […]
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If you’ve been researching developmental challenges, sensory processing difficulties, ADHD, autism spectrum disorders, or learning struggles, you may have come across the term Functional Disconnection Syndrome. For many parents, the phrase sounds intimidating. It also sounds like a diagnosis. It isn’t. Functional Disconnection Syndrome is a concept to help explain why some children experience challenges […]
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For some children, everyday experiences can feel far more intense than they do for everyone else. A tag in a shirt feels unbearable. The hum of fluorescent lights becomes distracting. Certain food textures trigger gagging. A crowded classroom feels overwhelming before the school day has even begun. Parents often recognize these patterns long before anyone […]
When parents bring a child to our office, they are usually looking for something deeper than a diagnosis. They’ve already heard the labels. ADHD. Sensory processing challenges. Developmental delays. Learning difficulties. Anxiety. Sometimes multiple diagnoses at once. What they’re really asking is a different question: Why is my child struggling in the first place? That […]
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Published by Omega Functional Health | Wheat Ridge, Colorado Most families who reach Omega Functional Health have already been through the diagnostic process. Their child has a label, sometimes more than one. ADHD. Autism spectrum disorder. Developmental coordination disorder. Sensory processing disorder. Global developmental delay. These diagnoses are not wrong. The professionals who gave them […]
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Published by Omega Functional Health | Wheat Ridge, Colorado If your child skipped crawling or moved through it quickly on their way to walking, you may have been told this was a sign of advanced development. A pediatrician may have reassured you that crawling is not a required milestone. In 2022, the Centers for Disease […]
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Published by Omega Functional Health | Wheat Ridge, Colorado There is a question that rarely gets asked in a standard developmental evaluation, even though the research increasingly points to it as one of the most important factors in child developmental delay. That question is whether a child’s primitive reflexes have been properly integrated. Most parents […]
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Published by Omega Functional Health | Wheat Ridge, Colorado When a child is not hitting milestones on schedule, when they are slower to walk, struggling to coordinate movement, difficult to regulate emotionally, or falling behind socially in ways that do not match their obvious intelligence, the conversation that follows usually leads to a diagnosis. ADHD. […]
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Published by Omega Functional Health | Wheat Ridge, Colorado High performers tend to build their identity around the capacity to push through. Through discomfort, through fatigue, through uncertainty. And for most of a career, that works. The nervous system is resilient. It adapts. But resilience is not the same as unlimited capacity, and the nervous […]
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