The Impact of Neuro-Education Intervention Methods Upon the Learning and Development of an Individual with Developmental Disabilities

 
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8 in an individual only when their brain increases its capacity to acquire sufficient amounts of language. Since language names our thinking, individuals must use their own language to grow, develop, become an agent, and eventually function in the world (Arwood, 201 1; Robb, 2016). Viconic Language Methods By applying the theoretical framework of Neuro-Education into educational practice, Arwood (201 1) developed a system of educational intervention methods, called Viconic Language Methods , that are designed to use knowledge about human neurobiology to help pupils acquire information through often-overlooked access points into their brains. Research conducted by Arwood (201 1) has found that approximately 95% of students process information and think with a visual language system, meaning they make pictures, movies, and graphics in their mind’s eye. Arwood explains that though students think visually, they are often taught using auditory methods such as oral lectures or activities devoid of contextual meaning. Instead, Viconic Language Methods (VLMs) harness the visual strengths inherent in students’ brains by overlapping multiple - and meaningful - visual and motor input streams simultaneously (Arwood, 2011). Examples of Viconic Language Methods include a teacher cartooning out ideas in real-time, where students watch the movement of the hand as it makes shapes. In addition, a practitioner may take a student’s hand in theirs and trace over semantic content while simultaneously providing contextual narration of ideas, hi these examples and many others, the movement of the hand coupled with additional visual input streams has been shown by research in neuroscience to connect to the motor