We just cannot express the debt we owe Lynette for the lives of both of our children. She saved our children – Justin 6 yrs and Sarah 4yrs – and our whole family. We just love her. Because of her teachings and her neurofeedback Justin went from exclusive and hyper to being the best performer in a dance class recital within two months. Months later he became close friends with his sister and they talk and play together for hours. Soon he will start school. His sister was regressing into autism and not speaking understandably just five months ago. Lynette said out loud what I was thinking but couldn’t say. Sarah needs to leave school and do a program! I knew Lynette was right. A week later we took her out of school, started her program and stopped her regression. It took almost no time to change the course of events. We are still working with them both but the results are already obvious. We love Lynette because of her our son is coming back to us and our daughter stopped leaving. I would shout her name from the rooftops. If any one has questions or just wants to talk my name is Tracy Wooldridge and my number is 918-272-2019.

To Mothers, sisters, daughters & friends of special needs people,

This is more than just a testimonial for Lynette Louise it's a huge "could never ever have done it without you" letter.  Lynette came to us through Son-Rise.  We ran our Son-Rise program with enthusiasm for 2 years and realized we really needed some direction since our precious daughter Marina was changing so quickly and we were just plain stuck.  After one incredible day with our family Lynette had all of Marina's Son-Rise team and us back on track.  There are not any words that I could use with all of you today that would express the excitement and enthusiasm I feel when we can have Lynette with us or when there is a family calling to ask me about my experiences with her.  If I could I would buy her a house right next door to me.  There are many facets to Lynette's expertise and that is what makes her special.   My husband and Ibegan researching Neuro Feedback and began to question Lynette about it and to our surprise Lynette is a trained specialist in Neuro Feedback.  We immediately hired her to come and do Neuro Feedback with Marina.  I don't believe there would be enough computer memory to write you exactly how powerful and how quickly we noted changes in Marina.  Marina is 7 years old now and is Autistic.  Prior to Lynette's miraculous appearance into our lives Marina was for the most part very non-verbal and appeared to be very frustrated in trying to communicate with us.  I mention this as a preface to what happened after just 2 or 3 Neuro Feedback sessions.  Marina seemed to be unlocking the doors in her brain and finding connections to help her formulate thoughts emotions and SPEECH!  She is just amazing.  The brain is a wonderful malleable thing.  We have learned and have observed that the brain can repair itself.  The brain can find new paths and create new connections if we help it.  Lynette is a UNIVERSE to us.  Marina is speaking in 3 and now 4 word sentences.  She knows how to WRITE!  We just found that out a few days ago.  I know and believe with ever fiber of my being that without the power of neuro feedback we would still be struggling with one and maybe two words sporadically.  Neuro Feedback speeds things along.  At least it has for us and for Marina.  I could just go on and on and on.  The combination of a Son-Rise program and Neuro Feedback is the most amazing thing that could have ever happed to our family.  We use it with our entire family and I'd never ever look back.  Life is moving quickly and since Lynette, Marina is moving more quickly than we are and we are all running to catch up.  I can't tell you,  as a parent,  how overwhelming and beautiful it is to see.

Thanks for reading and please feel free to contact us if you need to make sure we are really a "Lynette" family.

Forever Son-Rise / NeuroFeedback Love's

The Love's ( Warren, Linda, Moira & Marina)

“After a visit by Lynette, our boy AJ experiences what I have dubbed a “Lynette high” – he will be goofy, giggly and really connected to us.  I sensed Lynette’s vibrancy and energy the minute she first walked in the door - she brings in gobs of fresh air!  Any shred of self-pity (which most of us autism parents indulge in now and then) will be chucked out the window to make room for a more positive, can-do determination to help our child (be prepared to roll up your sleeves!) ... and indeed, AJ has made terrific strides since Lynette started working with him. From being an often withdrawn and exclusive little guy who’d perseverate most of his waking hours, he has become a very communicative and engaging child with a beautiful twinkle in his eye. He still perseverates with CDs (tapping and stacking them), but he now wants to share the experience and often asks us to hide CDs in our pocket or throughout the house so we can play treasure hunt together!  

Though Lynette is a very intuitive person, her approach is steeped in a thorough knowledge of autism and the underpinnings of the Son Rise approach. Behind the amazing spontaneity of her approach lies a lot of rapid-fire and clear thinking!  Her ability to convey and explain her approach to us with equal clarity has made it possible for us to carry on with the Lynette way well after she walks out the door.”

Sigrid Van Bladel, Ph.D.

Menlo Park, CA

Since embarking on this journey called autism, our meeting Lynette has been one of the best experiences we have had.  She brings her compassionate spirit, her personal experiences with autism, and knowledge of both play therapy and neurofeedback with her.  All of this culminates in the child not only improving but also having a good time as well.  While in my home, Lynette was able to get my mostly nonverbal son to say words he had never said before.  Through the use of neurofeedback, he stopped banging his hands and stomping his feet constantly.   Her ability to engage and motivate children is phenomenal.   Lynette’s spirit of compassion and warmth creates the sense that she is one of the family.  By interacting with the entire household, she brings healing to everyone both by doing neurofeedback and giving gentle guidance on incorporating the autistic child into the daily affairs.

Working with Lynette has been both an honor and a pleasure.    Her loving nature is palpable in her interactions and in the rapport she is able to obtain with your child.  What a peaceful, wonderful, and healthy world we would live in if there were just more of Lynette in it!

“Brandessa Shelton (we call her Dessa) is an incredibly loving, warm-hearted and generous person.  She

worked with three of my children for three days four months ago and for five days two months ago.  From her work and what she taught me to do my children are blossoming.  She has made such a difference in their lives!  She has touched the hearts of my children; bringing out their self-confidence and their desire to stand tall.  They will do anything for her.  Dessa is playful, enthusiastic, and fun to work with. She entered my children's worlds totally; embracing them with love and acceptance.  She played through some of my children's issues without them even knowing.  Her skill, warmth and openheartedness have been an inspiration and an amazing growth experience for us. I can hardly wait for her to return to work with us again.”

Alice Mansfield

Columbia, CA

“We first met Lynette Louise in May 2004 in Sheffield, Massachusetts, where he was part of Armand's "intensive" Son-rise program team.  She was an outstanding high-energy facilitator, with excellent ideas and fun activities for our son who has an initial diagnosis of ASD.

Since February 2006, Lynette has been part of our home-Son-rise team.  Her outreach service includes many hours of playroom demonstration with Armand, and feedback to all of us.   Our original agreement was for one day per week for six months, but we continue to have Lynette on our team even now.

Lynette is punctual, reliable, has excellent and interesting ideas on how to improve our program.  Her combined skill as a facilitator and Neurofeedback specialist has been a wonderful asset for us, and our son has greatly benefited from it.”

Dr. Ildiko Cseto-Stevens

Beverly Hills, CA

We can only describe Lynette as a master in the field of autism.  In our search to help our child, we spent three years getting opinions from some of the top names in the field.  We thought we had tried it all and felt very stuck, but that was before Lynette came into the picture.

In the 10 months since she has been advising our program, our daughter's language has tripled and we potty-trained her effortlessly (in fact I would say it was actually fun).  We have not even started a full-scale neurofeedback program and are extremely excited to add that momentum to the program -- we can't imagine the possibilities!

Lynette's success in helping families comes from many sources.  Undoubtedly, her most important asset is that she has lived the life herself (many times over) and has had enormous successes with her own autistic children.  She is able to give perspective from her own history of trials and errors, not to mention model for us the sheer power of love and optimism.  Lynette also has a uniquely non-judgmental attitude and a sincere respect for parents. She taught us how to come up with our own best solutions to any problem -- and cheers as we execute them with real excitement (and without all of our old fears).  As Lynette has helped us identify our own path, our child's progress has absolutely soared: initiating play with her brother, answering questions, putting small

sentences together... smiling and laughing on end.

It does not hurt, of course, that Lynette has a brilliant mind.  She is extremely quick to grasp the details of any situation and has a wealth of knowledge in so many subjects (e.g.,nutrition, neuroanatomy, family dynamics) which she easily draws upon to guide parents.  I will admit I have yet to stump her, though I keep trying!

Our team of volunteers also loves Lynette.  They credit her with bringing a new level of clarity and energy to the program.  Rarely a day goes by where they don't express amazement about the progress we are making since Lynette came on board.  Just last week, our little girl came home from a walk with a volunteer and I was napping.  She opened every door in the house and each time yelled "Mommy" to find me.  I can't tell you what a miracle that is!  We can't thank Lynette enough...

Meredith

We have a 4yr old autistic daughter, her name is Freyja. We have been running a full-time Son Rise Program from our home for a year.  Lynette came to our home and worked with Freyja in the program and with neurofeedback.  Our time with Lynette brought many benefits to our family.  Our team was able to become more clear as to where Freyja was at and where we need to concentrate our efforts. A lightness of heart followed with these new enlightenments.  We are currently using neurofeedback with Freyja at least 2-4 times a week with the Son Rise Program and notice a major difference in the clarity of her speech and a more evenness in temper.  I have also received many benefits from neurofeedback. I find I can form thoughts and communicate them more quickly and with more clarity.  I have in the past been prone to depression, it has also helped to smooth out the rough edges on my emotional responses. 

Thanks for your continual support Lynette.

Love

Veronica

This is my experience with neurofeedback for the last 7 months...

I have a wonderful autistic son! He's 13 years old verbal (but limited in the way he talks and not fluid), he used to need to do lots of stims and to tantrum regularly every day! We're following the Son-rise program and very happy about it!

Last year a teacher from the Son-rise program proposed us to have a look at the neurofeedback, which we did and called up Lynette Louise who came few months after, end of June 2007 for an outreach. She showed us how it worked on our son and on ourselves! We immediately bought the whole equipment ready to do anything to help our son with his stress and his tantrums.

To tell you the truth I believed in the process but wasn't sure how much it was going to help my son... A month after the equipment arrived (we live in France...) and we started to try it on my son and on my husband with lots of phone calls to Lynette for feedbacks. It's not complicated but in the beginning it takes time to get relaxed with the procedure and to get the automatism! Actually it took us a month!!! So we really started to implement the neurofeedback for our son last September 2007... He used to stim a lot during sessions even tantrum sometimes... The first 2-3 months were concentrated on calming my son...but it took time because we had to find (with the help of Lynette of course!) on which spot we could start the work! So first we calmed him, then brightened him and calmed him then calmed again and again with different frequencies... After 3 months he started to calm down, his tantrums were starting to get shorter from 15 minutes to 5 minutes long! Then we tried to help him with his sensory and motor issues. After a couple of months his tantrums were getting even shorter (a minute long or less) with days with No tantrums! Ouf! And we kept on the job twice a week!

Now my son is transformed nothing miraculous really but he's much more relaxed, nearly no more tantrums (from time to time he still needs for 3 days to do some but they're maximum 10 seconds long). He didn't tantrum for the last 2 weeks, he needs to stim much less, sleeps the full nights and he's much more present!

It's really worth trying it!!! This is exactly what I was praying for! My son is coping better with the environment, life is less tough for him, he's really happier and we’re all happier!

Thank you Lynette for your support, your patience, your energy and your love!

We love you!

R.S. from France

If I only had one chance, one opportunity to help my daughter, (with what I know right now). I would absolutely, wholeheartedly include Lynette in that plan and pour all my resources into hiring her for a longer period of time.

During our 6 days with Lynette, never, ever,  have I heard my daughter Mia speak so many singular words than I did during that week. From the word go Lynette was at hard at work weaving her magic.

Lynette lifted the lid on our thinking and gave us realistic tools & approaches that we can use in any given moment. Mia was so happy having Lynette here that you just knew but the way she speaks with her face that she was relieved to have someone here teaching us how to reach her.

I felt like I had hit the jackpot when I found Lynette, because, not only does she have the professional experience (most especially being trained in the Son-Rise Program Option Process method & Neurofeedback), but she also had the personal experience. Not only will her unique approach inspire you, but so will her story.

Lynette, thankyou for being so willing to leave your family and travel half way across the world to help us help our little girl Mia, we feel blessed beyond belief. I don't think I would have found a better therapist had I searched the world over. You have a friend for life......

Hayley, Hayden & Mia-Grace xox

I will forever be grateful to Lynette for her help during one of the most difficult periods in my life.  I was suffering from emotional instability, loss of memory and the ability to process diverse and interrelated data.  Tests indicated probable damage to the brain from car accident(s).  After neurofeedback and emotional guidance I went from a state of hopelessness, depression, fear and anxiety to a more stable state of being able to affect own my emotional states and enjoy a larger richer life.  To me Lynette has been a life saver, life enhancer, coach, inspiration, soft place to land, confidant and professional.  Lynette knows what she is doing. She took calculated risks and treated me aggressively for quicker results.  She is amazingly good at communicating how the brain works in a meaningful and motivating manner. Today,  "Happinesss is a Choice"  I love and appreciate her very much.

Carol Whitley

Lynette Louise has been one of the best resources we have found for our daughter.  We have brought Lynette out to our home in Austin, TX twice now and we have been extremely pleased with each home visit.  She is a very knowledgeable person regarding the difficulties we have faced and she has given us valuable feedback on a wide range of questions.  She is a very kind person as well.  We feel like she has respected our decisions and offered her advice in a way to build on the strengths of our own choices.  We couldn't be happier with Lynette's help.

We feel like Lynette brought the Options approach to life when she came out the first time.  We had read the books and seen the videos, but she really put it all together for us.

Jill & Andy Liebler

This is a testimonial for our friend Lynette.

Her stay was amazing, life changing and no threats.

How you see our son is so much more fun,

It is actually his body telling him to bite our thumb.

Instead of a shhh or a smack on the bum,

Explaining and celebrating is how I won.

Since you’ve come along, we separate the two.

And it makes it easier to read the clues.

For years we searched on why and how,

When it took only days for you to calm him down.

Next was his speech and you showed us how.

The power of words is making him think WOW..

We thank-you for making it all make sense,

You really need to know that you are the best.

If you’re thinking about having Lynette for a chat, a stay, for a talk or a show please don’t hesitate this woman really does know. Her honesty and stories is what makes Lynette so unique.  She is beautiful and kind, but the best thing of all she will be your friend for life and a friend for all.

Love and Miss you Lynette

Love Kylee, Shannon, Cyshan and SJay xx