Integra Learning

11/27/2025

✨ Grateful Heart + A Little Gift for You ✨
Feeling extra grateful today for my wonderful friends and family in Canada. Thank you for being such a supportive part of my life and my work — it means more than you know. ❤️
As a small thank-you, I’m extending my Fullscript supplement promotion for you:
15% off all professional-grade supplements through my practitioner dispensary.
If you’re stocking up for winter wellness or just want cleaner, higher-quality options, here’s the link:
https://ca.fullscript.com/welcome/integralearning
With love and gratitude,
Sandra

05/19/2025

New research is finding diet & nutritional therapies to be foundational for mental health and behavioural disorders, such as ASD, ADHD, OCD, PDA, etc.
Perhaps they were not mental health and behavioural disorders to start with... maybe they were symptoms of metabolic, immune and gut health imbalances.
See the new study published in Frontiers titled "Ketogenic diet as a therapeutic intervention for obsessive-compulsive disorder: a case series of three patients".
It is never that simple, each person is a unique case. There could be cases that stem from another type of imbalances. Genetics, chemical poisoningimbalance, toxins, poor methylation, blocked drainage pathways, parasites and the list goes on.
There are ways to find the root cause of an imbalance, down to the detail 😉
More to come on that! Stay tuned.

IntroductionThe ketogenic diet is being explored as a therapeutic intervention for the treatment of neuropsychiatric disorders. Emerging research suggests th...

08/02/2022

GUT PROBLEMS in children = LEARNING AND BEHAVIORAL challenges

Wait...what?
Yes, indeed.

Science is discovering more and more the direct relationship between our brain and our "second brain"- our gut.

Allergies and food sensitivities affect ot only the stomach, but they DIRECTLY affect MOOD, THINKING and MEMORY!

There are different approaches to consider, and not one diet fits every child.
So the reality is that each parent is going to do some trial and error to figure out what is best for their child.
It can be tricky...and challenging to say the least!

But you don't have to do it alone.
And you don't have to spend hours on end doing the research.

If you would like to get a free discovery call just type ME below and I will give you my 5-step quick start to better gut health for your child.

I love and light
Sandra











Sources:
1. John Hopkins: The Brain-Gut connection https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/wellness-and-prevention/the-brain-gut-connection
2. The Gut-Brain Connection: How it Works and The Role of Nutrition - https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/gut-brain-connection
3. Gastrointestinal & Metabolic Comorbidities - Autism Research Institute - https://www.autism.org/gastrointestinal-metabolic-comorbidities/

07/21/2022

NEW EPIDEMIC IN CHILDREN???

By the numbers, it looks like autism could be considered one. And the data does not include the other learning and behavioral challenges that we see in the classrooms or in special therapy consultancies.

But there is hope in new scientific research that incorporates biomedical interventions and functional medicine approaches that address the systemic challenges that children in the spectrum present.

After 15 years as a homeopath and special education teacher, I have developed a program that includes nutrition, supplementation, gentle detoxification and neurodevelopmental exercises to unlock a child's potential without the use of drugs.

After 15 years as a homeopath and special education teacher, I have developed a program that includes nutrition, supplementation, gentle detoxification, and neurodevelopmental exercises to unlock a child's potential without the use of drugs.

DM me to get a 30-minute FREE CONSULTATION!

In love and light










Sources:
1. Autism Mastery Course- Dr. Kurt Woeller – The important role of dietary interventions in individual with ASD
2. National Autism Association: https://nationalautismassociation.org/autism-prevalence-now-1-in-88-children-1-in-54-boys/
3. US Autism Rate Is Now 1 in 30- The Epoch Times Health View Points: https://www.theepochtimes.com/us-autism-rate-is-now-1-in-30_4583051.html?est=I5tGA4ZiyDmwfd3VOaeOLzWOGyAOugPA4VK2h%2BNFFvTWE0YYy6VdsOR7h5Ff
4. 2017, Evolution in the Understanding of Autism Spectrum Disorder: Historical Perspective - https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27053182/
5. California Autism Prevalence Trends from 1931 to 2014 and Comparison to National ASD Data from IDEA and ADDM https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10803-018-3670-2

07/20/2022

CATCH IT EARLY! CATH IT EARLY! EARLY!

Many children with learning, social or behavioral challenges MISSED IMPORTANT MILESTONES during their early development -first two years of life-, only to becoming apparent later when the child starts to exhibit the symptoms of what is called ADHD, ADD, autism and dyslexia among others.

Some of these symptoms become evident early on if you know what to look for.

CHILDHOOD MILESTONES are a good place to start looking for signs becasue they are the CLOCK of NEUROLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT!

Milestones are the checkpoints that tells us that everything is going according to NATURE'S SCHEDULE, and although every child has a unique rhythm and timing, most children benefit greatly to be within that schedule to build the instricate layers of sensory pathways during the TIME OF CRITICAL BRAIN DEVELOPMENT of early childhood.

Things to consider:
- Don't delay and take the child to a specialist
- Even with children that are "late bloomers" they can get support from early intervention
- The brain can re-wire at any age - science has proven it already- but the early you work on it the better results you get.

Stay tuned for more on rewiring the brain exercises!

07/14/2022

Has your child been diagnosed recently with a learning, behavioral or social challenge?
Or do you suspect something is going on?

You can make an impact on their development and unlock their potential!!!! -

Science shows that learning, including memory, emotion, and language depend on movement. But what kind of movement?

Early natural developmental movements!

These movements:
- Are hardwired in newborns for survival
- They are automatic and start developing the brain in the womb
- Prompt genes to build the brain, grow neurons and connect it!
- They paved the way for each stage of early development: rolling over, crawling, creeping, standing, walking, running, and more.
- They bring children from milestone to milestone!

If a child does not move enough to stimulate genes to build the brain, these automatic movements stay active and do not transform into synchronized, harmonious, and controlled movements.

The good news......THE BRAIN CAN RE-WIRE if given the chance to re-capitulate the natural movements that trigger neurodevelopment.

These movements can be done anytime, they can be made into games and have fun, and you can do them at home at your own pace.

Drop me a line if you want to know more about how to give your child a chance to rewire their brain and fast-track their development while having fun! :)

Spoiler alert! The baby in the video is a pro at natural movements!








Sources:
1. Quote from Brain and Sensory Fundations - John J. Ratey, MD, Harvard Medical School; from User's Guide to the Brain
2. Profiles and cognitive predictors of motor functions among early school-age children with mild intellectual disabilities - Y.P. Wuang, C.C. Waung, M.H. Huang and C.Y. Su's
3. On the relationship between motor performance and executive functioning in children with intellectual disabilities - E Hartman, S. Houwen, E Scherder, C Visscher
4. Do motor skills in infancy and early childhood predict anxious and depressive symptomatology at school age?- Jan P.Piek, Nicholas C.Barrett, Leigh M.Smith, DanielaRigoli, ,NatalieGasson
5. Disconnected Kids, Robert Delillo Md, p.141-142

07/08/2022

WOW! More than 1 million new neural connections form every second during pregnancy and early childhood!

This is a critical and sensitive period for neurological development where all the foundation is laid for higher executive functions of the brain, such as memory, emotion, language and learning.

What to do to support this miraculous, layered, scaffolded, bottom-up, natural process? Well...

1. Keep mom and bay happy and rested both during pregnancy and after - stress is bad for brain growth.

2. Eat local, organic, whole foods that support brain development - no pesticides, herbicides, unnatural chemicals and weird stuff that you cannot pronounce :)

3. Consider a natural birth for immune health and to jump-starting the central nervous system of the baby - the squeezing part of birthing process is kind of important!

4. Try your best to breastfeed! Sometimes it takes a lot of tries and can be painful at the beginning but trust me! It IS worth it for oral-motor and brain development.

5. As your child grows provide extra opportinuties for NATURAL MOVEMENT, to move safely and freely on their belly, tummies, creeping, crawling, sitting and standing wihout being propped or supported when they are not ready.

6. Surround your child with loving and engaging social and emotional interactions. In other words, simple family and friends home environments that are responsive to the child.

Voilá! Nature will do the rest!!!






Sources:
Breastfeeding: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27480198/
Motor Function: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18557969/
C-sections delivery: https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.1816335115?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rfr_id=ori%3Arid%3Acrossref.org&rfr_dat=cr_pub++0pubmed
Harvard Centre for the Developing Child:https://developingchild.harvard.edu/resources/inbrief-science-of-ecd/

07/06/2022

WELCOME TO INTEGRA LEARNING!

I coach parents with children on the spectrum or with learning, social or behavioral challenges on how to unlock their child's potential naturally.
- No drugs, no side effects.
- Total flexibility, right at home, at your own pace.
- Evidence-based, easy, and practical tools you can tailor to support your child.

Come join me! You can unlock your child's potential naturally and make breakthroughs possible!

In love and light
Sandra