Irlen Syndrome: The Medical Breakthrough No One Saw Coming with Helen Irlen
Change Your Brain Every Day
Dr Daniel Amen
4.7 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 4 March 2019
⏱️ 14 minutes
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Summary
While helping kids with learning disabilities, Helen Irlen struggled to identify the reason why neuropsychological testing wasn't helping to find answers in so many cases. When she finally decided to think outside the box, the result was a revelation. In this episode of The Brain Warrior's Way Podcast, Dr. Daniel Amen and Tana Amen are joined by Helen Irlen as she recounts the discovery of her namesake syndrome.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Brain Warriors Way podcast. I'm Dr. Daniel Aeman and I'm Tanna Aeman. In our podcast we provide you with the tools you need to become a warrior for the health of your brain and body. |
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| 0:25.5 | lives for 30 years, using tools like brain-spect imaging to personalize treatment to your |
| 0:32.0 | brain. |
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| 0:49.8 | Welcome to a very special week. We are here with Helen Erland. |
| 0:54.9 | Helen is the founder of the Erland Center |
| 0:59.4 | and now centers all around the world. |
| 1:03.0 | She is an internationally recognized educator, researcher, therapist, scholar, |
| 1:08.0 | and expert in the area of visual perceptual problems. |
| 1:14.8 | She's a graduate of Cornell University. |
| 1:17.6 | She's been in the field of education for over 40 years. |
| 1:20.9 | That sort of sucks that we've done this stuff for so long. |
| 1:25.0 | She spent 15 years as a school psychologist and 30 years is a child and family therapist and educational therapist. |
| 1:34.0 | She's the founder and director of the Adult Learning Disabilities Program, |
| 1:39.0 | assistant professor of adult learning disabilities at Cal State Long Beach, instructor in psychology at Cornell. |
| 1:49.1 | But you know, Helen and I met, oh my goodness, it's got to be 25 years at least and if I |
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