HANDLE Institute

[samsmom]

Does anyone out there know anything about the HANDLE Institute? The Institute (founded by Judith Bluestone, who wrote The Fabric of Autism and The Churkendoose Anthology) is based here in Seattle although there are HANDLE practitioners in other parts of the country and world. They work with kids and adults with neurological issues of various kinds. We have been considering it for Sam for the last few months, but haven't been able to find anyone who has been thru their program with a child with TS, so are reluctant to pay out for something that appears to show little evidence of success with TS kids.

 

Just wondering if anyone on this forum has had experience or knows of someone who has? Their website address is www.handle.org.

[Guest]

I did the handle program for a while several years ago when I was probably 12 or 13. My parents said it helped. We discontinued because I felt silly doing the exercises. If you've got a young child they probably wouldn't feel silly doing them, but at 12 or 13 I atleast did.

 

Carolyn