ABOUT THE CREATOR OF The MindMoves® StudyBuddy:
Georgia K. Connor, PhD is a neuroscientist and learning specialist and the inventor of The MindMoves® StudyBuddy Accelerated Learning System. With certifications in neurofeedback, advanced biofeedback, and mediation, she specializes in remediating the symptoms of children and adults suffering from ADD, ADHD, Autism, Dyslexia, PTSD, Depression, Anxiety, Insomnia and Substance Abuse. She also works with talented individuals who wish to optimize their performance in the Arts and in Sports. Many professional athletes and performers have benefited from her guidance.
After more than 14 years of private research and successfully teaching people how to learn new information, The MindMoves® StudyBuddy Accelerated Learning System has emerged for home use, as well as for use at school and in the workplace. The 2 and1/2 hour instructional DVD’s are a mini version of what takes place in Connor’s private practice for the sleep deprived and for learners. The StudyBuddy unit is designed to synchronize the whole brain as the individual learns new information. It has been made available on line at www.mindmoves.net .
What sets Dr. Connor’s clinic work apart from other brain-wave training clinics are the results achieved through participation in her “MindMoves® Accelerated Learning Program”. These are individual programs which she designed to foster rapid improvement. While most neurofeedback programs yield good results after 50 to 100 sessions, Georgia Connor’s students often show dramatic improvement in as little as 14 to 20 sessions. Included in her private practice are the following programs: Neurofeedback, Advanced Biofeedback, Light & Sound Entrainment; Sensory Integration through MindMoves® practices; Nutrition, Family Dynamics; Peace Promotion; Studying methods for successful exam performance; Detox; Pain Management; Insomnia; Creative Visualizations; Meditation and Prayer work.
MindMoves® practices are physical and breathing exercises based on kinesiology designed to effect specific brain function and sensory integration. One easy to learn format is called, “The MindMoves® 7 Steps to Memorization.”
Another practical program called “The MindMoves® ® Brain-wake-ups” opens the gates to learning. Teachers in the Southern California area are beginning to use these practices to ensure less stress in the classroom, greater individual and group attention, improved listening, more time for actual teaching rather than discipline, and higher academic achievement (please refer to Karen Walker’s testimony).
Connor has been a concert violinist, solo dance artist, producer and professional singer and actress. She is co-author of “The Dolphin Gang”, problem solving stories for kids, with Gloria Victor Gold. She is the President and owner of GCC, Inc., which markets new tools for learning, and is the Founder and President of “Possibility Kids”, a 501 (c) (3) Public Charity School, designed to keep kids in school, out of gangs, off drugs, and high on academic achievement. Connor, developed MindMoves® as an answer to her own ADHD, Dyslexia and depression. She has engaged in research in the field of ADHD, Neurofeedback and nutrition with Dr. Ken Tachiki, Chief Xenobiotics Laboratory and Neurofeedback Center, West Los Angeles VAMC, and Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA (1996 – 1999). Her other credentials include: Honorary Invitation Phi Beta Kappa, Western Michigan University (1969); Bachelor’s of Fine Arts, magna cum laude (1973); Honor’s Graduate Fellow (1974); and Master of Performing Arts, summa cum laude (1974) from The Ohio State University. Georgia is grateful to be a Sponsor to homeless children at The Union Rescue Mission and a Co-Sponsor to a beautiful student in Chile by the name of Madeleine. She is a member of the following organizations: ACT, The Association of Christian Therapists (since 1998); TBN, Trinity Broadcast Network; ISNR – International Society for Neuronal Regulation (since 1998); The Hunger Project; and Teaching Tolerance.
Press Releases:
Breakthrough Technology Ends the “Huh?” in Classrooms and Leads Students to Restful Night’s Sleep
Agoura Hills, CA - - May 12, 2006 - - Teachers get frustrated when they ask a student a question, and the reply is “Huh?” “What did you say?” The student wasn’t alert or paying attention. No, the student is not a bad kid nor a dumb kid. He or she just didn’t get enough sleep the night before and hasn’t learned how to focus during the day.
A new instrument, called the “StudyBuddy,” is now available. It has a twofold purpose: to assist students to sleep better at night and then help them be alert and pay attention in the classroom during the day. Students learn a new and effective way to memorize. Grades improve. Teachers enjoy having attentive students, and parents become proud of their children’s accomplishments.
Georgia K. Connor, renowned neuroscientist and learning specialist, has invented a light and sound instrument which when accompanied by exercises called “MindMoves,” will become a student’s best friend. Connor says, “My fourteen years of experience helping students with learning challenges led me to create the StudyBuddy. The StudyBuddy is easy and fun to use. The student will be thrilled to go to school well-rested and see his or her grades improve.”
The StudyBuddy comes with two instructional DVD’s. The first DVD is directed to parents and teachers, showing them how they can assist their student. The second DVD takes the student through a step-by-step process, explaining how the StudyBuddy is to be used and what accompanying exercises go with it. Both DVD’s are simple, direct, and very colorful. Excerpts from Hemi-Sync® MetaMusic® further assist to synchronize the brain and heart for sleep and study. More information will be available beginning May 16th at www.mindmoves.net. Georgia K. Connor is available in the Los Angeles area for presentations to parent and teacher groups.
Media Contact:
Georgia K. Connor, PhD
Phone: (805) 370-5388
E-Mail: georgia@mindmoves.net
Web Site: www.mindmoves.net
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NEUROFEEDBACK AND PRO-Z SUPPLEMENT
Georgia K. Connor, PhD,1 M.A. and Ken H. Tachiki,2 Ph.D.
Nutritional deficiencies are a very common occurrence today. Reduced availability of essential nutrients due to production of food products from lands exhausted after years
of use, compounded by poor dietary habits of children, contribute to reduced availability of essential nutrients. The current estimate of deficiency of zinc in diets is 68%. A study of elderly Europeans living at home reported that 87% were deficient in zinc.
Pro-Z, a nutritional supplement containing a biologically activated form of zinc, was reported to be an effective clinical treatment for Type II diabetes. Experimental findings indicate the clinical benefits resulting from: a) improved intestinal transport of zinc, b) cellular utilization of insulin, and c) cellular metabolism of glucose.
When Pro-Z was taken as a nutritional supplement, an unexpected and marked calming effect on the hyperactivity of patients enrolled for neurofeedback therapy was observed. We report here a retrospective comparison of 4 clinical cases of patients treated for ten sessions of neurofeedback while concomitantly also receiving daily oral doses of Pro-Z. A statistically significant improvement was noted between PRE and POST assessments of hyperactivity, headache and stomachache pain, attention problems and frustration for both treatment groups (with Pro-Z, all p<0.01; without Pro-Z, all p< 0.04). However, a comparison of the POST 10 neurofeedback session groups showed that Pro-Z supplementation resulted in a greater improvement in scores for pain of headaches and stomachaches (p<0.001); and although not statistically significant. lower mean values of hyperactivity (0.62 +/- 0.75 vs 1.4+/- 0.75; mean +/-SD). The POST scores of the two groups for attention difficulties (1.0 vs 1.25) and frustration (1.0 vs .98) were similar.
Addresses: 8/1998
1 MindMoves™- EEG Biofeedback - Peak Performance in Learning
3855 Via Nona Marie, Suite 203 B, Carmel, California 93923
2 Chief Xenobiotics Laboratory and Neurofeedback Center, West Los Angeles VAMC, Los Angeles, CA and Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA
Based on these observations, a study was initiated to investigate the clinical benefits of Pro-Z supplementation. The results of this single blind, placebo-controlled study will be reported. The calming benefit observed with Pro-Z supplementation will be discussed relative to neurofeedback training.
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