This document discusses how the human body functions like a company with different systems working together. It uses the example of a boss having to take on additional roles if an employee stops working to illustrate how the body's systems support each other. It then explains how dysfunctions in systems like the vestibular system, which controls balance, or the auditory system can disrupt the brain's functioning, placing the body in a stressed defensive state. This makes learning and developing skills difficult as the brain must focus on processing harmful inputs from malfunctioning systems rather than its usual functions. Understanding each system's role helps explain children's behaviors and difficulties when systems are dysfunctional.

2.  Imagine you are the boss of a company which
provides therapy to kids.
 You have 5 Occupational therapists under you.
 You have 5 Physiotherapists under you.
 You have 5 Pediatricians under you
 You have 2 website developers under you
 You have one CA who works with you
 You have one office admin who works with you.

3.  Every person in your office has his own sets of
responsibilities and duties
 On one particular day if the CA stops working, the
boss will have to take over and manage both (his
own and CA’s work)
 Another day, the pediatrician stops working and
the boss will have to take up (his own and the
pediatrician’s job)

4.  Now, the boss is trying to do the pediatrician’s job
,CA’s job and his own job.
 The work quality of the organization suffers
because he does not know the job of the
Pediatrician /CA.
 Also, because he is managing the job of the
others ,his own work of managing everything
suffers!

6. We all own a company –the human body.
We have
 two ears that work for us.
 two vestibular systems that work for us.
 the proprioceptive system that works for us
 The skin (tactile) that works for us
 The brain that works for us
 Many more systems….

7.  The vestibular system tells the brain the position of the
body and controls the sense of balance.
 The ears convey the information to the brain about the
source and direction of the sound that it receives.
 The skin tells us where we are touched and with what
pressure, also tells us about the limits of the body.
 The lower brain takes all the information and does all
the work of filtering information before it sends it to the
higher brain.
 The higher brain helps us to problem solve, analyze
and infer about the data that is received.

8. System works at two levels
 Protective state-tells the body that the input is fine
and harmless
 Defensive state – tells the body that the input is
harmful and dangerous

9.  In this the skin (tactile) tells the higher brain that
the input is dangerous.
 Body goes into a state of fight and flight(stress)
 Brain does not know the work of the skin and
thinks that it is true.
 Since the body is in a state of stress, the higher
brain stops/alters its function of
inferring,judgement,reasoning and learning from
the environment and focuses only on input.

10.  The vestibular system is not able to understand
the position of body in space.
 Body does not know-right, left,up or down.
 Body is not able to judge-how high it is from the
ground-thus body finds it difficult to jump off
surfaces, ascend/descend stair case.
 Body feels every information is harmful.

11.  Anytime any kind of movement input comes-like
swinging, bouncing,jumping or walking on uneven
surfaces-the body goes into a state of stress.
 Body feels every input is dangerous.
 Brain does not know the work of the vestibular
system and thinks that it is true.
 Higher brain is just focusing on the input rather
than do its own work( make judgement, infer, learn
from environment.)

12.  Ears rely on the vestibular system
 When the vestibular system is malfunctioning-the
anchor is lost.
 Vestibular system is like a tripod for the camera, it
gives you steady image of the world.
 Now when the anchor is malfunctioning, child is
taking images into the brain like how we take
videos with the camera moving, it is very shaky
and we don’t understand anything

13.  Since the body position is lost, child cannot
understand where is the sound coming from.
 Ears feel that every input is dangerous especially
some that happen suddenly.
 Brain does not know the work of the ears and
thinks that it is true.
 Higher brain is trying hard to make sense but ears
are not cooperating since vestibular system is not
helping.
 BRAIN IS DISORGANIZED!

14.  In this state that the higher brain is-we are telling
the child to learn and identify objects using
reinforcers.
 Higher brain of the child tries to take care of the
systems and also tries to learn what is being
taught.
 Reinforcers work but the brain is disorganized-
thus learning is slow.

15.  We are trying to teach things to the child about
directions, climb up on the jungle gym-vestibular
system not functioning!
 We are trying to teach the child to talk-child is not
even listening to the sounds and if so perceiving it
dangerous-auditory system dysfunction!
 Some kids are talking but not picking up
conversations-auditory system dysfunction!
 We are expecting the child to wear clothes with
tags, hair pins,party hats-tactile system
dysfunction!

16.  As we continue to work with the child with
dysfunctions and with a disorganized brain-child
learns things at a slow pace and some or the other
behavior keeps coming since the child is in a state
of stress already.
 Body learns to compensate –uses some other
system rather than the desired system.

17.  It will be a great help when we learn about the
child and the way the brain is working.
 This will help us to understand about why is the
child being difficult at times…
 The acceptance, understanding and assurance of
the parents to their kids plays a very important role
in relieving their stress!!!

18. Thank you!!!