Emotional, Behavioral, & Relational Challenges
Emotional, Behavioral, & Relational Challenges and the IWBMC™
The Interpersonal Whole-Brain Model of Care® (IWBMC™) uniquely addresses the core issues specific to emotional-behavioral-relational challenges. Clients may experience difficulties with:
- Self-advocacy and esteem
- Sensory needs
- Interpersonal relationship building
- Emotional and behavioral regulation
- Academics and retention of concepts
- Attention and focus
- Mood disorders
How the IWBMC™ Supports
Emotional, Behavioral, & Relational Challenges
- Individual program design targeting the neurobiological framework for each client
- Target the root neurodevelopmental issues of outward challenges, such as early reflex integration, cross-lateral abilities, and sequential processing
- Utilization of qEEG brain map analysis for corroboration with guided therapeutic plans and progress comparisons
- Use qEEG data to address patterns of under- or over-communication frequently seen in emotional-behavioral-relational disorders, working to calm overactive areas and boost underactive areas
- Use of a collaborative approach with consistent Wraparound support between school and home, ensuring consistency of care
- Address each client’s distinctive learning style through specific academic assessments and a whole-brain approach to education
- Participation in a learning environment culture of Hope, Truth, and Love
- Hope: To embrace the possibility within ourselves and others
- Truth: To talk about and accept our own and others' strengths and weaknesses in an open, productive, kind, and fair manner
- Love: To treat ourselves and others with respect and maintain physical and emotional safety for everyone
- Frequent engagement in cardiovascular and cross-lateral movement to promote new neuronal growth and communication within the brain
- Target social and relational challenges through structured peer interaction, social skills groups, and mentoring opportunities
- Positive interpersonal behavioral model of care to address behavioral challenges
- Pre-teaching all expectations during neutral moments
- Developing the mind-body connection to maintain self-regulation abilities
- Increasing awareness of emotions and their connection to thoughts and behaviors to increase self-regulation abilities
- Teaching self-referencing, distress tolerance, and mindfulness skills
- The IWBMC™'s Trauma Support Model acknowledges histories of trauma, trauma’s maladaptive impacts on the brain, and therapeutic ways to transform the adverse effects of traumatic experiences
- Cognitive and Dialectical behavior therapies (CBT/DBT)
- Art, Recreational, and Animal-assisted therapeutic activities
Related Disorders
The IWBMC™ helps individuals experiencing difficulties with self-regulation, academic performance, and navigating interpersonal relationships. Often, emotional-behavioral-relational challenges present in various ways, leading to comorbid diagnoses and complexities. Many clients with emotional-behavioral-relational disorders may also experience:
- Autism spectrum disorder (Levels 1 & 2)
- Disruptive behavioral disorders
- Oppositional defiant disorder (ODD)
- Conduct disorder (CD)
- Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
- Sensory processing disorder
- Apraxia
- Dyscalculia
- Mood disorders
- Anxiety/Depression
- Bipolar disorder
- Disruptive mood dysregulation disorder (DMDD)
- Reactive attachment disorder (RAD)
- Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
- Sensory processing disorder
- Learning differences
- Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
- Dyscalculia
- Dysgraphia
- Dyslexia
Program Environments at Jacob’s Ladder that Support Emotional, Behavioral, & Relational Challenges
Serving Pre-K - 12th
Serving Pre-K - 12th
Serving ages 16 and older
Our Person-Centered, Whole-Brain Approach
Evaluation & Assessment.
The IWBMC™ Evaluation considers seven domains and uses 1,300+ assessment metrics to analyze neurodevelopmental progression indicators – often the root of systemic challenges – combined with standardized academic assessments, clinical observation, family reporting, qEEG Analysis, and Nutritional and Physiological Consultation.
Individualized Plans.
The Interpersonal Whole-Brain Model of Care® (IWBMC™) acknowledges the complex interplay between brain health, efficiency, and organization – combined with clients’ physiological health and well-being, learning style, and emotional-behavioral-relational experiences – to develop an optimal, therapeutic path forward for each client.
Progress Tracking.
With AHAVA’s database of 4,000+ therapeutic activities, each individualized program is tailored to the client’s needs. Daily data tracking captures clients’ progress, allowing ongoing modification of programs to uphold the appropriate levels of intensity, frequency, and challenge point progression to create lasting, positive changes in the brain.
Learn About Our Approach With Emotional, Behavioral, & Relational Challenges
While developing his plan, I remember saying, ‘The most important thing we can’t do is we can’t give up.’ Amy looked at me and said, ‘We won’t give up. We will work at this as a team; you will trust us, and we will move forward.’
Scientifically-Sound Approaches Delivered in Safe, Loving Environments.