“Gains so far: Our 5-year-old girl, who already has great language capabilities but would often not respond at all to us (low receptivity), started becoming very outspoken about what is on her mind and giving us way more insight into her thought processes and overall just way more responsive. I feel like I’m truly getting to know her for the first time.

“She has been able to have more patience. Previously, she could not wait for us to finish a conversation to ask her question and would end up exploding. Now she counts while waiting for her turn. She also is more easily taking turns with toys when sharing with friends and siblings.

“Her rigidity of thinking is very much down. She can now go with the flow much more and can be reasoned with if things don’t happen the same way as before or as she expected. She’s less picky with food; for example, she would previously eat a burger in each of its individual components but now eats it ‘combined.’ There’s a heap more, but these are the main ones.

“Also, I should say in addition to us as parents, her Nana and uncles were taken aback by her responsiveness to them after our time away for the therapy. She would never say hello or goodbye and now says it all and engages in back-and-forth conversation with them, too. I hope it stays this way.” 

“After trying various treatments and conducting thorough research, we decided to travel from our home to the Brain Treatment Center. It was the BEST decision we could have made for our six-year-old son, who has severe apraxia and is on the spectrum.

“After six weeks of MeRT treatment, our son said his name for the first time! He has been more flexible in his daily schedule, OCD tendencies have lessened tremendously, and he does not become as anxious as he had previously experienced in new places and surroundings.

“We cannot thank the doctor and staff enough for the kindness, care, and genuine concern they have shown (and continue to show) our son and our family. They are always available for questions and concerns, and they truly support all patients and their families. For our family, MeRT and the Brain Treatment Center have been a journey worth the endeavor!”

“For us, MERT was life-changing! Our gains have continued over a year later! We look forward to doing it again! My son is less anxious, has a happy disposition, less rigidity, sensory issues, and more language.”

“We are dropping a line to thank you for your help last summer with Immanuel. We are RVing this weekend and marveling at how well Immanuel now socializes with other children at the campsite. He is also at a private school, and he is able to succeed without extra support.

“His occupational therapist has been amazed, as well. She evaluated him before he started treatment with you but started therapy AFTER. She says that he has been crushing the prescribed program — he scored significantly above expectations at the latest eval, and he is speeding through the stages. 

“We are thrilled by Immanuel’s progress. It touches our hearts more than anything—that he has friends now. Thank you for making this treatment available and for guiding us through the process.”

“It was a great experience with a very friendly and professional staff! When we first brought our child to the clinic, we expected some progress with her speech skills, but we ended up getting results in other unexpected areas. The first change we saw with our daughter was that she started to make eye contact — then she started to be more aware of her surroundings. Second, she stopped stemming, and that was the biggest change for her. Third, but not least, she started to socialize and play with other children!”

“Before doing MeRT Therapy, I was very skeptical because I didn’t know how it would affect my son. We found out he was diagnosed with ASD at the age of 3. He was starting to regress severely. At the age of 5, he wouldn’t pay attention to his surroundings, wouldn’t react to his name being called, had no sense of awareness, no eye contact, became completely non-verbal, and had minor symptoms of ADHD.

My husband and I did a lot of research before starting and were really nervous to start. However, we can now say that we are glad we took that leap of faith. Our son is now making eye contact when we speak with him, has gotten his first haircut without crying, is starting to be verbal by saying words, repeating words back from his tablet, humming and slightly singing, and it truly feels good to hear his voice. His speech therapist says she is seeing much more progress compared to before and behavior has gotten way better in school.”

“Loved the atmosphere and the staff. Lots of small gains and a few big like more flat-foot walking vs. tiptoe, more eye contact, and much more cognitive!”

“My 10-year-old daughter just finished MERT.  Even though she is an older kid, the change in the back of the brain was pretty significant, and in the middle and front parts, we see better alpha and lower theta and beta. I am good with the charts. How about in real life? We will see when she goes back to school next week. But we see better speech, more patience, better playtime with her younger sister, and better understanding and follow-up on directions given. Side effect? Didn’t see any headaches or anything.

“My daughter was non-verbal before MeRT. We had MeRT from August 14-September 8, 2023. She started repeating what I said (in Spanish) yesterday! I can only credit MeRT for this!”

“We have seen so many gains, but his gains have grown slowly and gradually. He just turned 4 in September. He has always been a fast learner, but after treatment, he has been smashing all of his goals with his therapy.”

“We did 6 weeks of MeRT and the last session finished last week. Major gains we have seen:

Speech would be the biggest part. He is trying to describe things and form sentences. His therapist is shocked how much he is talking now.

Sleep: prior to MeRT, lots of flipping around in the middle of the night. Now, no more flipping. He sleeps through the night for 10-12 hours (Wow, I know).

Hyperactivity has reduced.

Playing more games and staying in the game for longer periods of time.”