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Brain Tools, ADHD & Autism in School:

I am a German teacher in The Netherlands and I work with children who are between 12 and 16 years old. http://vmbopro.thorbecke-zwolle.nl/home/ We are a regular public school for children with average (or a little less) IQ, but which are challenged in their behavior or concentration. Some of them have diagnoses (ADHD, Autism . . .) but the majority don’t (yet).

However, these are children who are very creative, energetic, honest and they speak their minds…. I just love to work with them. Since I’m a German and economics teacher, I obviously have to give them proper instruction and therefore need them to be concentrated.

What happens is, that children who lack concentration, will start to tick with their pens, try to contact the others around them, wiggle on their chair….. you get the picture. But as soon as they get their ‘extra energy tangled’ they can pay attention again.

I asked a couple of them recently, what the Tangle does for them and all of the children tell me the same: Instead of making any noise with pens or using the extra energy in a negative way, the Tangle helps them to keep their hands busy and their minds focused.

It was unbelievable how precise they were able to put their experience in words. A couple of the children also bought one for their little siblings, because they seem to know, that they struggle with the same problem.

Monika van Voskuilen Educator

Smoking Cessation:

“I am currently working in a Nicotine Dependence Program helping people quit smoking. I have used stress balls and etc…in my groups…but recently ordered a Fiddle Diddle Box through Trainers Warehouse out of Natick,MA which had the fiddle key chain. My clients have loved them! They are easy to manipulate with one hand and believe it or not have helped in the recovery process from those who are quitting smoking. Some of the behaviors of handling the cigarettes are some of the toughest obstacles to overcome and manipulating the fiddle product has seriously helped. They like the small version which can be manipulated with one hand. I am surprised at how taken everyone is with them! … My clients love them!”

Mary Lynn Nicotine Dependence Program

Physical Therapy:

“I have utilized Tangle Therapy in post-operative hand surgical cases with success and patient satisfaction. I have found Tangle Therapy to be effective both physically and psychologically. It’s really an amazing therapy tool.”

Dr. David S. Parker Orthopedic Surgeon

Cognitive Therapy/Learning Disabilities:

“I work for a learning center that provides one-to-one cognitive therapy to individuals with learning challenges and disabilities. I have ordered a number of your products over the last couple of months, we now have one Tangle for each station in both of our centers (Chino, CA and Irvine, CA). We find that many of our students enjoy your product so much that they now ask for it at the beginning of their session. In turn many of the parents have made their own purchases.

Our owner and director Jill Stowell is hosting a Simulation for the community that helps them gain greater understanding and compassion for students who struggle with attention, auditory, and learning challenges. She is going to provide the attendees with a bag which will include her book At Wit’s End: A Parent’s Guide to Ending the Struggle, Tears and Turmoil of Learning Disabilities, some other pieces of literature, and Jill would very much like to include a Tangle Relax Therapy in each bag.”

Andrea Wood, Stowell Learning Center

Andrea Wood, Stowell Learning Center

Dementia/Nursing Homes:

We represent the Office of the Long Term Care Ombudsman within the State Department on Aging in Connecticut. The Office of the Long Term Care Ombudsman is charged with protecting and advocating for the care & services and rights of residents in Connecticut nursing facilities. Over the past few years at a federal level there has been an initiative to decrease the use of antipsychotic medications used in nursing homes. It was identified that many of these medications were being used to manage behaviors among residents with a diagnosis of dementia. As medications were being reviewed and decreased, nursing facilities have been looking for alternative strategies to manage what they have identified as behaviors.

Our office celebrates our nursing home residents each year in October, during National Nursing Home week and holds a state wide conference for the residents that are leaders within their communities. This year our focus is on the national initiative to decrease antipsychotic medications in nursing homes and alternative and innovative programs designed to manage identified behaviors in a more holistic way. We will highlight programs such as music therapy, interactive computer programming, horticulture therapy, aroma therapy etc. as alternatives. We will be providing each resident that attends the conference with a Tangle to be used for his or her own relaxation purpose.

Office of the Long Term Care Ombudsman,
State Department on Aging,
Connecticut, USA.

Office of the Long Term Care Ombudsman

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