Integrated Listening System (iLs)
The integrated listening system is an exercise program for improving brain and body function. The combined elements of iLs--movement, music, and language--begin with sensory processing support and gradually extend to the higher order cognitive functions. As the body becomes organized, so does the brain. With increased organization, the brain is able to process enviromental information, sustain attention, and learn. How does iLs work? In the same way that exercise trains our bodies to become stronger and healthier, the iLs multi-sensory approach trains our brains to process sensory, cognitive and emotional information more effectively. iLs programs begin with music and movement, and then gradually integrate language and cognitive activities.The difficulty level can be individualized for any age or skill level. Who can benefit? iLs has a global effect on the brain and is therefore used to achieve a
wide variety of therapeutic goals: • Rehab for brain injury and stroke • Stress and sleep-related issues • Concentration/attention/memory/speech/language • Written expression & reading comprehension • Social communication, behavior • Motor skills
• Processing speed • Sensory processing • Higher executive functioning • Developmental delays, including autism spectrum disorder/down syndrome • Concussion iLs music programs are delivered via iPods and customized air/bone conduction headphones. Programs can be customized for individual goals.
Owner Spotlight
Shauna Burchett, OTR/L, Owner
Shauna Burchett is the owner of Synergy Healthcare in Spokane, WA. She graduated from University of Alberta, Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine, Department of Occupational Therapy in 1993. She began her career as an occupational therapist specializing in traumatic head injuries. She has also worked in skilled nursing facilities specializing in long and short term geriatric rehabilitation. Shauna has been in private practice since 1998. She loves craniosacral therapy, visceral manipulation, neural manipulation and lymphatic drainage. Her perspective on healing and recovery has been influenced by many osteopaths whose classes she has taken, but more importantly by the clients that have taught
her through their injuries and illnesses.
She loves the expression ”If you listen hard enough to a patient they will tell you what is wrong with them, but if you listen even harder they will tell you how to fix it.” It is the framework on which she built the clinic. The perspective she tries to lead from and from which she tries to live her life is: “I think we don’t listen enough”. Shauna enjoys spending time with her husband, Robin,and threesons,Ethan,Parker,andSawyer. She also enjoys traveling, playing the piano, and studying yoga.
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