Preface: The Miraculous Transformation of Children's Brains
Editor's Note: Today, as you hold this book in your hands, a new chapter begins in your life and your child's.
Translator's Note: A Special Approach for Special Children: The Anat Vaniel Method
Recommended Reading: Anat Vaniel's Healing Methods from the Brain Plasticity Revolution
Recommended Reading: Neuroplasticity: The Beginning of Amazing Change
Recommended Reading: The moment the brain awakens, the child begins to change and grow on his own.

Part 1.
The Miraculous Anat Vaniel Healing Method: Overcoming Any Obstacle

First story.
Miracles begin with the 'small things you can do now'
Second story.
When you give up trying to fix your child, they change.
The third story.
Transforming Your Brain Map with the Anat Vaniel Method

Part 2.
Nine Principles That Changed Thousands of Children's Lives

Core Principle 1.
Movement with Attention
Cassie, a child with autism who constantly tilted her head, experienced the transformation brought about by a few seconds of body focus.

Core Principle 2.
Learn slowly
The child who had been charging without stopping finally calmed down on his own.

Core Principle 3.
Open to diversity (Variation)
Michael's Brain, After Wearing a Cast for 10 Months, Breaks the Ghost Cast

Core Principle 4.
Approach with Subtlety
The Laziness Exercise That Made Lily, Who Has Cerebral Palsy, Walk

Core Principle 5.
Don't lose your enthusiasm (Enthusiasm)
A father's secret to transforming his brain-damaged son

Core Principle 6.
Set flexible goals
Alexa's first "YES!", never spoken before in her life.

Core Principle 7.
Turn on the Learning Switch
Scotty, whose brain's learning switch was turned off, becomes a child who enjoys studying.

Core Principle 8.
Respecting imagination and dreams
The day Ari, an autistic child who never said "I", found "I"

Core Principle 9.
Awareness
What a Fast-Thinking Mom and Her ADHD Daughter Needed

The last story.
What Kids Who Overcame Their Limits Taught Us

Appendix | Frequently Asked Questions
Acknowledgements
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Highly recommended by John Gray, Jack Canfield, and Norman Doidge!
“The moment you wake up a sleeping child’s brain, a miracle begins.”

This book introduces the 'Anat Vaniel Healing Method', widely known overseas as a miraculous treatment for children with developmental disabilities, to Korea for the first time.
From intractable conditions like autism, cerebral palsy, and Asperger's syndrome to attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), this book explains the remarkable transformations that occur in children with cognitive and developmental disabilities, as well as the underlying mechanisms.

The children of Kim Yun-hee, who translated this book, and Professor Baek Seong-i, who reviewed the content, were also born with disabilities.
And for the baby who was born not long ago, we provided the maximum treatment that current rehabilitation medicine can provide, including physical therapy, occupational therapy, and speech therapy.
Like this, the moment all parents find out that their child has a disability, they throw everything away and look for a solution.
In the process, parents focus on what their child is not doing well and try to 'fix' that.
The idea of ​​'fixing' a child's faults, like repairing a broken car, is called the 'fixing paradigm.'

The author of this book, Anat Vaniel, points out that the 'fixing paradigm' approach has limitations in healing children with developmental disabilities and can sometimes even be counterproductive.
Because children are not finished products like cars or home appliances.
A child is growing and evolving, experiencing new experiences and feeling emotions, and while their brain may not be fully awake yet, it is constantly moving, thinking, and trying to figure out how to connect with the world.
Therefore, it is argued that we must awaken the child's brain, which is not yet awake, and communicate with it (brain work) to awaken their potential and 'connect' them with their body.
From then on, you will learn on your own.

A four and a half year old child who couldn't sit up on his own started climbing stairs on his own after a few lessons, and a child who needed a booster seat to sit at the table started sitting upright and eating on his own the day he returned home after taking lessons.
The child who had been charging without stopping became quiet on his own, and the three-year-old who had embarrassed his parents by yelling while arching his whole body back like a bow stopped yelling.
Anat Vaniel did not teach her children how to climb stairs, how to walk straight, how to sit upright, or how to avoid yelling.
All of these changes are the result of a 'connection' between the body and the brain by waking up the children's brain (brain work).


That is why Anat Vaniel's healing method never tries to directly cure any specific symptom.
So, to those who are familiar with traditional rehabilitation treatment methods, this may seem like a strange and unfamiliar claim.
However, the 'Anat Vaniel Healing Method' has not only proven its effectiveness and potential through thousands of cases over the past 30 years, but is also in line with brain plasticity, which is being actively studied in the field of neuroscience, and is supported by medical experts and scientists around the world.

The author presents the nine core principles of the Anat Vaniel healing method and provides easy, practical ways to apply them in real life.
These nine core principles help both children and parents overcome obstacles and grow to the next level by unlocking the limitless potential of their brains and showing them how to access that potential.
As the numerous examples in this book demonstrate, these nine principles will provide a tailored approach that can help children with a wide range of disabilities make real progress, enabling them to experience remarkable transformations that would otherwise be impossible.


"A book that is a gift to countless children with developmental disabilities and their parents."

This book is a record of the miracles created by Anat Vaniel, countless children, and their parents who never gave up hope and believed that children's brains could change even before the scientific proof of brain plasticity, the ability of the human brain to constantly change, was proven.
Anat Vaniel established her own method step by step, witnessing the changes in children firsthand, without anyone giving her the right answers.
Regarding the process, he said he understood that the amazing changes the children showed originated from their brains, and that he simply helped them awaken and develop the limitless potential of their brains.

The goal of Anat Vaniel's healing method is simple: to awaken the sleeping brain of a child and help them live a full and meaningful life.
In this book, the author reveals a way to access a child's abundant potential, explaining in detail the principles and practical methods.
It also offers ways to think about what it means for a child to push boundaries, what it means to support and encourage children with disabilities and their parents, and what it means to realize that there is always a solution to every problem.
And furthermore, it suggests ways to awaken the limitless potential of children, regardless of whether they have a disability or not.
In that sense, as Dr. Michael Merzenich said, this book can be said to be “a gift for countless children with developmental disabilities and their parents.”


The Anat Vaniel Method has enabled my four-year-old to constantly push his limits physically, cognitively, and emotionally.
Every moment I watched my child change, I felt a sense of wonder.

Michelle Shusterman (mother of a child diagnosed with cerebral palsy)

My son Jack, who first started taking Anat Vaniel Method lessons when he was 15 months old, achieved the miracle of being free of autism after three years of lessons.

Patty Tobin (mother of a child diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder)