READY TO FOCUS
800 Ellis Road, Suite 245
Norton Shores, MI 49441
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Schedule an appointment today! 1-800-850-0535
800 Ellis Road, Suite 245
Norton Shores, MI 49441
Toll-free: 1-800-850-0535
Appointments: info@readytofocus.com
Billing: billing@readytofocus.com
Schedule an appointment today! 1-800-850-0535
Posted on January 17 2012
Ready To Focus is pleased to announce a new office location in the Holland MI area. In conjunction with Winning At Home, a Christian counseling organization, Ready To Focus will be providing neurofeedback assessment and treatment services at the Winning At Home counseling offices. Services will begin in mid February 2012. Winning At Home is located at 300 S State Street, Zeeland MI. This office will join our other locations in Norton Shores MI, Plainfield IL, Lisle IL, and Geneva IL (at our Legacy Clinical Consultant partnership offices). To schedule an appointment at any location call our main phone number at 1-800-850-0535.
Ready To Focus founder Brad Oostindie and Winning At Home clinical director Peter Newhouse are both excited for this new service at the Winning At Home offices! Both Newhouse and Oostindie share similar interests in providing high quality behavioral healthcare services with a mission mindset. Both frequently travel internationally to provide workshops, training, and services abroad to missionary and international aid workers and look forward to continuing that work together in 2012, along with the new partnership at the Winning At Home offices. For further information about Winning At Home visit their website at www.winningathome.com.
Posted on August 3 2011
Ready To Focus is pleased to announce that professional golfer, Andy Matthews, has become a spokesperson for the program! As a professional golfer, Andy Matthews fully understands the need to remain calm, focused, and undistracted while doing his job. Ready To Focus is helping Andy achieve that and bring his professional golf game to a new level!
Andy began working with Ready To Focus clinical director Brad Oostindie approximately two years ago. He continues as a Ready To Focus participant to this day because of the help it has provided him. The results are impressive! Andy has achieved some of his best finishes over the past couple of years including a win at the Mexican Open in 2010! His earnings have improved and he is currently playing on the Canadian PGA tour where he is having his best year ever. PGA qualifying school begins in October and he will be working closely with Dr. Jeff Van Meter and Brad Oostindie to sharpen his mind, as well as his game, prior to Q school.
In becoming spokesperson Andy made this statement, “The type of focus I need on the golf course is the same type of focus your child needs in the classroom or an adult needs at work. There are so many benefits to the Ready To Focus program and I strongly encourage everyone to participate and realize the same benefits I have.”
He goes on to say, “This program has changed not only my professional career, but my entire life in a positive way! I can’t say enough for the team at Ready To Focus and the specialized neurofeedback program they provide. They are committed to each participant and to doing everything with excellence.”
Update - Andy recently completed both Stage 1 and Stage 2 of the PGA Qualifying School rounds and will compete in the final Stage 3 round for his PGA card. Way to go Andy! This will be his first trip to stage 3. More information in this Mlive.com article. http://www.mlive.com/golf/index.ssf/2011/11/adas_andy_matthews_earns_a_sho.html
Posted on January 19 2012
Here is a link to our newsletter “Focus Time” for January 2012.
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Posted on January 17 2012
Ready To Focus is pleased to announce our partnership with Homecoming for Veterans (www.homecoming4veterans.org) to provide neurofeedback services to veterans struggling with PTSD issues at no charge. Biofeedback/Neurofeedback organizations that partner with Homecoming For Veterans agree to provide NF to veterans at no charge for a minimum of 20 sessions. Neurofeedback has been shown to assist greatly in reducing symptoms of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) such as anxiety, obsessive thoughts or memories, poor sleep, and agitation. If you are a veteran and would like to explore this with Ready To Focus please contact our office at 1-800-850-0535.
Posted on June 16 2011
Are you a parent of a homeschooled child looking for a non-medication approach to your child’s focus and distraction issues? This program is specifically designed to provide help for the homeschooled student who is struggling with focus, distraction, learning issues, or test-taking anxiety. Ready To Focus will set up a neurofeedback program in your home and a psychologist will help you integrate it into your homeschooling activities to provide the help you are looking for. Most home-based participants in the Ready To Focus program run neurofeedback training sessions every day, which allows for clinical results to occur more quickly. We have been providing home-based neurofeedback services for years and know how to provide this type of service with quality, affordability, and with great results. Check out the research section of our website to learn about how neurofeedback can effective treat issues related to learning disorders, ADHD, among others. If your child is homeschooled and challenged by any of the areas listed above, the Ready To Focus homeschool program is designed to help you! Email us at Kristi@readytofocus.com or call 1-800-850-0535 for a free consultation with a psychologist to discuss your particular situation.
Posted on May 10 2011
Ready To Focus is pleased to announce the opening of two offices in the West Chicago Suburbs - one office in Plainfield/Naperville and the other in Geneva. Dr Jeffrey B Van Meter, Psy.D. will also be joining Ready To Focus as a senior partner and Clinical Supervisor. He will direct office based assessments and office treatment programs in Chicago and also play an important role in our home based program. More information on Dr. Van Meter coming soon! To schedule at our new offices or at our existing West Michigan office call 1-800-850-0535.
Posted on February 8 2010
By Brad Oostindie, MA, LLP - Clinical Director
Last month I had the pleasure of visiting the Meysen Academy in Sendai, Japan. This is the third international school I have visited (India - 2003 and Dominican Republic 2007) and I found the experience to be very informative. The Meysen Academy is known for its interactive learning style, teaching English as a second language, and is a community leader in the area. There are two Meysen campuses in Sendai and about 4000 students attend classes at the school everyday.
Prior to going to Japan I spent sometime researching topics related to the Ready To Focus program as it related to this trip. A recent UNICEF study placed Japan in the top 5 of countries for scores in math and science. Only 2.2% of the high school age students in Japan fell below international benchmarks of achievement. This is compared to 16.2% of students in the United States falling below benchmarks during the same time period. Also, you may not be aware of this but according to the National Institute of Health the United States uses approximately 85% of all the stimulant medication produced in the world. Although ADHD is recognized in Japan and different types of psychostimulant medication are used for treatment, the treatment model follows a paradigm of using medication as a last resort as opposed to a first line of intervention in all but the most serious cases.
In Japan the model of ADHD intervention is as follows:
1. Environmental coordination and psychoeducation.
2. Behavioral Therapy.
3. Review of these interventions.
4. Specialists (for drugs or other therapies).
A link to this research article is provided below.
There is so much more I could report regarding my visit to the Meysen Academy! I hope you find this information helpful as you consider your own child’s academic, behavior, and other needs and as you make decisions on how to best intervene for your child in these areas. Please feel free to email me at brad@readytofocus.com for more information.
Link to research article
Psychopharmacology_for_ADHD_in_Japan.pdf
Pictures of visit
Meysen.pdf
Posted on September 28 2009
By Brad Oostindie
I am so pleased to announce that the Ready to Focus program will be able to offer services either free of charge or at a significantly reduced rate to some families because of a generous gift from Spring Lake Wesleyan Church (www.slwc.org). SLWC donated the costs for purchase of one neurofeedback unit for use with families unable to afford the services. Ready To Focus will donate clinical and technical time to the families. It is likely many families per year will be positively impacted by the “Mission Unit.” In fact, the first family has already started the program! The unit is currently set up in the home of this family and is being used by a 5 year old boy. This five year old boy needs help with his sleep problems, needs to reduce or eliminate his stimulant medication prescription, needs help with improving focus, and help with other cognitive/social issues.
Ready To Focus is accepting donations to provide services to “Mission Unit” families, as well as donations for purchase of additional units to expand the program. Donors will be provided a receipt for tax-deduction purchases. Please contact Brad Oostindie at Ready To Focus for further information (brad@readytofocus.com or 1-800-850-0535).