Its always Me, Me, Me, with our eyes closed. But if we open our eyes, there is a world beyond us and they all are seeking help.
There are people who are depressed, people who are under-privileged and then there are those who have limited ability to think. We, with a stable mind, can help them by understanding their behavior and helping them overcome the obstacles.
Mentally challenged person has multiple disabilities too. To help them, first we have to understand what is the behavior we would like to change and what is the desired behavior we want the child to follow. To get the best results it is important to join the frame mind of the child and test the waters to see what their limits are.
You can find useful information in Robert and Denis Sedlak's book "Teaching the educable Mentally Retarded"
Every child is always in the process of observing his/her surroundings and taking in the sensory information. How this information is processed determines how the child perceives his/her surroundings and behaves accordingly.
Neuro Linguistic Learning (NLL) is the new area of study that deals with human communication and the way we think and do things in essence to our mental makeup, our emotions and our senses.
Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP) is a very useful tool for instilling positive behavior changes. It uses different areas of brain to create a change in a child. The core of NLP is modeling excellence of top performers as well as explaining how different people organize their thinking, feeling, language and behavior to produce the result they do.
Let me explain with an example.
Suppose you are a great fan of superstar, Salman Khan. Every movie of Salman Khan you will watch. You will observe him closely, studying his behavior, his style, his way of talking and dancing, his tone and the words used, his confidence, his body language. Then you ‘model’ the techniques you observed until they become the natural habit in your own life.
Thus the mind can be trained in the behavior we want to. It can be used for self-improvement too.
A two-day workshop on NLP is happening in Mumbai on 8-9 June 2013 and on 10-11 August at Marol Maroshi road, Andheri. Click here to register.
After the completion of this workshop you become aware of the language you use while communicating with yourself and with others.
You understand the difference in communication at the conscious and the unconscious level.
You develop the ability to perform at your best, to tap your true potential and become a powerful communicator.
You can have a better understanding of how you think, process information and help others to do the same.
You begin to understand why people do what they do and learn to respect them for what they are.
You learn to gain rapport easily with different types of people and are able to influence people for long-term changes in their life.
You learn to adopt some of new thought patterns, new thinking strategies, some of the new beliefs and which would undoubtedly be more effective in your work life.
Basically, Neuro Linguistic programming is the study and practice of techniques that use the mind-body connection and the language to alter human behavior.
You can expect to learn skills and thinking that will enhance the way you manage yourself as well as others, the way you communicate, influence, negotiate and manage change.
For more information on this subject, click here.