Non-Medical Approach to Help Kids and Adults in
Oklahoma City

Brain Balance is a personalized, non-medical program for children, teens, and adults. Rather than working on one symptom at a time, we look at foundational brain-body functions — including sensory, motor, visual, auditory, and cognitive areas — that support focus, learning, coordination, behavior, and self-regulation. We then build an individualized program designed to strengthen those areas.

Occupational therapy, counseling, and other therapies often focus on a specific area of need, such as motor skills, sensory processing, emotional health, or behavior. Brain Balance takes a broader approach by looking at how multiple brain and body systems — including sensory, motor, visual, auditory, cognitive, and reflex function — are working together.

We use that information to build one personalized program designed to strengthen the underlying functions that support focus, learning, coordination, behavior, and self-regulation.

That’s very common, and often it’s exactly why families reach out. Many have already tried tutoring, counseling, therapy, medication, school interventions, or other approaches and may have seen some progress, but still feel like something is missing.

Those supports can be valuable, but they often address a specific part of the struggle. Brain Balance looks more broadly at the foundational brain-body functions that support things like attention, learning, regulation, coordination, and processing to better understand what may still be contributing to the challenges you’re seeing.

The assessment helps us determine whether there are areas we can strengthen that haven’t been addressed yet — and whether Brain Balance makes sense as the next step.

No. Brain Balance does not diagnose ADHD, autism, dyslexia, or other learning disorders, and our assessment is not a medical or diagnostic evaluation.

What we do is different. A diagnosis can help identify what a set of challenges is called; our assessment looks more closely at the underlying areas of brain and body function that may be connected to those challenges. Depending on the individual, that can include attention and working memory, sensory and motor processing, visual and auditory processing, coordination, retained developmental reflexes, and how those systems are working together.

The goal is to better understand what may be contributing to the struggles you’re seeing so we can determine whether Brain Balance is a good fit and, if so, what areas we would want to strengthen.

The assessment is a one-time appointment, typically about 90 minutes (sometimes shorter for very young children). We look at areas that can include primitive reflexes, coordination, sensory and motor function, visual and auditory processing, and cognition, to better understand how your child is functioning.

The process also includes time with a Director to talk more deeply about the concerns you’re seeing and how those challenges may connect within the Brain Balance framework. After the assessment, we review the results with you, explain what we found, and — if Brain Balance is a good fit — recommend a personalized plan. If it isn’t the right fit, we’ll tell you.

Your child will complete a series of short activities designed to look at how different brain-body systems are functioning. That can include balance and coordination tasks, rhythm and timing activities, fine and gross motor exercises, core strength, visual and auditory processing activities, cognitive tasks involving focus, processing, and working memory, and an evaluation of retained developmental reflexes. Some parts may feel more like exercises, movement games, or "brain games," while others are more structured activities or tests. We may also use specific equipment or activities to look at areas such as vestibular function and visual tracking. The goal is to gather a broad picture of how your child is functioning across multiple systems — not to see whether they can "pass" or "fail" any one task.

Most Brain Balance programs run approximately four to six months, although program length varies based on the assessment results and the program recommended.

Our traditional in-center program meets three times per week, typically during after-school hours. We also offer hybrid and at-home options for families who need more flexibility. Those programs include at least one private, live 1:1 session with a Brain Balance coach each week, along with additional planned work completed at home. Hybrid formats include one or two in-center sessions each week.

Your Director will recommend the program structure that best fits your child’s needs, assessment results, and your family’s schedule.

Every person responds differently, so we won’t promise a specific result or timeline. That said, Brain Balance is an intensive, structured program, and many families begin noticing meaningful changes within the first several weeks. Other improvements build more gradually as the program progresses.

Most programs are completed in approximately four to six months, so the goal is not indefinite support — it is to identify the areas that need strengthening, work on them consistently and intensively, and create meaningful change over a defined period of time.

We track progress throughout the program using objective measures as well as what you’re seeing at home, at school, and in everyday life.

Yes. Brain Balance has eight peer-reviewed studies published between 2020 and 2024 examining areas including attention, cognition, behavior, emotional functioning, and developmental outcomes. Those studies have reported measurable improvements in a number of those areas, with research collaborators including McLean Hospital, a Harvard Medical School affiliate, and Cambridge Brain Sciences.

The research is promising, although the studies vary in design and size and more controlled research is still needed. Individual results vary, which is why we start with an assessment to determine whether Brain Balance appears to be a good fit for your child and what areas may need to be strengthened.

If you'd like to review the research yourself, you can see the published studies and summaries on our Brain Balance Research & Results page.

The initial Brain Balance assessment is $295, and completing the assessment does not obligate you to enroll in a program. If Brain Balance is recommended, tuition is based on your child’s individualized plan and covers a comprehensive program that typically runs over several months rather than being priced as individual visits.

Because every recommendation is personalized, the total investment varies. Your Director will walk you through the recommended program, the tuition, and available payment options so you understand the full commitment before making a decision.

Brain Balance is a private-pay, non-medical program, so it is not billed through traditional health insurance. Some families are able to use HSA or FSA funds depending on their individual plan, although coverage is not guaranteed.

If Brain Balance is recommended, your Director can also walk you through the available payment options and help you understand the financial side before you make a decision.