Christine Rockett earned her B.S. degree in Occupational Therapy in 1977 from Quinnipiac College. Christine worked with clients at New York State Psychiatric Hospitals, was an adjunct faculty member with a community college Occupational Therapy Assistant program teaching experiential labs and worked with school age students Kindergarten through high school. In 2005, Christine attended a Brain Gym workshop taught by Emily Eisen where she was introduced to Bill Hubert’s Bal-A-Vis-X. From 2006 to 2016, Christine annually attended Bill’s training. Christine was officially sanctioned by Bill in 2014 to conduct BAVX trainings
as a member of Emily’s Brainworks Plus team. Christine is convinced that Bal-a-vis-x is key to understanding and linking Occupational Therapy theories to common sense learning and play. Within the first 5 minutes of a session, both therapist and student observe
and build neural connections within the brain to connect the “learning dots.” Slow BAVX gets the brain’s attention to distinguish and perceive changes to form new connections. Observations of a student’s slow learning of BAVX techniques may indicate retained reflexes: doesn’t like standing close for HOH bags, hands hurt or get tired quickly, eyes blink, lock or have difficulty following the ball, ball bounces and the head tips down, one arm “forgets” to be ready. The connection between the therapist and student is vital to watch for the skills to emerge then change it, start again and then watch for the reflex to become integrated. BAVX cannot be a cookie cutter modality. BAVX depends on the synchronicity of partners especially as the program evolves from therapist to student then student to student.

After Bill’s first training, Christine experienced how to organize herself to fully observe my student’s skills and abilities for academic success. Together with her students, she applied the BAVX methods to their academic needs in reading, math, handwriting, keyboarding, focus and leadership skills. Handouts were developed: Spiders web, Flip the Pages, Syllable Bounce, RAN board, QWERTY board, Touch math, Triangle math, and more.