A few weeks ago we announced our intention to create a graffitti wall at the Edutherapy Centre. It was interesting watching the reactions to this idea. Some people thought we were mad and that we would have to set out rules or someone would spoil it. Others thought it was a great. Our kids wanted to know when they could come in and get started!

So at the beginning of the school holidays Catherine, Holly and Patrick installed themselves in our disabled loo with a collection of sharpies and created. Bill looked on with amusement as I tried to rein in Patrick. "No, you can't draw on the light or the actual toilet. Aren't the walls enough!" After a couple of hours my nerves were in tatters but we had amongst other things, a rainbow across the ceiling, space invaders and a walrus on the wall. The graffitti wall was up and running.

Now every child who comes to the centre is invited to sign in and add to the wall - once Jane has finished all the testing! It has been brilliant watching the wall develop. We had one boy in last week who started very cautiously. He drew something and came out. A few minutes later asked if he could, "do another one". Back in he went and ten minutes later we could hear singing from the loo where he had embarked on his tenth!

What is interesting is how all the kids respect the work of the others. They find a space where they can create their own drawing or they add to someone elses. We believe that Edutherapy is about creating space for kids and the graffitti wall has provided physical space for them. The wall is filling up quickly and we are working out where they can go next. Actually we have decided that more than anything else it is an indicator of our success. The less wall we have left, the more children we have created space for.

My ten year old daughter came home from school today with a book called "Our feelings on love". The class had been asked to write about what love meant to them. I found my hard bitten sixteen year old daughter sitting reading it so I hope the class won't mind if I share my favourites with you.

We enjoyed our second series of Parent's Seminars last weekend. As ever, we learned a lot from all attendees and hopefully cast a little light on a few of their children's more puzzling behaviours. We had fun explaining bio-resonance and the workings of remote therapy, but were intrigued to see an article in the Times the previous weekend which shows the conventional world is catching up. Entitled Remote ideas the article Reads:

             "...Israeli scientists have discovered that our bodies' sweat ducts are shaped the same as basic radio antennae and can bounce back energy at certain wavelengths. The spiral shaped ducts, which connect sweat glands to the skin, respond to T-rays which, unlike their cousins, X-rays, are harmless. The scientists report in Physical Review Letters that this opens the way to building T-ray scanners that could read our bodies' sweat patterns remotely. Diseases and conditions activate different sweat patterns. In tests, the T-ray scanners could also measure blood pressure and heart-rate remotely

Another important finding from the weekend is that Belgian Chocolate biscuits are  extremely popular amongst parents, whilst chocolate chip cookies became popular only in the absence of alternatives.

Have a great week,

Bill