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The succes of MIT School is measured by the quality of its professionals. In this case, the psychologists of the institution, Marta Eugenia Rodríguez de la Torre and María Hernandez, have shown their worth by breaking the ‘glass shield’ that kept isolated a pair of seven years old autistic twins who couldn’t even communicate with their family.

The neuroscientist method Babysapien, developed by Rodriguez de la Torre and conducted by María Hernandez, has achieved in less than two weeks that the brothers (who are not pupils in the school) begin to obey simple commands and direct orders as “get this, close the door or come here”, according to their parents. The key is, in the words of the professionals, “generating new synaptic connections and strengthen existing ones, optimizing the ability to attend, to process and to communicate through multisensory stimulation of sight, hearing, touch and smell as ‘gateways’ to the brain. “

Rodriguez de la Torre told La Vanguardia -as this piece of news has been published by numerous specialized and general media- that, with this therapy, the children are the ones who dare to communicate and to make free decisions, so they are fighting the problem from the inside. The researcher, with an IQ of over 210 (twice normal) have extensive experience in developing techniques for intelligence. In fact, she is also in charge of the courses to improve the intelligence, Sapientec, taught in the school itself.