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Exhibitor

Renewed Hope

Renewed Hope Foundation is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization founded in 2005 by Brad and Linda Christensen. In 2000, the Christensen’s youngest son, Justen, was diagnosed with cerebral palsy at four months old with severe brain damage. He was cortically blind, insensate, immobile, and non-verbal. Brad and Linda were told Justen didn’t have the capacity to do much of anything as he got older. In fact, he would probably never even know who they were.

Brad and Linda spent the past two decades finding therapies that could help Justen (and other children with special needs) improve. By God’s grace, Justen improved in ways unimaginable to most. Justen went from blindness to seeing. Then, from seeing to reading. His sensation improved. His respiration improved. He started to vocalize and learned to communicate with his fingers/hand via a spelling board. Justen’s world opened up to him, and of course, Justen knew who his parents and his family were. Sadly, Justen passed away in 2022.

Brad and Linda homeschooled all four of their boys, including Justen, from K – 12th grade. They know that all children, including those with disabilities, are created in the image of God and that their lives are precious and valued.

Over the past two decades, their training and knowledge has expanded beyond programs geared towards helping their own son with cerebral palsy to include excellent programs and therapies that can help children with ADD / ADHD and Autism, as well as sensory integration and other learning difficulties.

Through Renewed Hope, Brad and Linda desire to give families with children who struggle with learning difficulties hope for their future by sharing the knowledge they have learned. This includes new listening therapy programs that can be provided remotely in a family’s own home to help their children with learning difficulties.

Products / Services

If your child struggles with anxiety, behavior regulation, social connections, attention, memory, or sleep problems or has been diagnosed with ADHD, Autism, SPD or learning difficulties, an innovative listening therapy program from Integrated Listening Systems (ILS) may help. ILS uses specially filtered auditory input designed to address these issues with the goal of bringing your child to a place of improved learning capabilities.

Renewed Hope is a certified provider of both the Focus and SSP (Safe and Sound Protocol) from ILS. The ILS Focus listening system includes special bone conduction headphones which, when combined with vestibular movement as directed by our therapists / certified coaches, can result in notable progress in sensory-motor integration, communication, and regulation. The SSP (Safe and Sound Protocol) listening therapy can be used to address anxiety, stress, hypersensitivity, behavior and processing problems. These remote therapy programs are powerful tools for children who are falling behind in school and society.

Renewed Hope, and specifically Linda Christensen, a licensed Physical Therapist, has successfully used Integrated Listening Systems therapy for over 10 years. ILS can now be used remotely as a home-based solution supervised by a parent or caregiver to their child in their own home, with the support and guidance of Renewed Hope’s certified Home Coach.