As a graduate student at the University of Michigan, Susan began her studies and training at The Institutes for the Achievement of Human Potential in 1973. In 1980, she became the Director of the Institute for the Achievement of Intellectual Excellence, and the Director of the Evan Thomas Institute.

She is a principal lecturer in the “How To Multiply Your Child’s Intelligence” course, which has been presented since 1978 to parents the world over. She teaches parents how to enhance the growth and development of the brain through intellectual growth, specifically in reading, mathematics, and encyclopedic knowledge. She also teaches parents how to do an evaluation of their child using The Institutes Developmental Profile.

Ms. Aisen is also a principal lecturer in the “What To Do About Your Brain-Injured Child” course. She teaches parents of brain-injured children how to evaluate their children neurologically and how to create an effective program of sensory stimulation to enhance seeing, hearing, and tactility.

Susan is an international lecturer on intellectual growth in children, and has taught parents in England, Ireland, Italy, Brazil, Colombia, Malaysia, Japan, China, Singapore, Puerto Rico, and the United States how to create intellectual excellence in their children.

She served as a consultant to Glenn Doman in the writing of How To Teach Your Baby Math and How To Multiply Your Child’s Intelligence. She is a co-author of the book How To Give Your Baby Encyclopedic Knowledge. Susan is a principal lecturer in The Pathway to Wellness, now available online to parents worldwide.

Miki was born and raised in Japan. After graduating from Showa Women’s University, she worked for Sony Corporation. In a special child development project established by Sony’s founder, Masaru Ibuka, Miki created a curriculum for teaching English and music to young children. She also studied piano through Dr. Shinichi Suzuki’s program, learning from Mrs. Shizuko Suzuki, a prominent piano teacher in Talent Education.

In 1974 Miki assisted Janet Doman, the director of The Institutes for the Achievement of Human Potential, in Japan. After she had studied English in Great Britain, she helped to teach English to tiny Japanese children.

Miki came to The Institutes in 1975. She began her training in the School for Human Development, where she coached the brain-injured students through their intensive treatment program of crawling, creeping, running, and brachiation. She also taught intellectual and social programs to the students. Later, Miki became vice director of the School for Human Development.

In 1976 Miki created the Japanese language program for the Early Development classes of the Evan Thomas Institute. This became the foundation for teaching other foreign languages. She then helped found the International School of the Evan Thomas Institute and became a principal teacher in the school.

After her son was born in 1983, Miki was a full-time professional mother, putting her energy into his physical, intellectual, and social development when he was young.

Miki is an expert in the intellectual development of children. She has taught thousands of parents how to teach intellectual and social programs to their brain-injured and well children. She also taught parents of blind and deaf and insensate children to see, hear, and feel. She has taught many parents of brain-injured children and babies how to communicate while they are unable to speak. She regularly lectures in the United States and Japan.

She is vice director of The Institute for the Achievement of Intellectual Excellence in Philadelphia and co-director of The Institutes in Japan. Miki has served hundreds of children in the United States, Italy, Japan and England. She continues to be an advocate for brain-injured children from around the world.

Miki is certified in child brain development at the teaching level. She has been awarded the Brazilian Gold Medal of Honor, Sakura Koro Sho of Japan, the Raymundo Veras Medal of Humanity and Science, the Leonardo da Vinci Award, and the Statuette with Pedestal.

Senior Staff Member of The Institute for the Achievement of Intellectual Excellence

Teruki was born and raised in Japan. He joined The Institutes in September 1982, while he was completing his graduate work at the University of Pennsylvania.

Teruki was educated in Japan and in the United States. He received a bachelor’s degree in economics and did graduate work in business administration at Keio University in Tokyo. He then received a master’s degree in management from Northwestern University. He continued graduate studies at San Francisco State University, where he studied linguistics, and at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, where he worked toward a doctorate degree in social system sciences.

He first came to The Institutes in 1979 as a translator for Japanese families on the program, and his interest in The Institutes work grew steadily. Teruki began his training as a staff member in the School for Human Development. Later he joined The Institute for the Achievement of Intellectual Excellence as its clinical coordinator.

Teruki is the co-director of The Institutes for the Achievement of Human Potential in Japan, vice director of the Children’s Center, and director of staff training. He also maintains the qualification of intelligence programming. Teruki has been involved in scientific and medical studies. He is an important link between the researchers and investigators both inside and outside of The Institutes, and has been instrumental in facilitating many new and experimental endeavors in child brain development, functional neurology, and biochemistry. He is a member of the IRB (Internal Review Board) of The Institutes.

As a member of the editorial board of The In-Report, Teruki is responsible for compiling all the victories achieved by the brain-injured children and writes reports about the graduates of The Institutes Home Treatment Program.

Teruki has traveled extensively in Asia, Europe, and American continents for the pursuit of his interest in history, architecture, and fine art. He is certified in child brain development at the teaching level. He has been awarded the Brazilian Gold Medal of Honor, the Translator’s Certificate in Human Development, Sakura Koro Sho, the Raymundo Veras Medal of Humanity and Science, the Leonardo da Vinci Medal, and the Statuette with Pedestal. He is a founding member of the International Academy for Child Brain Development.

Olivia was born in Desterro do Melo and grew up in Barbacena, Minas Gerais, Brazil. She attended a teaching school in Barbacena and received her teaching diploma in 1975.

Olivia then began to teach in a special school in Barbacena. In 1979 she was invited to Centro de Reabilitação Nossa Senhora da Glória in Rio de Janeiro in order to begin her training in Child Brain Development. After returning to Barbacena, she began to work at the Associação Barbacenense de Assistência aos Excepcionais (A.B.A.E.).

In 1985, she was a member of the team that traveled to Portugal with Dr. José Carlos Veras in order to evaluate brain-injured children there. In the fall of 1987, Olivia began her clinical training at The Institutes for the Achievement of Human Potential in Philadelphia, where she learned how to perform histories and evaluations and to create individual home treatment programs for brain-injured children.

In 1988 she received her university diploma for teaching at Lavras, M.G., Brazil, and in 1990 she received a diploma from the A.B.A.E for the evaluation of children in Brazil.

Today, Olivia is the director of International Affairs for The Institutes. She travels to Mexico once a year to present the What To Do About Your Brain-Injured Child Course. She also travels to Italy twice a year to evaluate and teach the European parents how to do the intellectual programs with their brain-injured children.

When she visits her relatives in Brazil once a year, she spends some time at The Institutes in Barbacena in order to update the staff with the newest information in the treatment of brain-injured children.

Olivia resides in San Francisco, California, with her husband, Dr. Ralph Pelligra, a member of the board of directors of The Institutes. When at home she stays in contact with the families for whom she is the advocate and she contacts families who request the Home Consultation Program.

Olivia has received the Glenn Doman Medal in Brazil. She also received the Brazilian Gold Medal of Honor, the Raymundo Veras Medal for Humanity and Science, and the Statuette with Pedestal.

Kathy was born in Bellwood, Pennsylvania, where she grew up and graduated from high school. During these years her mother taught her to play the piano. Following high school, Kathy attended Appalachian Bible College, majoring in piano. She then worked as a secretary for a life insurance company and as a secretary for a printing plant.

In 1973 Kathy married Alan Myers. When their oldest child, Chip, was four years old, she took the How To Multiply Your Child’s Intelligence Course. Kathy became a full-time professional mother to her three children. Eventually they joined the On-Campus Program of the Evan Thomas Institute.

When her youngest child entered the International School, Kathy joined the school staff. She became the music director, teaching music theory, composition, and a choral class, and was director of the Junior Class. She later became vice director of the International School.

Kathy is now the administrator of the International School. In this role, she creates class schedules, organizes the curriculum books, and meets regularly with mothers concerning the home program of each student.

As her children graduated from the International School, Kathy home schooled them throughout high school, at their request. She continued her own education at Montgomery County Community College with courses in pre-calculus, calculus, history, and psychology.

Kathy now uses the experience derived from teaching her own children and the International School students to teach the parents of brain-injured children in the clinic.

In 1998 Kathy began her training as a clinical staff member, and is now qualified to take histories, perform evaluations, and teach intelligence programs.

For her work with children, Kathy has received the Brazilian Gold Medal and the Statuette with Pedestal. In 1998, the entire Myers family was awarded the Leonardo da Vinci Medal.

Eliane was born in Curitiba, Brazil. Her education included classes in special education, but it was academic learning only, with no practical application. Her first student was a brain-injured girl, and her mother was among a group of parents who had learned of The Institutes program in Brazil.

The Institutes in Rio de Janeiro was under the direction of Dr. José Carlos Veras, son of Dr. Raymundo Veras. Eliane read the Portuguese translation of What To Do About Your Brain-Injured Child by Glenn Doman, and attended a course given by Dr. Veras in Curitiba. After doing the daily program with her young student, she joined The Institutes staff, becoming more involved in the daily on-campus programs with the children.

Twice Glenn Doman came to Brazil, a memorable event for all of the staff. When Janet Doman visited in 1992, she invited Eliane to come to Philadelphia for further training. After six months she returned to Brazil, but decided that her future was at The Institutes in Philadelphia.

Despite the challenge of learning English, Eliane has been at the helm in the clinic, running “the flow” of families that see the staff on their clinic days. In addition she is trained to perform measurements on each child on the Intensive Treatment Program. This includes measuring the head, chest, height, and weight of each child during their visits. This information is compared to anthropometrical statistics, and the children’s individual growth and development is carefully computed and noted in their charts. Her other responsibilities include assisting at lectures and meetings. She coordinates correspondence between staff and parents and oversees the enormous E. Lee Archives of patient charts.

For her work with brain-injured children, Eliane has received the Brazilian Gold Medal of Honor and the Japanese Medal of Sakura Koro Sho.