No Child is Hopeless

Our goal is for every hurt child to have a fighting chance to be well.

Since 1955, we’ve been pioneering better ways to grow the brain to use the vast capacity that is presently unused.

We Treat the Problem

Treating the symptoms of injury to the brain without addressing the brain itself will fail. Surgery and medication are often used to try to eliminate a distressing symptom. Medical treatment of the brain-injured child must be aimed at brain maturation, in order to be safe and eﬀective. The answer is not to be found in the medicine cabinet—but in stimulation and opportunity. This is a more conservative treatment, a safer treatment, a cost-eﬀective treatment, and most important of all a treatment that works.

"We don’t agree with everyone about brain-injured children. Our disagreement begins with diagnosis, extends to classiﬁcation, identiﬁcation, treatment, technique, methods, philosophy, and ends up with objective. We are positive the goal should be to make brain-injured children well, and we sometimes do. The world believes that to be impossible and therefore never does."

- Glenn Doman, Founder of The Institutes for the Achievement of Human Potential

When A Good Brain Gets Hurt

There are probably 100 ways for a good brain to get hurt and, by now, we have probably seen all those ways. It does not matter whether that path began shortly after conception, six months before delivery or after birth, in the end, the child is left with the injury and its consequences.

The good news is that the brain has tremendous plasticity. It can recover, it can get better – it is only hurt. Brain-injured children are hurt: not damaged, not diseased, they are hurt. That is why we often used the term “hurt kids”. It is a softer, more accurate and, we hope, more civilized way to introduce the brain-injured child who has been tragically called by so many names that are libels more than labels.

Is Your Child Brain-Injured?

There are more than 300 symptomatic labels used to describe children who have problems in the central nervous system. These labels rarely include the brain. This is tragic for parents who waste precious time treating the symptoms and limited resources chasing after a proper diagnosis.

The children with these frightening labels are brain-injured children. Their problems originate in the brain, not the periphery. All treatment to be eﬀective must begin with a real diagnosis. If your child has one of these symptomatic labels your child is brain-injured.

Our Treatment Programs

All of the treatment of our children is done at home with mother and father. The program covers all aspects of the child’s physical, physiological and intellectual development. Parents are taught how the brain develops and how injury to the brain disrupts that development.

Parents attend our courses, read our books and bring their children to The Institutes for evaluation and a program. Between visits parents have the support of the staﬀ when they have a question or a problem.

On Campus and Online

What To Do About Your Brain-Injured Child

After taking this world-renowned course, you’ll understand your hurt child like never before, and leave with a real plan for the future.

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For Parents of Hurt Children

What To Do About Your Brain-Injured Child

A life-changing course. Parents learn what to do, how to do it and why it works. Presented in English & Spanish

Get to Know Our Kids

Our parents have proven, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that hurt children have tremendous potential. Meet the brain-injured kids getting better every day:

Aaron – Age 7

Cerebral Palsy, Seizures

Aaron – Age 7

Cerebral Palsy, Seizures

Aaron was delivered prematurely by emergency c-section. He was not breathing and needed the help of a respirator to survive. At the hospital, Aaron’s parents heard of the work of The Institutes.

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Wei Xuan

Crawling, Hypogenesis

Wei Xuan

Crawling, Hypogenesis

“I started to do the program when I was 3.5 years old, when I wasn’t able to see and hear well...But now I can read in three languages well. This was not by chance, it was all through doing the Intensive Treatment Program.”

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Diego – Age 3

Cerebral Palsy, Immobility

Diego – Age 3

Cerebral Palsy, Immobility

As a baby, Diego startled and stiffened easily. Doctors told parents that Diego was microcephalic and had “atrophy of the brain”. Today he is running, speaking single words in Italian and English, and is able to pick up objects with both hands.

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Matilde – Age 5

Autism, Epilepsy

Matilde – Age 5

Autism, Epilepsy

For her first month, Matilde had breathing and feeding problems that concerned her parents. Parents were told Matilde would never be well...but they refused to give up.

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Ana Sofia – Age 2

Down Syndrome, Trisomy 21

Ana Sofia – Age 2

Down Syndrome, Trisomy 21

Ana Sofia’s mother realized her daughter had slightly flattened facial features and poor muscle tone. Her doctor told her that Ana Sofia had Trisomy 21. But with the help of The Institutes, Ana Sofia crawled, crept, walked, laughed, and read before she was 2 years.

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Benedetta – Age 11

Cerebral Palsy

Benedetta – Age 11

Cerebral Palsy

Benedetta spent the first 3 months of her life in the hospital. She was kept in the Intensive Care Unit to be monitored and tube fed. But at age 2, her parents attended the What to Do About Your Brain Injured Child course to learn how they could help their daughter.

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