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.

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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.

Upcoming Courses

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:

Sebastian – Age 20

Developmental Delay

Sebastian – Age 20

Developmental Delay

“We attended the What to Do About Your Brain Injured Child course in Mexico City and took Sebastian for his first visit to Philadelphia shortly thereafter. It was a time of important challenges that helped us strengthen our family.”

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Aissa – Age 16

Developmental Delay

Aissa – Age 16

Developmental Delay

As a young child, Aissa had frequent fevers, and often she would faint. Today, after working with The Institutes, Aissa is no longer on medications of any kind, and has been healthy for more than three years. She enjoys gymnastics, reading, and writing stories

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Siao – Age 23

Autism

Siao – Age 23

Autism

By three years of age, Siao had been diagnosed as autistic, his lack of speech persisted and he was socially withdrawn. Today, Siao, age 23, reads at the university level, and is a long distance runner.

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Brody – Age 2

Hydrocephaly, Intracerebral Hemorrhage

Brody – Age 2

Hydrocephaly, Intracerebral Hemorrhage

Born at 23 weeks of gestation, Brody’s parents were told he had only a 5% chance of survival. But through work with The Institutes, Brody advanced 7.87 months neurologically in 6.3 months. His growth rate is now 126% of average.

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Ana Isabel – Age 15

Developmental Delay

Ana Isabel – Age 15

Developmental Delay

Ana Isabel was born with complications and suffered a severe brain injury that affected her development. Now she’s in tenth grade in a highly academic school in Guatemala. Not only is she at her grade level, but also she has shown academic excellence.

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Mateo – Age 4

Autism, Language Development, Learning Problems

Mateo – Age 4

Autism, Language Development, Learning Problems

“As a family, it is our desire and life project to develop our children´s neurological and physical capabilities to their full potential. We have found at The Institutes, the method, the direction, the support and the experience of the staff to overcome our son's brain injury”

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