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In this updated classic, Glenn Doman--founder of The Institutes for the Achievement of Human Potential and pioneer in the treatment of the brain-injured children--brings real hope to thousands of children who have been sentenced to a life of institutional confinement. Based upon a half-century of successful work performed at The Institutes, this book explains why old theories and techniques fail, and why the philosophy and revolutionary treatment of The Institutes succeed.

In What To Do About Your Brain-Injured Child, Doman recounts the story of The Institutes' worldwide research--setbacks as well as history-making breakthroughs--during its tireless effort to refine treatment of the brain injured. He shares the staff's lifesaving techniques and the tools used to measure (and ultimately improve) visual, auditory, tactile, mobile, and manual development. Doman explains the unique methods of treatment that are constantly being improved and expanded, and then describes the program with which parents are able to treat their own children at home in a familiar and loving environment. Included throughout are case histories, drawings, and helpful charts and diagrams.

Twenty thousand families from over one hundred nations have brought their children to The Institutes. The great majority of these children have done better than their parents had hoped based on prior experience with conventional methods. For each of these families, this book was the starting point.

Glenn Doman, received his degree in physical therapy from the University of Pennsylvania in 1940. From that point on, he began pioneering the field of child brain development. In 1955, he founded The Institutes for the Achievement of Human Potential in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. By the early 1960s, The Institutes' world-renowned work with brain-injured children had led to vital discoveries regarding the growth and development of well children. The author has lived with, studied, and worked with children in more than one hundred nations, ranging from the most civilized to the most primitive. Doman is also the international best-selling author of six books, all part of the Gentle Revolution Series, including How To Teach Your Baby Math, How To Teach Your Baby To Read, How To Give Your Baby Encyclopedic Knowledge, and How To Multiply Your Baby's Intelligence.

Foreword
Preface

1. Brain-Injured Children Today

DECADE OF DESPAIR--1940 to 1950
2. Temple Fay
3. I Am Plunged Deep Into the Heart of Brain Injury--and Despair
4. A Research Team Begins to Shape Up, 1947 to 1950
5. A Catch-as-catch-can Organization

DECADE OF DISCOVERY--1950 to 1960
6. A Journey Through Failure
7. We Seek Help and So We Grow
8. The Search for Normality
9. The Floor 10. The Roadblock--Injury
11. Patterning
12. The Question of Reception and Expression
13. The Institutes Are Born
14. Sensation and Its Importance to Movement
15. Breathing
16. We Put It to the Test
17. Speech
18. Reading

DECADE OF EXPANSION--1960 to 1970
19. Finding the Break in the Circuit
20. Closing the Break in the Circuit
21. So What's Going on in the Body? Function Determine Structure
22. So What's Going on in the Brain? Function Determine Structure
23. The Death of Temple Fay
24. Parents Are Not the Problem: Parents Are the Answer
25. On Motivation
26. Who is Brain-Injured? Who is Not?
27. How Many Brain-Injured Children Are There?
28. What Causes Brain Injury?
29. The Past, Present, and Future of the Brain-Injured Child

THE FUTURE--1970 to The Present
30. The End of the Beginning
31. Where Do We Go from Here?
32. The Family is the Answer
33. Results--The Only Thing That MattersDo You Need Help?

Appendices
Detoxification from Anticonvulsants
Children with Severe Brain Injuries
The Inclined Floor Instructions

Credits
Bibliography
Index