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We thank them and all our individual supporters during the past half-century.

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Table ofContents

About The Institutes ...........................................................................................1

The Institutes Campus .....................................................................................3

About The Programs ........................................................................................5

P R O G R A M O N E

The Home Study Program .........................................................................6

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The What To Do About Your Brain-Injured Child Course ................................................................................9

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The Home Program Consultation .................................................... 13

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The Lecture Series Program .................................................................. 14

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The Aspirant Program ................................................................................. 19

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The Evaluation & Program Visit ........................................................23

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The Intensive Treatment Program ...................................................25

The Institutes Founder & Director ....................................................28

The Institutes Staff ............................................................................................30

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n The Valentine Auditorium is a learning center for parents.

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n The entrance to The Institutes picturesque campus outside of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

The Institutes for the Achievement of Human Potential is a group of nonproft institutes that have been serving brain-

injured children and teaching parents from every continent for over a half-century.

Children admitted to the program range in age from newborn to young adults.

No child is ever refused admission to the program because of the severity of his or her brain injury. Children admitted to the program range from children so severely brain-injured as to be paralyzed, speechless, blind, deaf, or even comatose, to children so mildly brain-injured as to have only learning problems.

The Institutes for the Achievement of Human Potential has as its objective to raise the abilities of brain-injured children in three areas:

1. Physical growth ending in physical normality.2. Intellectual growth ending in intellectual

normality.3. Social growth ending in social normality.

The objective of The Institutes is to take brain-injured children, however severely hurt, and help them advance in these areas to the full extent that the staff’s knowledge, the parents’ aspirations, and the child’s injury will permit.

The majority of the children seen achieve one of these goals. Many of the children achieve two of these goals. Some children achieve all of these goals, and some children achieve none of these goals.

The Institutes is headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In Brazil we have a sister Institutes located in Belem, directed by Dr. Aline Miranda, and in Beijing and Xiamen, China, directed by Dr. Li Wang. In Japan, The Doman Institute, directed by Noriko Yamada, is responsible for our office and to offer our courses, translate our works, and make books and materials available in Japan. In the Far East, Glenn Doman Baby, located in Singapore and directed by Katherine Wee and Lawrence Lee, is responsible for our office there and to offer our courses, translate our works, and make them available in the Far East. We also have an office in Aguascalientes, Mexico, directed by

Elisa Guerra Cruz, who is responsible to translate our works and offer courses. She is authorized to operate a network of schools, “Colegio Valle de Filadelfia,” with ten campuses in Latin America (México, Brazil, Costa Rica, and Bolivia). We are affiliated with a pre-school in Dubai and another in Sapporo, Japan, using our program in their early development curriculum.

There are no other organizations, groups, or individuals authorized to do the work of The Institutes. We were founded in 1955. Over the last six decades many individuals and groups have claimed to be doing the work of The Institutes. Our name and the name of our founder, Glenn Doman, have often been used by these groups in a way that is unethical and illegal. Please know that anyone claiming a relationship with us or our work who is not listed here is doing so without our approval. We are honest people, and dishonesty has no place in the world of helping brain-injured children to get well or enriching the lives of well children.

About The Institutes

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The Institutes Campus


A Peaceful Place for Children& Parentsn (Facing page) The Dogwood Terrace of Clarke Hall, as seen from the Veras Building.(Clockwise from immediate right) The steps from the Valentine Auditorium lead to Clarke Hall. The flags of many nations greet visitors. A stained glass window in the Founder’s office states (in Latin), “This is the place where the things that were going to happen anyway–happen.”

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n Glenn Doman has influenced millions through his groundbreaking work in child brain development.


n The Institutes founder, Glenn

Doman, lectures during the “What To Do About Your

Brain-Injured Child” Course

The Institutes treatment program for brain-injured children and adults is unique and is a result of more than a half-century of

pioneering work. The clinical search for answers to the problems of brain-injured children and adults is a dynamic process as better and faster solutions are developed and put into practice.

Originally, the treatment program was conducted at The Institutes on an inpatient basis. However, the staff and parents working together discovered that a home treatment program produces greater changes in the child than even the fnest inpatient treatment program.

Since this discovery, The Institutes has devoted its time and energy to developing and teaching treatment programs to parents who then use those programs to develop their children at home.

Since its inception in 1955, The Institutes has succeeded in substantially changing the world’s attitude toward the brain-injured child. Some continue to believe that to speak of making a brain-injured child completely well is a contradiction in terms. Many of the methods pioneered by The Institutes, such as the use of the floor, crawling, creeping, patterning, early reading, math, and encyclopedic knowledge programs, the appreciation of the central nervous system as a sensory-motor cybernetic system, the elimination of braces and calipers, careful nutritional programs, and many others are now in general use.

Other methods developed at The Institutes are not yet in use by other organizations. Some of these programs are coma arousal, respiratory patterning, oxygen enrichment, detoxification, pro-gravitational and anti-gravitational environments, brain integration, and intellectual, social, and language development programs.

The Institutes offers seven treatment programs for children that parents can use at home.

This book outlines each program so that parents may choose which program will be best for their child.

The programs range from the Home Study Program, which can be undertaken by almost any parent, all the way to the Intensive Treatment Program, which is the most comprehensive and demanding program and produces the greatest chance of achieving significant results in the child.

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OBJECTIVEA prime objective of The Institutes is to make the unique knowledge gained over the last half-century available to all parents. The Institutes have published many books in the field of child brain development. These books have been translated into many languages and are available throughout the world.

ELIGIBILITYAny parent is eligible.

PREPARATIONObtain the book What To Do About Your Brain-Injured Child by Glenn Doman.

CONTENTThe Home Study Program consists of reading What To Do About Your Brain-Injured Child by Glenn Doman. The parents on the Home Study Program should read this book very carefully. Parents may wish to read the book several times, so that they are confident that they understand its contents. They may then design a program to use with their child. The program should take into account the needs of the child, the amount of time and energy that the family wishes to devote to the program, and the family’s aspiration for their child. The family then uses the program they have designed to treat their child.

The family may then wish to read other books in the Gentle Revolution Series to enhance and expand their physical, intellectual, physiological, or social program.

CERTIFICATION This is not a certification program, since it does not offer the parent the opportunity to attend classes at The Institutes.

VITAL INFORMATIONThe books of The Institutes are published by Square One Publisher in the United States. All of the books are usually readily available at the library. If specific books are not available at the library, they may be ordered from The Gentle Revolution Press.

A parent who inquires about the program of The Institutes may request an issue of The In-Report. This unique journal catalogs the precise victories of each child presently enrolled in one of the programs of The Institutes. The In-Report keeps families informed of the significant events and discoveries that are being made at The Institutes. Those who wish to subscribe to The In-Report may do so through The Gentle Revolution Press.

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n What To Do About Your Brain-Injured Child

by Glenn Doman is essential reading for parents.

n The Better Baby Store on The Institutes campus.

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n Janet Doman teaches parents about child brain development.


T his is an intensive course conducted at The Institutes for the Achievement of Human Potential. It consists of more than fifty

hours of lectures, demonstrations, and practical teaching concerning child brain development in the brain-injured child.

THE OBJECTIVEThe objective of this course is to teach parents about the growth and development of the brain so that they have the tools they need to put their child firmly on a pathway to improvement as quickly as possible.

ELIGIBILITYOnly parents of brain-injured children or immediate adult family members of brain-injured adults may attend the course.

PREPARATIONParents who have enrolled in the course should read all the course information carefully so that they arrive well prepared and ready to learn. This is an exciting week and it is carefully organized to enable each parent to learn a tremendous amount about human brain function.

The single most important preparation for a parent who attends this course is to read the book What To Do About Your Brain-Injured Child by Glenn Doman.

The course covers every aspect of brain injury, from the mildest to the most profound. This course is designed to answer a vast number of

questions that parents have regarding their child. The staff will endeavor to answer every question for which they believe they have an answer. The course consists of lectures, demonstrations, and opportunities to practice techniques and covers the subjects listed.

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Content of the Course The course consists of lectures, demonstrations, and opportunities to practice techniques and covers the following subjects:

• What is Brain Injury?• The Causes of Brain Injury• The Range of Brain Injury• Treating the Brain• How the Brain Grows• Neurophysiological Evidence• The Institutes Developmental Profile™• Evaluating Your Child• Understanding Diagnosis• Demonstration of Mobility Program• Mobility Growth• Mobility Programs• How To Teach Your Baby To Read• Demonstration of Reading Program• Patterning

• How To Pattern• The Sensory Stimulation Program• Nutrition and Liquid Balance• Oxygen and the Brain• Signs of Intercranial Pressure• Fundamental Treatment Principles• What are the Chances for Wellness?• What are the Results?• Psychological Problems and the World of Brain-Injured Children• The Family as the Answer• How To Begin Your Program• Summary• Certification• Questions


n Live demonstrations by families are an important part of the course.

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PLEASE NOTE: If only one parent can attend the course initially, it should be the parent who will be doing the program at home. To enroll in the Aspirant Program both parents must complete The What To Do About Your Brain-Injured Child Course.

CHILDREN SHOULD REMAIN AT HOMEYears of preparation and experience have gone into the course. Every moment is used to give those attending the greatest opportunity to learn. This course contains a vast amount of information that must be presented in a short period of time. To accomplish this, parents must be able to attend the course without any outside distractions. It is not possible to attend part of the course or to come and go from the lectures. The course must be completed from start to finish in the proper sequence. It is not possible for children to attend the course.

The Institutes have no childcare facilities. Parents must be able to leave their children at home or elsewhere in loving and competent hands. Children cannot be cared for on the campus.

This is a course designed solely for parents. Successful completion of the course certifies parents to use this information with their own children only. It does not qualify parents or professionals to instruct anyone else in the work of The Institutes.

The Institutes clinical staff members are

available to answer questions in the lecture breaks that occur every hour. These question sessions are extremely helpful to parents.

It is vital that parents understand that the staff cannot answer specific questions about a specific child. The staff will never have seen or evaluated the children whose parents attend this course. Therefore, it is impossible for staff members to offer parents specific advice about an individual child during the course.

FOR FAMILIES WHO REQUIRE TRANSLATIONOver the last half-century, over twenty thousand families have come from all over the world to attend courses at The Institutes. During this time, The Institutes have developed a team of translators who are experienced in child brain development. There are translators for every major language. We do our best to arrange translation for our parents who need it at the earliest possible course.

The Institutes uses translators who are thoroughly trained at The Institutes. Families are not permitted to bring their own translators. Sometimes it takes time to arrange for translation. There is also a considerable cost for simultaneous translation. The more parents attending, the less the translation cost will be for any one parent. Because of this, the staff schedules at least three parents who need the same language in the same course.


This course is presented several times throughout the year in Philadelphia. A team of staff members also presents a full presentation of the course in, Japan, Latin America, Singapore, and other locations. The entire course and the written material have been translated into Italian, Japanese, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, and Russian.

CERTIFICATIONThis is a certification course. All parents who have attended every session of the course will receive the Certificate of Human Development at the Initial Parent Level. This certificate is awarded by The Temple Fay Institute for Academics of The Institutes for the Achievement of Human Potential.

VITAL INFORMATION1. Please fill out the application form for each

parent who will attend the course.2. Carefully fill out the application about your

brain-injured child.3. Return the application with your tuition

deposit to The Institutes.

QUESTIONSIf you have any questions about the course, please contact:

WTD RegistrarThe Institutes for the Achievement of Human Potential8801 Stenton AvenueWyndmoor, PA 19038 USATel: (215) 233-2050, ext. 2868 Fax: (215) 233-9646

CONTINUING EDUCATIONParents who have completed this course have sought to enroll in the Home Program Consultation and/or the Lecture Series Program, the Aspirant Program, and the Evaluation & Program Visit.

n Susan Aisenteaches parents how to use The Institutes Developmental Profile.

n Harriet Pinsker, Course Registrar


A Close Distance Relationshipn (Clockwise from far left) A mother completes her child’s Home Program History. A young girl walks using the overhead ladder, with her mother’s encouragement and on her own. Staff member Charlotte Law reviews and updates a family’s Home Program.


O nce parents have attended the What To Do About Your Brain-Injured Child Course, they are able to design a home program

for their child. The Home Program Consultation enables parents to receive a review of their program by The Institutes staff. This consultation helps parents to be certain that the program they designed is appropriate for their child.

THE OBJECTIVEThe Home Program Consultation has two objectives:

• To prepare parents for the Aspirant Program by helping them to achieve an effective and appropriate home program.

• To guide parents who are not yet able to bring their child to The Institutes for a program but wish to have support and advice to get started at home.

ELIGIBILITYTo have a Home Program Consultation, one parent must have attended the What To Do About Your Brain-Injured Child Course and earned the Certifcate in Human Development at the Initial Parent Level.

PREPARATIONAfter attending the What To Do About Your Brain-Injured Child Course, parents who wish to have a Home Program Consultation do a full evaluation of their child based on The Institutes Developmental Profile. Parents also design a home program for their child.

Parents review the lecture notes and materials that they received during the course and they read and study the books that are recommended during the course. Parents who need the Home Program Consultation materials may request them from The Institutes Clinical Coordinator.

CONTENTParents return home from the What To Do About Your Brain-Injured Child Course and create and begin a home program. It is recommended that they do this program every day so that parents can experience doing a neurological program at home and hopefully observe significant improvement in their child.

After doing a program daily for at least two months, parents complete a Home Program History and re-evaluate their child using the Developmental Profile. They send these to the

Clinical Coordinator at The Institutes. The Institutes staff carefully reviews the Home Program History and the evaluation and then contacts the parents. If the staff has questions or needs more information, they request it from the family before providing a review of the home program.

If the objective of the family is to bring their child to The Institutes for an appointment, the staff outlines the pathway to arrange this as quickly as possible. If the family is ready for an appointment, they receive the first available appointment and the date is confirmed with the family.

If the family is not yet able to bring their child to The Institutes, the staff makes certain that the updated program is appropriate and effective so parents can proceed with confidence.

VITAL INFORMATIONParents preparing for their first appointment may need or want two Home Program Consultations before they are ready for an appointment at The Institutes. Parents pursuing their program at home without an appointment to the The Institutes may have as many Home Program Consultations as parents and staff feel are needed and wanted.

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n Janet Doman lectures on physiological growth.

T he Lecture Series Program was developed for parents on the Intensive Treatment Program and is a vital part of that

program. The lecture series encompasses lectures on mobility development, intellectual development, physiological development, and social development.

THE OBJECTIVEThe objective of the Lecture Series Program is to provide parents with intermediate and advanced information in the field of child brain development, so that parents may use that knowledge to improve and enhance the progress of their children at home.

Parents who graduate from the What To Do About Your Brain-Injured Child Course but who are not yet enrolled in the Intensive Treatment Program are able to attend these ongoing lectures in child brain development. By attending these lectures, parents continue to gain knowledge of child brain development and apply this knowledge to their child at home.

The lecture series can also be important to parents whose child is enrolled in the Aspirant Program. When a family is waiting for an initial appointment, parents may benefit from attending these lectures while they wait. When these families

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do have their frst appointment, the staff can design and teach a more advanced program that would not have been possible without the additional knowledge gained in the Lecture Series.

ELIGIBILITYA parent who has earned the Certificate in Human Development at the Initial Parent Level in the What To Do About Your Brain-Injured Child Course is eligible. If only one parent is certified, only this parent is eligible to attend the Lecture Series Program.

PREPARATIONThe staff recommends that parents who enroll in this program review the book What To Do About Your Brain-Injured Child by Glenn Doman, all the materials from the course, and their own notes. Additional reading of The Institutes books and literature is highly recommended at this point. The lectures are very stimulating and are carefully organized to enable each parent to learn about child brain development.

CONTENTThis six-part program consists of more than 80 hours of lectures. It includes demonstrations by

the staff, parents, and children enrolled in our Intensive Treatment Program. In addition there is a comprehensive review of the results of treatment of children in the Intensive Treatment Program at each Lecture Series.

Each two-day lecture series contains lectures on mobility growth, intellectual growth, and physiological growth. As the Lecture Series Program advances, social growth is also included.

The Lecture Series Program provides increasingly more advanced lectures. The first lecture series is the What To Do About Your Brain-Injured Child Course and the content of subsequent lecture series is outlined below. Each lecture series is a steppingstone for the subsequent lecture series. For this reason the series must be attended in the sequence outlined.

Lecture Series I• What To Do About Your Brain-Injured Child Course

Lecture Series IIPhysical Growth Lectures• The Medullary Refex Program• The Ontogenetic Mobility Pathway• The Quantifcation of Human Mobilityintellectual Growth Lectures• How To Multiply Your Child’s Intelligence Part 1: Heredity and Environment Part 2: Myths About Kids Part 3: Defning Intelligence Part 4: Potential Intelligence Part 5: The Brain vs. Computer

Part 6: Intuiting the Laws Part 7: How To Teach Your Child Mathematics Part 8: How To Teach Bits of IntelligencePhysiological Growth Lectures• The Importance of Oxygen to the Brain• Respiratory Patterning• The Oxygen Enrichment Program• Better Brain Function Brings a Better Life• The Importance of the Environment and Food

For Your ChildResults of Treatment

Lecture Series IIIOverall Growth and Development Lecture• The Gravity Free Environment• The Gravity Assisted Programintellectual Growth Lectures• The History of The Institutes for Intellectual

Excellence• Joyousness and Reading• The Auditory Pathway• Communication and Language Development Physiological Growth Lecture• The Effect of Food, Chemicals, and the

Environment on Health, Behavior, and the Brain

Physical Growth Lecture• Applied Kinesiology, The New Aerobic

Program, and Biofeedback social Growth Lecture• The LawResults of Treatment


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Lecture Series IVOverall Growth and Development Lectures• The Life Plan• The Honeymoon ProgramPhysical Growth Lecture• How to Grow the Integrative Areas of the Brainintellectual and social Growth Lecture• The Civil Code ProgramPhysiological Growth Lectures• The Study of SeizuresResults of Treatment

Lecture Series VOverall Growth and Development Lectures• The Developmental Profile• The Ontogeny and Phylogeny of Human

Growth and DevelopmentPhysical Growth Lectures• Active Respiratory Patterning• Restorative Yoga for Your Child and Your Familyintellectual Growth Lectures• Problem Solving• LateralityResults of Treatment

Lecture Series VIOverall Growth and Development Lecture• The Human Spirit• How To Program Your ChildPhysical Growth Lectures• Physical Excellence Reviewintellectual Growth Lectures• What Prevents Your Child From Talking• The Language Development ProgramPhysiological Growth Lectures• Physiological Excellence ReviewResultsCeremony of CertificationReception

PLEASE NOTE: The lectures are constantly changing. The titles and content will vary as the staff continues to find better solutions for brain-injured children. The lectures are usually conducted on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.

CHILDREN SHOULDREMAIN AT HOMEThis lecture series is designed solely for parents. Years of preparation have gone into these lectures. Every moment is used to give those attending the lectures the greatest opportunity to learn. It is only possible to present the vast amount of information covered in the lectures in such a short period of time in an atmosphere totally free of distractions.

It is not possible for children to attend the lectures.The Institutes have no childcare facilities.

Parents must be able to leave their children in loving and competent hands.

Successful completion of one or more of these lecture series gives parents the ability to use this information with their own child. It does not qualify parents or professionals to instruct anyone in the work of The Institutes.

It is absolutely vital that parents understand that the staff cannot answer specific questions about a specific child. However, the staff will give parents suggestions about how they may improve their home program. These suggestions often help to improve the child’s rate of progress.

In some cases, parents attending the Lecture Series may have their child enrolled in the Aspirant Program. In this event, parents use their scheduled visits to ask questions they may have about their child’s program or progress.

FOR FAMILIES WHO REQUIRE TRANSLATIONOver the last half-century, over twenty thousand families have come from all over the world to attend courses at The Institutes. During this time The Institutes has developed a team of translators who are experienced in child brain development. There are translators for every major language. We do our best to arrange translation for our parents


The Lecture Series Program


who need it at the earliest possible lecture series. The Institutes uses translators who are thoroughly

trained at The Institutes. Families are not permitted to bring their own translators. Sometimes it takes time to arrange for translation. There is also a considerable cost for simultaneous translation. The more parents attending, the less the translation cost will be for any one parent. Because of this, the staff schedules at least three parents who need the same language in the same lecture series.

The Lecture Series Program is presented every six months in Tokyo, Japan, and once a year in Latin America.

CERTIFICATIONThis is a six-part certification series. All parents who have attended every session of all six lecture series will receive a certificate of attendance. This certificate is awarded by The Temple Fay Institute for Academics of The Institutes for the Achievement of Human Potential.

VITAL INFORMATION1. Request an application for the lecture series

from the Registrar.2. Fill out an application for each parent who will

attend the lecture series.

3. Return your application with your tuition to The Institutes.

QUESTIONSIf you have any questions about the Lecture Series Program, please contact:

Lecture Series RegistrarThe Institutes for the Achievement of Human Potential8801 Stenton AvenueWyndmoor, PA 19038 USATel: (215) 233-2050 Fax: (215) 233-9646

CONTINUING EDUCATIONParents not already enrolled in the Aspirant Program have found the results they have achieved as a result of the Lecture Series Program so encouraging that they have sought admission to a higher and more successful program level. These parents enroll in the Aspirant Program.

n Parents return regularly for each of the lecture series.


n Susan Aisen reviews a child’s Developmental Profile, following her evaluation.


T he Aspirant Program enables parents to bring their child to The Institutes for an evaluation and an individually designed

treatment program. Parents then return home and carry out that treatment program.

THE OBJECTIVEThe objective of this program is to achieve physical, intellectual, and social growth resulting in normality in as many children as possible.

The Aspirant Program provides a treatment program for parents who want their children accepted onto the Intensive Treatment Program in the future. This is a preparatory step that allows the family to understand child brain development in depth. It also gives the staff the opportunity to get to know the family and gives the family the opportunity to get to know the staff and to experience the program at home. This helps the staff and the parents to know whether the Intensive Treatment Program will be comfortable and appropriate for the family in the future.

ELIGIBILITYTo be admitted to the Aspirant Program, both

parents must have earned the Certificate in Human Development at the Initial Parent Level in the What To Do About Your Brain-Injured Child Course.

To receive an appointment, a family must have had at least one Home Program Consultation during which a complete description of the program they are doing at home is submitted and approved by the staff of The Institutes.

Both parents must attend the Aspirant Program appointment.

PREPARATIONTo prepare for an appointment, parents should review all of The Institutes books, especially What To Do About Your Brain-Injured Child by Glenn Doman. Parents should also review all notes and documents from the What To Do About Your Brain-Injured Child Course. Those parents who have made this careful review invariably learn more from their visit to The Institutes as a result.

CONTENTThe first visit lasts three full days. Both mother and father must attend all visits to The Institutes. Each child accepted into this program is thoroughly

evaluated. The staff takes a full history of the child and does a functional neurological evaluation. This evaluation is reviewed with the parents and an Institutes Developmental Profile is made for each child. A child’s neurological growth rate is determined as well as a complete functional diagnosis of the areas of brain injury.

Each child receives a program that addresses that child’s physical, intellectual, social, and physiological needs. The primary area of injury determines the focus of the program being designed. The treatment program is designed so that a child on the Aspirant Program may have the benefit of a home program created by the staff of The Institutes.

Each program is very carefully taught to the parents. Every detail is reviewed thoroughly so that the parents are confident they understand the principles of their child’s program and the technical details of how to carry it out. Parents are encouraged to ask whatever questions they may have.

Parents return home to do the full program, usually for about six months. Each child on this program is assigned a staff member who acts as the child’s personal advocate. This staff

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The Aspirant Program 5For parents who want their children accepted onto the Intensive Treatment Program in the future.


n Veronica enjoys showing herabilities at her Aspirant visit.

n Dr. Malkowicz completes a physical exam.

member closely monitors the child’s progress and represents the child at all staff conferences. It is the advocate’s responsibility to see that the child is making satisfactory progress toward wellness. All communication, letters, reports, and telephone calls go through the advocate, who becomes increasingly knowledgeable about the individual child and family.

This period allows parents to do a rigorous home program and decide whether the Intensive Treatment Program is what they want. It also allows the staff to get to know the family and decide whether the Intensive Treatment Program is appropriate for them.

CERTIFICATIONParents who are accepted into the Aspirant Program are qualified to conduct a home program with their own child. There is no certificate in human development awarded in this program, but some parents have received course credits toward degrees at universities in the United States and abroad.

VITAL INFORMATIONWe want each of our families to be as well preparedas possible–not only for the initial appointment, butalso for accomplishing The Institutes program inthe event the family and The Institutes decide thisis appropriate.

Parents wishing to apply for the Aspirant Program do so by completing the Home Program Consultation. Applications for this program are made to the Clinical Coordinator of The Institutes.

After the first three-day visit and six months of full program, the parents and the staff of The Institutes have the information they need to decide whether or not the family should be considered for the Intensive Treatment Program.

If parents are not yet able to do the full program the family may continue on the Lecture Series Program and the Home Study Program.

If the family is able to do a full home program that is effective and comfortable, they become candidates for the Intensive Treatment Program. The family returns for a five-day revisit, when they are invited to join this program. They then go on to the Intensive Treatment Program.

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The Aspirant Program


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T he Evaluation and Program Visit enables parents to bring their child to The Institutes for an evaluation and an

individually designed treatment program. Parents then return home and carry out that treatment program at whatever level of intensity they determine is best for their child and family.

THE OBJECTIVEThe objective of this program is to achieve physical, intellectual, and social growth in as many children as possible. The Evaluation and Program Visit provides a treatment program for parents who may or may not wish to be accepted onto the Intensive Treatment Program sometime in the future but who do want to receive a treatment program designed by The Institutes.

ELIGIBILITYTo enroll for the Evaluation and Program Visit, at least one parent must have earned the Certificate in Human Development at the Initial Parent Level in the What To Do About Your Brain-Injured Child Course. If one parent has not yet attended the What to Do About Your Brain-injured Child Course, that parent must have

read the book and be in complete agreement with the goals and philosophy of the program.

Both parents must attend the Evaluation and Program Visit appointment.

PREPARATIONTo prepare for an appointment, parents should review all of The Institutes books, especially What To Do About Your Brain-Injured Child by Glenn Doman. Parents should also review all notes and documents from the What To Do About Your Brain- Injured Child Course. Those parents who have made this careful review invariably learn more from their visit to The Institutes as a result.

CONTENTThe visit lasts three full days. A full initialdevelopmental history of the child is done andcarefully reviewed. Each child is thoroughlyevaluated. This evaluation includes a functionalneurological evaluation that is reviewed with theparents, and an Institutes Developmental Profile is made for each child. A child’s neurological growthrate is determined, as well as a complete functionaldiagnosis of the areas of brain injury.

Each child receives a program that addresses the child’s physical, intellectual, social, and physiological needs. The primary area of injury determines the focus of the program being designed. This treatment program allows the child to receive the benefit of a home program created by the staff of The Institutes.

Each program is very carefully taught to the parents. Every detail is reviewed thoroughly so that the parents are confident that they understand the principles of their child’s program and the technical details of how to carry it out. Parents are encouraged to ask whatever questions they have.

The parents receive a full intensive treatment program. However, when the parents return home they will determine how much or how little of that program they wish to do.

PLEASE NOTE: Parents who later decide they wish to return in the future for the Intensive Treatment Program are required to do a full intensive program in order to be considered for that program.

Those families who decide to do a full intensive program at home and who wish in the future to be considered for the Intensive Treatment Program are given special consideration to do so.

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The Evaluation & Program Visit 6For parents who may or may not wish to be accepted onto the Intensive Treatment Program.


A Complete Evaluation and Program forEach Childn (Clockwise from far left) A girl demonstrates her reading ability. Dr. Vasquez teaches parents how to do patterning at home. Olivia teaches problem solving using the Dot Cards math program. A young boy gets weighed and measured.


T he Intensive Treatment Program is the oldest and most successful program of The Institutes. This is a pioneering program

to develop better and more effective treatment programs. This program enables parents to bring their child to The Institutes to be evaluated and to receive a treatment program on a regular basis. In addition, parents receive extensive lectures and training in child brain development. Parents return home and carry out an intensive treatment program with their child and are supported in their efforts by close contact with the staff during the home treatment periods between visits to The Institutes. This program demonstrates what superb accomplishments are possible for brain-injured children by loving, determined, and highly informed parents.

THE OBJECTIVEThe objective of this program is to achieve physical, intellectual, and social growth towards normality in as many children as possible. Since this is the most intensive program offered by The Institutes, it holds the greatest chance for wellness for any individual child.

The purpose of the Intensive Treatment Program

is to create treatment programs for children under conditions as close to ideal as the state of knowledge will permit and to teach those programs to parents who carry out the treatment on an intensive basis at home.

ELIGIBILITYFull entrance into this program is by invitation only. Parents are considered for this program only after they have been successful members of the Aspirant Program.

Both parents must have attended the What To Do About Your Brain-Injured Child Course and have received their Certification in Human Development at the Initial Parent Level and completed the Home Program Consultation.

PREPARATIONParents who wish to be considered for the Intensive Treatment Program must be successful participants in the Aspirant Program. Excellent contact with the staff between the Aspirant Program visit and the next visit is essential. This contact consists of monthly reports and direct contact with the staff when there are questions or problems of any kind.

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n Aaron learns to crawl using the Inclined Floor.


n Andres hangs in preparation for brachiation.

CONTENTThe child admitted to the Intensive Treatment Program is seen approximately every six months. Each of the visits is one week in length: a day of history and evaluation, two full days of lectures, and two days to learn the new program.

each week includes:• Full history of what has occurred since the last visit• Functional neurological evaluation• New Developmental Profile• Physical measurements• A summary of progress• The Lecture Series• A detailed sensory program is created• A detailed mobility program is created• A detailed intellectual program is created• A detailed physiological program is created• Careful instruction for the parents in how to do the new programs• Questions are fully answered• Contact for the next 6 months is outlined in detail

The lectures provide the principles and techniques necessary to understand and carry out mobility, intellectual, physiological, and social programs designed by the staff for each child. These lectures are carefully organized so that they

become more sophisticated as the knowledge and experience of each parent grows.

Parents do not require any special knowledge or education. For a half-century parents from all walks of life have come to The Institutes and benefited from this unique series of lectures.

The child’s personal staff advocate continues to monitor closely the child’s progress and ensures that all contact from the parents (reports, telephone, fax, e-mail, or mail) is handled promptly.

The unparalleled experience of the staff in treating brain-injured children combined with each family’s unique understanding of their own child results in an extraordinary bond of knowledge between the staff and the parents. This bond is enhanced by mutual respect and affection.

CERTIFICATIONDuring each week spent at The Institutes, the parents receive credit for all subjects taught and credits are awarded and recorded.

After the successful completion of Lecture Series IV and no fewer than 18 months of the Intensive Treatment Program, both parents receive the Certificate in Child Brain Development at the Intermediate Level.

After the completion of Lecture Series VI and no fewer than 24 months on the program, parents are awarded the Certificate in Child Brain Development at the Qualified Parent Level.

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The Intensive Treatment Program


VITAL INFORMATIONIt is very important that families on the Intensive Treatment Program are as well prepared as possible for their visits and they maintain excellent contact with The Institutes.

We have learned through a half-century of experience that an intensive program achieves the fastest results. The Intensive Treatment Program is comprehensive. It is designed to give the child the maximum stimulation and opportunity from the time the child awakens until the child goes to sleep. This does not permit time for school or outside activities.

REQUIREMENTS OF THE INTENSIVE TREATMENT PROGRAM:1. Mother or father must be present and doing the

home program at all times.2. The full program must be accomplished daily.3. Excellent contact with the staff on a daily,

weekly, and monthly basis is vital to success on the program.

4. Both parents are required to attend all visits. 5. Following the initial visit to The Institutes, revisit

appointments are scheduled approximately every six months.

During this initial two-year period, the majority of children will have successfully achieved at least

one major victory such as seeing, hearing, walking, talking, reading, or writing for the first time.

During the first two years a small number of children will achieve wellness and graduate from the program. If parents wish, the child is seen once a year to ensure continuing wellness until the child has achieved his or her adult position in life.

Most children are substantially improved but still not entirely well at the end of this period. Parents may continue to return to The Institutes until a child is able to function as well as his peers.

At the end of the initial two-year period, parents are now totally certified as Child Brain Developmentalists at the Qualified Parent Level. They may remain in the Intensive Treatment Program for a longer time, or they may transfer to the Home Study Program or attend the Lecture Series and continue to enhance their program at home.

n Marco enjoys running, part of his comprehensive home treatment program.


G LENN DOMAN founded The Institutes for the Achievement of Human Potential to which parents from every continent have

been finding their way for more than a half-century. It is difficult to know if he and The Institutes are more famous for their pioneering work with brain-injured children or for their work in early development for well children.

He dealt intimately with more than twenty-five thousand families over the last fifty years and strongly influenced millions of families through the book What To Do About Your Brain-Injured Child, and the creation of the groundbreaking Gentle Revolution Series of books and materials that teach parents how to teach their babies at home.

Glenn Doman lived with, studied, or worked with children in more than one hundred nations, ranging from the most civilized to the most primitive. He conducted expeditions to study pre-Stone Age children in Brazil’s Mato Grosso, Bushmen children in the Kalahari Desert, and Inuit children in the Arctic, as well as traveled to see children in the world’s major cities, from Johannesburg to Moscow and from London to Tokyo.

He was decorated by George VI with the British Military Cross for outstanding heroism in action

during World War II. He received the Distinguished Service Cross from the United States for extraordinary heroism in combat, the Silver Star for gallantry against an armed enemy, and the Bronze Star for heroism in close combat. He was decorated by the Grand Duchess Charlotte for services to the Duchy of Luxembourg during the Battle of the Bulge.

In contrast to those decorations, he was knighted by the Brazilian government in 1966 for his services to the children of the world and received that country’s highest decoration, the Knight Order of the Southern Cross, and the Medal of the Italian Senate. His services to the children also won him decorations from institutions and groups in many other nations.

His primary work continued to be with severely brain-injured children, nose-to-nose with “the finest parents in the world and the most heroic children,” teaching the staff and the parents better ways to make hurt kids well.

He stated that his most prized possessions were the messages he would receive from mothers telling him of the joy they discovered in teaching their own children. These days, letters arrive from grandmothers too, telling of the lifelong benefts they have seen as the result of using his books when their children were young.

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Glenn Doman


J ANET DOMAN has been the director of The Institutes since 1980. She grew up at The Institutes and was pitching in to help brain-injured children

by the time she was nine years old. At fourteen she illustrated one of the first books ever published that was written and designed to be read by two- and three-year-old children. These books were written by her father, Glenn Doman.

After completing studies in zoology at the University of Hull in England and physical anthropology at the University of Pennsylvania, Janet devoted herself to teaching early reading programs to parents of brain-injured children at The Institutes. In 1969 she joined the third expedition of The Institutes to the Xingu Territory of Brazil Central under the guidance of Claudio Villas Boas. She did the first anthropometric measurements of Xingu children in Brazil and brain-injured children at The Institutes. These measurements help to provide evidence of significant developmental gains in brain-injured children on The Institutes program. In 1970 she assisted Dr. Wilton Krogman to do the first extensive closure study. The study showed that when very young children have enough unsupervised time they are able physically and intellectually to open almost any bottle cap that adults can devise. The data gained became the basis for the modern bottle closures we use today.

Under the direction of Adelle Davis, Janet initiated the first nutritional programs at The Institutes. This work continues today as new data is available and the nutritional program is updated and improved.

In 1974 she headed a team sent to Japan to teach at the Early Development Association in Tokyo. The program created by this team was an immediate success. After two years she returned to the United States and helped to create the first institute of The Institutes to be devoted to teaching mothers of well children how to develop their tiny children intellectually, physically, and socially.

In 1980 Janet became the Director of The Institutes. She has updated and revised Glenn’s international best-selling books How To Teach Your Baby To Read, How To Teach Your Baby Math and How To Multiply Your Baby’s Intelligence. She wrote the children’s book Enough, Inigo, Enough, and she co-authored How To Give Your Baby Encyclopedic Knowledge and How Smart Is Your Baby?

Janet spends most of her day teaching the parents of brain-injured and well children and helping them to discover the vast potential of their children and their own potential as teachers.

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Janet Doman



TheInstitutes Staff

By row, left to right

Dr. Denise Malkowicz, Chief Medical Officer

Dr. Mihai Dimancescu, Medical Staff, Chairman of the Board

Dr. Richard Rosenbloom, Director of Medical Affairs, The Institute for Physiological Excellence

Dr. Li Wang, Director of Nutrition, The Institute for Physiological Excellence

Dr. Carl Weisse, Medical Staff, The Institute for Physical Excellence

Dr. Michael Gorman, Medical Staff, The Institute for Physical Excellence



Susan Aisen, Director, The Institutes for Intellectual Excellence

Miki Nakayachi, Director, The Institutes for Intellectual Excellence (Far East)

Teruki Uemura, Vice Director, The Institutes for Intellectual Excellence

Olivia Pelligra, Director of International Affairs, The Institutes for Intellectual Excellence

Kathy Myers, Senior Staff, The Institutes for Intellectual Excellence

Yoshiko Kumagai, Senior Staff, The Institutes for Intellectual Excellence

Eliane Hollanda, Director, E. Lee Archives, The Institutes for Intellectual Excellence



Leia Reilly, Director, The Institute for Physical Excellence

Rumiko Doman, Vice Director, The Institute for Physical Excellence

Natividad Myers, Senior Staff, The Institute for Physical Excellence

Rogelio Marty, Senior Staff, The Institute for Physical Excellence

Dr. Ernesto Vasquez, Director, The Institute for Physiological Excellence

Charlotte Law, Senior Staff, The Institute for Physiological Excellence

Yukie Kamino, Director, The Institute for Physiological Excellence (Far East)

Jennifer Canepa, Senior Staff, The Institute for Physiological Excellence



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