What To Do About Your Brain-injured Child

by Doman, Glenn

• ISBN13: 9780757001864
• ISBN10: 0757001866
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-03-25
• Publisher: Square One Pub

Summary

In this landmark book, Glenn Doman-pioneer in the treatment of brain-injured children-brings real hope to thousands of children who have been given up for lost and sentenced to a life of institutional confinement. Glenn Doman is the founder and head of the world-famous Institutes for the Achievement of Human Potential, which has treated 15,000 patients in the United States and many other nations. In this valuable volume for parents and fellow professionals, Doman documents The Institutes' half-century of success with the brain-injured, citing statistics and case histories, and illustrating the basic principles of brain development with charts, diagrams, and drawings.

Author Biography

Glenn Doman received his degree in physical therapy from the University of Pennsylvania in 1940, and 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 1960's, 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 To Read, How To Give Your Baby Encyclopedic Knowledge, and How to Multiply Your Baby's Intelligence.

Table of Contents

Foreword	xi
Preface	xiii
Brain-Injured Children Today	1	(6)
DECADE OF DESPAIR---1940 to 1950
Temple Fay	7	(8)
I Am Plunged Deep Into the Heart of Brain Injury---and Despair	15	(6)
A Research Team Begins to Shape Up, 1947 to 1950	21	(10)
A Catch-as-catch-can Organization	31	(4)
DECADE OF DISCOVERY---1950 to 1960
A Journey Through Failure	35	(4)
We Seek Help and So We Grow	39	(3)
The Search for Normality	42	(7)
The Floor	49	(4)
The Roadblock---Injury	53	(6)
Patterning	59	(7)
The Question of Reception and Expression	66	(8)
The Institutes Are Born	74	(8)
Sensation and Its Importance to Movement	82	(11)
Breathing	93	(8)
We Put It to the Test	101	(8)
Speech	109	(8)
Reading	117	(10)
DECADE OF EXPANSION---1960 to 1970
Finding the Break in the Circuit	127	(20)
Closing the Break in the Circuit	147	(39)
So What's Going on in the Body? Function Determine Structure	186	(4)
So What's Going on in the Brain? Function Determine Structure	190	(12)
The Death of Temple Fay	202	(6)
Parents Are Not the Problem: Parents Are the Answer	208	(6)
On Motivation	214	(8)
Who is Brain-Injured? Who is Not?	222	(8)
How Many Brain-Injured Children Are There?	230	(3)
What Causes Brain Injury?	233	(4)
The Past, Present, and Future of the Brain-Injured Child	237	(16)
THE FUTURE---1970 to The Present
The End of the Beginning	253	(14)
Where Do We Go from Here?	267	(10)
The Family is the Answer	277	(6)
Results---The Only Thing That Matters	283	(5)
Do You Need Help?	288	(19)
Appendices
Detoxification from Anticonvulsants	289	(3)
Children with Severe Brain Injuries	292	(14)
The Inclined Floor Instructions	306	(1)
Credits	307	(2)
Bibliography	309	(6)
Index	315