Kevin's Healing Journey: Rest in Peace Glenn Doman

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Rest in Peace Glenn Doman

OUR HERO, dedicated his long full life to help bring life to brain-injured kids. I have tears in my eyes as I remember this dear man, because if it were not for his dedication and devotion to over half a century of brain-injured kids, my son Kevin would not be where he is today (no drugs, no seizures, crawling, creeping, walking, and more). It was the summer of 2006 that we read Glenn Doman's book "What To Do About Your Brain-Injured Child" and our lives changed because we were given hope and a lot of hard work that has been well worth the blood, sweat, and tears. We spent three years (2006-2009) with the Doman family and staff at IAHP. I vividly remember Glenn Doman (at 87 years of life) walking into the lecture hall on that first day of our parent course and feeling so blessed and honored to be able to meet my hero. He is like Santa Claus and Jesus all wrapped up into one amazing person. He always began his lectures by asking the parents "Are you surviving?" and when we responded yes he would say "Good, that's the name of the game." And I always try to remember the wisdom he gave us, he said we have to look both ways...how far we have to go AND how far we have come.

"Champion of every child on earth, he never gave up on any child, his dream of better kids for a better world lives on." Upon hearing the news of his death, my Mom said, "I'm sure he has gotten a grand welcome into heaven!" God Bless!

March 2007

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This blog was created to keep our family and friends updated on Kevin's healing journey. It is also our hope that others may find this blog to give help and hope to other delayed kids.

About Kevin

They told us Kevin would never walk or talk. But with lots of prayers, hard work, and extra hands, he began walking when he was four years old and we continue to have faith and hope as we wait patiently for his speech to develop. Kevin is now eight years old. He is diagnosed with Cerebral Palsy due to a brain-injury he had before birth that was caused by a stroke. In 2006, before Kevin was 2 years old, we found Glenn Doman’s book "What To Do About Your Brain-Injured Child" that had answers to help children with special needs and developmental delays. We began an individualized home treatment program for Kevin immediately and have been dedicated to our program ever since. We spent three years with the Doman family at The Institutes for the Achievement of Human Potential (IAHP) and now we are with Matthew and Carol Newell at The Family Hope Center (FHC). Twice a year we return to Philadelphia where Kevin receives a neurological evaluation to determine the progress he has made in the last six months. Then they provide us with an individualized, program that puts me in charge to help Kevin develop and reach his fullest potential.

Do You Know a Delayed Child?

The best recommendation we can give to another parent with a special needs or developmentally delayed child (brain-injured, brain-damaged, mentally retarded, mentally deficient, cerebral-palsied, epileptic, autistic, athetoid, hyperactive, attention deficit disordered, developmentally delayed, or down's) is to read Glenn Doman's book What To Do About Your Brain-Injured Child and/or Dr. Coralee Thompson and Dr. Philip Maffetone's book Healthy Brains, Healthy Children. By simply reading these books, you will gain valuable information to help your child which will begin to unlock the potential your child has. And best of all you will learn that there are other options to helping your child that you can do yourself. We would also highly recommend attending the parent course at FHC or IAHP. To read how our journey began and the successful progress Kevin has had refer to the January 2010 blog archive.