THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR CHILD DEVELOPMENT OPENS WISCONSIN CHAPTER

April 7th, 2006

The National Association for Child Development leads the rest in assisting children in reaching their innate potential. Families from the Midwest joined together to attend a presentation and informational meeting preceding the opening of the newest Chapter of NACD.

Port Washington, Wisconsin March 15, 2006 – Robert J. Doman Founder and President of NACD headed to Port Washington today to attend a gathering of families from all over the Midwest. The National Association for Child Development, based in Ogden Utah was established in 1979 and assists families from around the globe. From newborns to geriatrics, brain injured to accelerated; individuals are fortunate to have the knowledge and direction provided by this organization. The gathering consisted of an informal potluck meal followed by a much anticipated presentation and informational meeting for members and newcomers alike.

Mr. Doman’s presentation focused on NACD’s neurodevelopmental approach as well as his research and work involving the importance and development of sequential processing. The week continued with evaluations of the children of the chapter’s founding families.

The presentation also included a brief synopsis of Bob’s most recent project, Project 9 +/- 2. The Project is designed to discover where individuals are in digit span/processing skills and to raise their processing level. NACD is gathering data from children and adults from all over the world so that they can determine where the processing abilities are for any given segment of the population. Robert Doman firmly believes that this data is going to open the eyes of the world. He shared the preliminary data suggesting that as many as 50% of the world’s children and adults lack the necessary processing skills to function (think, understand, learn and communicate) well. Mr. Doman has developed software and programs to work on and strengthen processing skills. This software is a great tool to increase processing skills.

Sue Mayer, the proud mother of Sam an NACD child, dreamt of a chapter in Wisconsin and has worked very hard to make it a reality. Her hard work has paid off. Not only were the current families pleased to see the formation of the newest chapter, but others just learning of NACD were happy to receive their evaluations and begin their programs.

Later in the week Sue arranged a meeting with professionals in Special Education from the local school district to meet for dinner at one of the local restaurants. In attendance were Robert Doman and Alison Wimmer a developmentalist with NACD, Sue Meyer, Gary Myrah Director of Special Services for the Port Washington-Saukville School District. Mardy McGarry a Special Education teacher and LuAnn Kopiness a speech and language teacher with the Lincoln School District. The dinner provided an opportunity for Mr. Doman to share his experience and progress within the field of Special Education and child development.

None of the events would have been possible without the efforts of Sue and her desire to bring NACD to the Port Washington area. Sue is anxious to help the children and families within the region and help the local schools incorporate NACD methodologies.

For additional information regarding the Wisconsin chapter or any of the other national or international sites contact the National Association for Child Development headquarters or visit www.nacd.org.