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NACD Neuroeducational Model Program

by NACD International on September 4, 2015 with No Comments

Research Study by Dr. Randall (Randy) Esters, Ed.S. At a K-12 school in Rural Louisiana, the principal and staff, in collaboration with the National Association for Child Development designed a model intended to increase the cognitive processing of identified at-risk students. A second, less intense part of the program targeted the general population of students. The Fairview Neuroeducational model (FNM) … Read More

Tornadoes: Thoughts on the Brain and Child-Centered Learning

by NACD International on November 30, 2014 with No Comments

by Bob Doman Understanding the brain and how it works has been the subject of a tremendous amount of study and research. Exploring such research in college really engaged and intrigued me, particularly when I realized that the knowledge that had been gained in neuroscience was not being acknowledged, reflected, or utilized by the educational community. Regrettably, this really hasn’t … Read More

Sensory Processing David: Another Success Story

by NACD International on October 6, 2012 with No Comments

by Sara Erling I remember talking to David’s mom, Holly, prior to her starting the NACD program. She was familiar with NACD because when she was a girl in the 80s, her mom had helped do program with three children. So when her own son, David, was diagnosed with a sensory processing disorder, anxiety, and right brain-left brain issues, Holly … Read More

AAAHHH SUMMER!!!

by NACD International on July 27, 2010 with No Comments

by Sara Erling It never fails, year after year, while we think—and our NACD parents think—that it is going to be a good and productive summer, it ends up being crazy with baseball, soccer, camp, barbecues, and vacations. Life as we know it gets in the way. Whether I am talking to a parent on the phone or in an … Read More

A Part of All That I Have Met

by NACD International on December 9, 2009 with No Comments

by Kenneth H. Waldeck I was born to two dedicated parents whose care exceeded just addressing the needs of the present. Perhaps it was the hopelessness that theses loving parents felt that prompted care like this. After all, these parents also had a severely brain injured son named Evan. They had to look forward to the future, because focusing on … Read More

Neurodevelopmental Perspectives on Autism and Asperger’s Syndrome

by NACD International on September 17, 2009 with No Comments

by Robert J. Doman Jr. Founder and Director National Association for Child Development Printed in the Autism Health and Wellness Magazine Volume 1 Issue 3 – Autumn 2009 Bob Doman has been working with autism since the late 1960’s and was part of the team that first discovered the connection between sensory dysfunction and autism. Bob has been instrumental in … Read More

Accelerated/Gifted: NACD Kids: “Andrew & Daniel”

by NACD International on July 30, 2009 with No Comments

by Charlene Doland Andrew I brought Andrew to NACD when he was 9½. He had always been homeschooled and was an early reader, but I knew he had some sensory issues and some problems with fine and gross motor skills. I had heard about NACD before, but I had no awareness of “sequential processing” and how improving that could help … Read More

The Icing on Your Cake: Siblings on Program

by NACD International on June 17, 2009 with No Comments

By Lyn Waldeck NACD Evaluator “Children with significant challenges can be typical, typical children can be exceptional, and exceptional children can change the world.” —Robert J. Doman, Jr, Founder of NACD NACD has been at the forefront of developing modalities to address a population of children that are most commonly “written off.” We have children that we have brought out … Read More

NACD: Doing What Works for Homeschooling

by NACD International on May 28, 2008 with No Comments

For nearly thirty years, NACD has helped over 30,000 people of all ages and ability make exceptional strides in their mental and physical development. Helping people with significant neurological issues has given NACD profound insight into how typical and gifted individuals can achieve highly advanced abilities. NACD has a long tradition of actively supporting Homeschooling. They have developed … Read More

Language Acquisition in Children with Down Syndrome: The significance of auditory function and the developmental costs of teaching signing or “Total Communication”

by NACD International on June 17, 1999 with No Comments

by Robert J. Doman Jr. In order to determine appropriate treatment approaches for children with Down Syndrome (DS), one must first, look at “normal” development, and then explore how and why the DS population differs. When considering language acquisition we encounter historic problems that are not dissimilar from those of any of our special needs populations. The primary problem … Read More

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