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Glenn Doman eNewsletter - Volume 3

The Gentle Revolutionary
July 28,2008

Vol. 3

In Celebration of
Glenn Doman's 90th Year
The Institutes plans for the future

Glenn Doman, founder of The Institutes, will celebrate his 89th birthday in August and begin his 90th year. He founded The Institutes in 1955 and from that first day up to the present he has been the creative force that inspires our work.

It has been a long road and never an easy one. There have been many challenges along the way. Small nonprofit organizations struggle every day to survive, and we are no exception. For fifty-five years we have lived on the edge. Some years we can make ends meet, some years we do not. Many years we use our grocery money for research and eat less. We know a great deal about belt tightening and making every penny count.
For more than a half a century The Institutes and our wonderful parents have stood between brain-injured children and the medieval practices of the past. We are still standing. We will continue to stand and we will continue to provide hurt children with a fighting chance to be well.
Now we want to give our founder a wonderful ninetieth birthday present. We want to insure the future of our children for the next fifty years or more.
We have decided that the best way to do that is to create a proper endowment for The Institutes for the first time. An endowment that will give The Institutes the ability to pursue search and discovery that needs to be done right now. An endowment that will help us to reach out to thousands of parents who need help for their hurt children and parents who want a better life for their well children.
A real endowment.
We want to raise ten million dollars to insure the future of our children and to celebrate our wonderful founder's incredible life. We want everyone who wants to be a part of this huge effort to be a part of it.
Do you want to help?
Do you know people of good will who love children who want to help as well?

We hope everyone who loves the work of The Institutes will join our celebration. We have created a place on our website that provides information for supporters of The Institutes and gives an easy way to help our work and contribute.
Click here to view the new “Ways to Give” page: http://give.iahp.org

If you know of any individual, group or foundation that wants to help “hopeless” children get better and well children flourish, please contact Janet Doman, the director of The Institutes at director@iahp.org.
Babies Love to Swim
Teaching your baby to swim is important
for brain growth and development

Babies should have the opportunity to swim right from birth. Why? Because babies love to swim and because swimming stimulates brain growth and development when the baby's brain is growing at its most rapid rate.We think of swimming as a physical act that develops physical strength, endurance and vitality, and, of course, it does. But this is not the primary reason that swimming is so important for the baby. It is important because it greatly enhances the baby's overall development.At birth most babies have the advantage of being relatively light in weight but the disadvantage of having no experience in movement outside the womb. Each day the baby gains weight and that weight makes it harder and harder to move. If the baby is not given the opportunity to move before this weight gain, the baby will have less and less motivation to move as movement becomes more difficult each day.Time is of the essence.The baby must gain mobility before the baby gains too much weight. Our job is to give the baby the maximum opportunity to move in an aqueous environment where it is easy and fun to do so.


Swimming provides an ideal opportunity for the newborn to move in an environment where the baby will actually be buoyant and where baby fat will be advantageous rather than making life more difficult.

In truth, the newborn has actually been swimming in utero for months. The ability to turn, kick and generally be rambunctious in utero gives the baby a significant head start in mobility when he is finally delivered from the womb. The baby is actually ready to crawl if, and only if, we give the baby the opportunity to use this mobility immediately. Should we fail to do so, the baby will lose this function and it may take months for the baby to begin to crawl. This is why introducing swimming in the first few days and weeks of life matters so much.Opportunity in the water is the answer.The brain literally grows by use. Swimming is one important way we can provide sensory stimulation and mobility opportunity that grow the brain. If we are smart about providing appropriate stimulation and opportunity, then teaching the baby will be a very joyous process for mother and father and the baby.

The book How To Teach Your Baby To Swim provides a clear pathway for mothers and fathers to begin right at birth to teach their baby to love the water.

Click here to read Douglas Doman's entire article Babies Love to Swim
Nature fun with OrnithologyStudying birds offers fun for the whole family

No matter where you reside, whether in an urban, suburban or rural setting, ornithology is a great way to provide your child with plenty of learning opportunities. The summer is a great time to start, although bird watching can be done year round. Your entire family can spend quality time together reading about birds, hiking, writing in nature journals, taking photographs, and even creating wildlife habitats. Here are some parenting tips on how to teach your child to become an ornithologist.

Click here to read the full article and to download a free bird observation template