| For children who suffer brain injury, and their parents, the future is bleak. Children who are comatose, blind, deaf, paralyzed, or suffer from a bewildering collection of symptoms, including 'learning disabled', 'physically disabled', traumatic brain injury, cerebral palsy, spasticity, epilepsy, Down's Syndrome, poor co-ordination, autism, hyperactivity, A.D.D., A.D.H.D., dyspraxia, dyslexia, hyperlexia, Asperger's Syndrome, and clumsiness, may look forward to a reasonable lifespan, but their parents are usually advised not to expect any real improvement in their abilities, and to accept them the way they are.
That is, until they meet Keith Pennock, founder of Brain-Net. He is now an international consultant in child development, having spent 25 years working with brain injured children, and developing a home treatment program which gives parents a chance to be their child's own therapists, and aims to improve the quality of life of children whom most people still regard as 'hopeless'.
The therapy consists of a home treatment program individually designed for each child, where increased sensory stimulation is coupled with an enhanced opportunity for motor development. Considerable emphasis is placed upon proper nutrition, adequate respiratory function, and good spatial awareness, and before each child's parents can be taught the individual techniques relevant to their child's needs, an in-depth initial assessment of the child, involving medical and functional evaluations, is first carried out at one of our Centers. Where geographical distances prevent families from travelling to one of our locations, Brain-Net can offer advice on the creation and development of new units, and the specialized training of staff, in any country in the world.
Further Reading
Keith Pennock's book, 'Rescuing Brain Injured Children', covers in depth the BRAIN-NET philosophy, treatment principles, objectives and methods, and gives illustrations of technique, and case histories.
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