Brain injury has many causes and comes in all levels of severity. It can occur during the 9 months of pregnancy. It can occur shortly before, during or slightly after birth (the most likely time for it to occur). It can also occur anytime after you are born. However, regardless of the cause, the severity or when it occurred, all brain injury has one thing in common; it prevents you from reaching your potential. It does not lower or take away your potential. It just prevents you from accessing, demonstrating or using the full potential you have.

Since brain injury does not interfere with ones true potential there is every reason we should do as much as possible to help overcome the problems that are caused by brain injury. Even though potential can not be properly measured, when someone suffers from brain injury their potential is always significantly higher than they are able to show or communicate. The CNR is proud of the enormous experience it has obtained from helping thousands of brain injured children since 1965. It is equally proud of the international reputation it has earned from the results achieved by so many courageous children and their families.

The CNR achieves results by providing individualize home programs that are administered by family members. After evaluations, the family is empowered and enabled to actually work in their own home successfully. For those families that can provide what is needed, our programs offer exciting results regardless of age or degree of disability. In fact, the programs used at the CNR often get good results even when other programs fail.

What is needed?

There are certain eligibility requirements for the child, the family of the child, and the community in which the child lives.

How does it work?

Our programs treat the brain, the cause of the problem, not the symptoms. The human brain is responsible for virtually every thing we do. Every movement we make, every word we say, every thought, reaction, response and expression. The list of functions of the brain is infinite. However, we can place all those millions of functions into three categories. Our brain must take in information, process it and put out information. We take in through our senses which is the only way the brain can take in. It processes, as well as filters, prioritizes, associates and stores information in highly skilled, organized and consistent ways. It puts out information such as walking, talking, writing or riding a bike by a complex series of commands that must occur at the right time and in the right order.

The CNR provides programs of exercises and activities that are designed to help the brain perform better in these three areas. Sensory systems are stimulated and trained to work in better and healthier way. The consistency of our stimulation programs help the brain process in more organized and consistent ways. Performance is increased and enhanced by building onto existing skills in a developmental way and by strengthening fundamental skills. By increasing the efficiency of the brain's functional ability there is less need for the brain to demonstrate symptoms. Therefore, virtually all symptoms of brain injury can be helped.

How can I get started?

Contact the CNR for information and/or appointments available at our offices in the United States, Spain and Belgium.

Send questions and/or comments to Dr. Unruh at DrUnruh@aol.com

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