Guest guest Posted February 11, 2008 Report Share Posted February 11, 2008 NACD stands for National Association for Child Development. They are based in Utah and have an office in West Chester, PA. Additionally, they travel to a number of other US and international sites regularly. They are not therapists or doctors, but they do evaluate your child across the board. Then they custom design a program for you to work with your child every day at home, and they teach you how to do it via DVD. You pay a reasonable monthly fee, and for that you can call them with questions about the program. You go back every three months for a re-evaluation and a new program, which is included in the monthly fee. If you are looking for a report with scored testing that you can use with the school district or some other organization, this is not the right group. If you are frustrated with the limits of occasional and/or mediocre therapy, and you think you could do a better job if someone would just tell you how to do, NACD is perfect for you. We started taking our son, 5-1/2 years old, to the NACD just five months ago. (Janice is the real expert.) It's been great. Since my son's speech is great now, we are working on: --auditory processing skills --fine motor strength and tactile awareness --basic academics to keep him equal or better than his classmates in math and sight words while we remediate the auditory issues --vision (trying to change from mixed dominance to right dominant) We will also be taking our 19 month old baby, as he is showing all the signs of dyspraxia already. He is pretty communication impaired and needs speech therapy NOW. Feel free to email me offline with any additional questions. You can also check out their website at www.nacd.org. They have applications, fees, and some information posted there. in NJ P.S. If you are familiar with the Doman family: the NACD was founded by Bob Doman, nephew of the more famous Glenn Doman. Ellen Doman is our consultant there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 12, 2008 Report Share Posted February 12, 2008 Thanks so much for such a thorough helpful reply! I will look into this tonight, and may well email you. I really appreciate it! And congratulations on your son's speech! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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