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Universal Aspects Of Developmental Disorders

Children with Developmental Disorders (autism, Asperger’s, PDD, ADHD, LD, GDD, FTT, and all the other diagnostic labels) have two things in common. There is no cure and the developmental process is blocked. These two universal aspects of developmental problems hold a clue about what you must do as a parent to get your child back on track.

There Is No Cure

This is “official.” Every different Developmental Disorder is defined the the diagnostic manuals as not having a cure. So, if you go to a medical or psychological professional they will not believe that your child can get back on track. If that is the “official” and universal definition of your child’s developmental problem, you cannot expect to get a treatment or training program which gets your child back on track. If you want to get your child back on track, you need to search for solutions which will not normally be available through your doctor or psychologist.

How is it possible that one out of every 6 children has a developmental problem of some sort and no one is finding the cure for it? The answer is pretty simple if you are not a traditionally trained researcher or practitioner in the field of developmental problems. The answer is that everyone is looking in the wrong places for the cure.

The Developmental Process Is Blocked

Children with these diagnoses are thought to have a neuro-developmental disorder. For some “unknown” reason the child is not developing properly, but instead of re-engaging the developmental process, they have given up and are only treating your child’s symptoms. If your child is hyperactive, give the child drugs to stop the hyperactivity. If your child is unfocused give your child drugs to improve focus. If your child cannot learn, teach as much as possible to a child who cannot learn.

The questions behind the standard treatments are are about, “Which drug will stop the hyperactivity with the fewest side-effects?” and, “Which training program will teach this unteachable child how to read?”

No one is directly addressing the fact that something has interfered with the developmental process. Our questions are, “What is blocking the child’s developmental process?” and, “How can we encourage the developmental process to catch up?”

Symptoms Are Not The Problem

Because we have answers to those two questions, we have stopped dealing with any of the symptoms. Symptoms do not give us any information about what is required to get the developmental process back on track. In our experience, the only things which make any sense is that your child’s symptoms simply indicate that the child’s developmental process is blocked and needs to be re-engaged.

When you put your energy and your focus on unblocking your child’s developmental process and encouraging the developmental process to catch up, symptoms simply disappear as the child matures and catches up.

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