The company first started in 1960 as Creative Ideas
to make a machine to make surfboards automatically. When that
was finished in 1962 the company started making learning materials
called Tooties for children for homes and schools. Gradually
schools all over California discovered how useful they were for
motivating children to Excel in such areas as behavior, math,
reading and science. Tooties are so much fun for all ages that
parks and playgrounds were ordering them as well as soon as the
Tootie Launcher was perfected. Later came the Tootie Toss and
then the Tootie Bounce. Professional baseball teams started
using them to improve the hand eye coordination of their players.
Soon techniques were perfected to improve high school and
college students. Soon other progressive states were jumping on
this marvelous educational bandwagon. Oregon and Washington were
among the first and soon followed by Indiana, Michigan, Wisconsin,
Minnesota, Iowa, Texas and Arizona and later Nevada. Then
came Canada, Alaska, New York and Connecticut along with South
Carolina and Florida. Eventually all the states had equipped
their schools with Tooties followed by Mexico, Peru, Sweden,
Nederlands and Austria as well as Australia and New Zealand.
Soon all the countries of Western Europe had them along with
South Africa.
About this time eye doctors discovered how useful they were
for helping solve vision related problems and this brought in
many more schools and parents who wanted the best for their
children at home.
Somewhere along this evolution, teachers and parents were
asking if individual children of any age with learning disabilities
or other problems such as handicaps could be helped so the
Brain Development Center was established to address those problems.
As research progressed soon almost any learning disability
could be cured in about five to fifteen days regardless of what
experts said. With handicapped children of any type it was
discovered that almost any of these could be improved fairly
quickly depending on the problem and the environment of teachers
and parents. We discovered that many parents had already given
up over the years and without their active help it was quite
likely that those children would fall back. When parents could
see the benefits and were willing to actively participate all
kinds of miracles were possible.
Dr. John Hanson, who invented this psychological system, has
traveled to many parts of the world helping children and adults.
The psychological part is called QET for Quick Effective Therapy.
This system is so powerful now, that patients requiring years of
traditional therapy, could now be cured or dramatically improved
in a matter of weeks or months and without drugs.
All along the way the Tooties and related materials were
designed to be self-teaching so they could be used at home with
minimal training on the part of the parents. Of course with
training the results are even better. Parents like this system
very much as they can see results even after one week instead of
waiting for years for traditional therapy to work.
Normally we don't look for depression and suicidal cases but
those we have accepted have turned out very well. Our goal is to
have parents bring in their normal, bright children of any age
and have us evaluate them to avoid potential problems and to make
them even better than they are. As you read these case histories
keep in mind that they are specific examples and may or may not
be an indication that your case can achieve similar results as
everyone is different and has a different environment, both
physical and emotional. It is only an indication of what might
be possible.
Psychologists, Psychiatrists, Medical Doctors and other Professionals:
There are many excellent professionals available. Finding
them can sometimes be quite difficult. Surely you want the best
possible help for yourself or your child. Most professionals try
to do their best to help but sometimes even the best have their
limits just as we do. That is why they often refer difficult
cases to others like us. We love difficult cases and usually get
good results by working closely with whomever referred you to us.
Many times they have done all the preliminary hard work and were
on the verge of success but were not able to recognize it and
that is why we get called in. We have the knack of putting all
the pieces together in different fashions until we get the
results desired. It is somewhat like doing a jig saw puzzle.
Leave no stone unturned in resolving your problem. It is
hard work to find the right person who has had the right training
and experience to solve your problem so don't give up. Perhaps
we can help you find the right professionals or you can ask if we
can help. We think that the best results are obtained when there
is excellent cooperation between the parent and the professional.
Don't depend on the professional to do all the work. Offer to
help in any way you can. In our work we actively encourage such
participation.
Advice is a very difficult subject and involves many
emotions. Here are a few examples of human nature which are not
related to helping children but give a clue as to the difficulty
in offering advice. Try to tell someone about the dangers of
smoking, drinking, drugs, overeating, etc. and your advice tends
to fall on deaf ears. Stalin was warned many times that he was
about to be attacked by Hitler. Not only did he not believe his
advisors and follow the advice much to his chagrin but he had the
advisors executed. Consider grandparents trying to give advice.
Finally they give up in order to preserve peaceful relations with
their children. Professionals are wary about the dangers of
giving advice so if you want it please ask them. Not all advice,
no matter how well intentioned, is good, so like Stalin, you have
to be the judge. In his case he almost lost his country to
Germany. Your consequences may not be so severe. When we teach
teenagers and young adults we try to give them the wisdom of a
much older person while they are still young and enthusiastic so
they have the benefits of both.
When we advise parents that they should have lots of Tooties
for children in the two to ten age range we know they will be
delighted with the results if they follow the advice. But it is
only advice and you must be the judge. The younger you start the
better as the benefits go on for many years, especially if you
have more than one child.
Our QET (Quick Effective Therapy) techniques take all these
factors into consideration. In addition, we make a visit to the
person's home to meet their family, friends and pets to see what
their environment is really like and not just what they say. We
aren't any smarter than other professionals. We just take a
different approach, have lots of experience and skills the others
don't have and usually get fantastic results quickly by building
on what worked for the other professionals. Even as nice as you
might be we don't want to be part of your life forever. Our goal
is to make you independent as soon as possible. We have many
others who need and want help.
If you wish, fill out the questionnaire and write a couple
of pages about yourself or your child and send to us. Please
include pictures. Postal snail mail is fine but include your
e-mail or fax number so we can respond quickly and follow with
snail mail of literature related to your interest.
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