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Parents of Disabled Find New Hope
Welcome to H.O.P.E., Hyperbaric Oxygen & Physical Enrichment Center.
We are hyperbaric oxygen therapy, massage and cranial sacral therapy. Our center offers individualized specialty therapies for children and adults.
Intensive Treatment Programs for Autism, Cerebral Palsy, ADD, ADHD, Developmental Delay and other neurological disorders.
H.O.P.E. incorporates techniques from many disciplines including principles and perspectives from medicine, rehabilitation, nutrition and education.
Our goals and objectives are to heal and treat our kids naturally from learning and sensory disabilities. In addition to hyperbaric oxygen therapy, we also offer a 4-week intensive program that begins with an evaluation with Dr. John Campise to determine the need for:
- Nutrition/dietary modifications
- Dietary supplements
- Cranial Sacral Therapy
- Chiropractic
- Chelation
After the evaluation of the child's individual needs, the intensive program can begin. This is a sample Monday-Friday program:
- 15 Minutes IST (Intersegmental Traction Therapy)
- 30 minutes of VAV (Vestibular Audio Visual Sensory Integration)
- 60 minutes of HBOT (Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy)
- 30 minutes of VAV
All programs are individually tailored to the patient's specific needs. Other therapies that are available:
- Massage Therapy
- Moshe Feldenkrais
We are located in Fresno, California, in the Central Valley. We are centrally located in California approximately three hours north of Los Angeles and three hours south of San Francisco. Only one hour from Yosemite National Park.
Our mission is to help each individual person with sensory and neurological disorders. Our highly qualified staff and families then work together and make plans to take steps to reach each individuals maximum potential for independence. We do this by offering custom programs that fit the needs of each person.
Watch the inspiring and beautiful story of Grace as told by her mother, Shannon Kennitz, on the Montel Williams Show. Grace was diagnosed with a very rare mitochondrial disease that kept her in the hospital virtually for the first three years of her life then at age 5 was given a diagnosis of autism. Shannon has appeared on many national media outlets including the Montel Williams Show and the CBS morning show. Grace’s story has garnered national attention and has been published in over 35 print media outlets as well as being heard in Washington at the Congressional hearing on health care reform. Shannon’s story is of one parent’s struggles through the medical system, a system that decided that her daughter’s life was no longer worth saving and fighting for.
The band, Five For Fighting, asked people to make videos describing What Kind of World Do You want (which is their song). Watch the video submitted by Autism Speaks. For each viewing of the video, Autism Speaks receives $.49.
"To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe." - Anatole France
Must Read for Parents who have children with Autism
Upcoming Conferences
LIA Foundation Annual Lyme-Autism Connection Conference and Retreat
It's for anyone looking for the latest new and effective treatments for autism, pdd-nos and asperger's syndrome. If you're child isn't responding to treatment....you MUST attend this conference!
Hyatt Grand Champions Hotel
Indian Wells, CA (near Palm Springs, California)
June 26 - 29th, 2008
Exhibitor and Attendee Registration is now active, please click here for more information.
Ten Commandments for Parents
1. Take one day at a time, and take that day positively. You don't have control over the future, but you do have control over today.
2. Never underestimate your child's potential. Allow him, encourage him, expect him to develop to the best of his abilities.
3. Find and allow positive mentors: parents and professionals who can share with you their experience, advice, and support.
4. Provide and be involved with the most appropriate educational and learning environments for your child from infancy on.
5. Keep in mind the feelings and needs of your spouse and your other children. Remind them that this child does not get more of your love just because he gets more of your time.
6. Answer only to your conscience: then you'll be able to answer to your child. You need not justify your actions to your friends or the public.
7. Be honest with your feelings. You can't be a super-parent 24 hours a day. Allow yourself jealousy, anger, pity, frustration, and depression in small amounts whenever necessary.
8. Be kind to yourself. Don't focus continually on what needs to be done. Remember to look at what you have accomplished.
9. Stop and smell the roses. Take advantage of the fact that you have gained a special appreciation for the little miracles in life that others take for granted.
10. Keep and use a sense of humor. Cracking up with laughter can keep you from cracking up from stress.
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