What to Do About Your Brain-Injured Child
Glenn J. Doman
What to Do About Your Brain-Injured Child
Age Rating, Reading Level & Content Guide
Or Your Brain-damaged, Mentally Retarded, Mentally Deficient, Cerebral-palsied, Emotionally Disturbed, Spastic, Flaccid, Rigid, Epileptic, Autistic, Athetoid, Hyperactive Child
by Glenn J. Doman
Illustrated by David Melton
The text is written at a 6th grade reading level, the subject matter is intended for middle graders (ages 9–12), and the content is mild with minimal sensitive material.
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About This Book
Here's a secret: sometimes the brain can get hurt and it makes learning and playing really tricky. But there are special ways to help the brain grow strong again, and some people have discovered amazing methods to do just that. And that's only the beginning of an incredible journey!
Themes
Quick Assessment
This book explores the philosophy and methods developed by the Institutes for the Achievement of Human Potential to support children with brain injuries. It provides insight into patterning therapy and care strategies aimed at helping brain-injured children improve their abilities. Suitable for middle-grade readers, the content is educational and sensitive, focusing on hope and developmental support.
Why we rated What to Do About Your Brain-Injured Child 11LE
What to Do About Your Brain-Injured Child is written at a Level 6 reading level across 291 pages. Strong independent readers around grade 7.0 can typically handle this book on their own; with parent or teacher support, What to Do About Your Brain-Injured Child works for readers up to grade 8.0.
We rate What to Do About Your Brain-Injured Child as 11LE ("Light — Emotional") because the content sits in the "Mild" range — mild conflict — the kind a child encounters in normal play and sibling life. Across our four dimensions (emotional, physical, social, thematic) the book reads as evenly mild; no single dimension stands out as a concern.
No specific content flags were raised by community reviewers, which is consistent with the mild intensity score.
Thematically, What to Do About Your Brain-Injured Child explores children with disabilities -- care, patterning therapy, and family — these threads give the book room to mean different things to different readers.
Good fit for
- ✓ Children in the Ages 9-12 range — the maturity and attention span match the story's pacing.
- ✓ Patient readers who enjoy slower, character-driven stories.
- ✓ Kids drawn to stories about children with disabilities -- care, patterning therapy, family.
Maybe not for
- ! Reluctant readers who need a fast hook — the pacing here rewards patience.
For Parents
Content Intensity
11LE — Light — EmotionalLight conflict or tension. Mild peril resolved quickly.
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Reading Insights
Hook Factor
1/10A steady, thoughtful read that rewards patient readers.
Discussion Potential
2/10A lighter read — great for independent enjoyment.
Book DNA
Multi-dimensional content fingerprint
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Details
Book Length
- ISBN
- 9780385021395
- Pages
- 291
- Publisher
- Doubleday Books
- Published
- 1974
- Type
- Fiction