Parents following the program may be advised to exercise the child's limbs repeatedly and use other measures said to increase blood flow to the brain and decrease brain irritability. In 1989, the National Down Syndrome Congress issued a position paper agreeing with this conclusion. EMDR is promoted for the treatment of post-traumatic stress, phobias, learning disorders, and many other mental and emotional problems. It is alleged to help individuals strike the keys they desire without influencing the choice of keys. Some speech therapists and other special-education providers are using this procedure for nonverbal individuals with autism or severe mental retardation.
Proponents claim that it enables such individuals to communicate.
No patient gave a correct response when the facilitator had not been shown the picture. This approach is based on the notion that learning disorders, childhood psychoses, mental retardation, cerebral palsy, bedwetting, and colorblindness are related to muscle imbalances caused by misaligned skull bones. NOT, a variation of cranial therapy, was developed by New York chiropractor Carl Ferreri and has been taught to hundreds of other chiropractors. A 1988 report in Hippocrates magazine described how children with epilepsy, Down's syndrome, cerebral palsy, dyslexia, and various other learning disorders were forced to endure painful pressure against their skull, roof of the mouth, and eyes. Proponents claim that NLP has cured phobias, allergies, and other problems in one or a few brief sessions.