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  • Cognitive ConnectionsBiofeedback and cognitive rehabilitation in Henderson, from a practice built over thirty years, plus a certification path for practitioners.
  • Assessments and servicesAssessment, neurofeedback and cognitive rehabilitation in Henderson, birth through seniors. Where you begin is decided by the age of the person being assessed.
  • Free screeners and assessmentsFree screeners, plus Developmental Milestones for children birth to six and the NeuroDevelopmental Profile for age seven and up. Henderson, Nevada.
  • Remediation plans and NeurOptimal systemsDigital remediation plans of curated games, exercises and programs with links and strategy, plus NeurOptimal® systems to buy, rent or lease.

Care

  • Developmental Milestones, birth to 6A parent-led screening inventory from birth through seventy-two months, tracking seven core developmental domains from the comfort of home.
  • NeuroDevelopmental Profile, ages 7+A self-directed intake survey for ages seven through seniors, read against the Magnificent 7 brain systems to produce your Individualized Developmental Profile.
  • NeuroCognitive Processing (NCP)A proprietary model from Dr. Lisé DeLong that runs neurofeedback and cognitive rehabilitation in the same session, not one after the other.
  • Cognitive Rehabilitation, HendersonStructured therapy in Henderson after injury, illness or decline. Restorative work rebuilds damaged pathways; compensatory work routes around what will not repair.
  • Neurofeedback in HendersonDynamical Neurofeedback® in Henderson mirrors your nervous system back to itself in real-time so it can self-correct. Nothing is pushed toward a preset target.
  • Conditions we work withADD and ADHD, anxiety, memory decline, autism, TBI and stroke, dyslexia, sleep and more, across both cognitive and physiological frameworks.

Conditions we work with

  • ADD and ADHDADD and ADHD show up as trouble holding attention where you want it, acting before the thought finishes, and losing the thread of a task partway through.…
  • Alzheimer’s and memory declineMemory decline is rarely one failure. Retrieval, working memory and sequencing are different jobs in different systems, and knowing which one is slipping…
  • AnxietyAnxiety, in the way we work with it, is a nervous system that cannot drop out of high alert. The threat passes and the system stays up, because the…
  • Apraxia, aphasia and dyslexiaThree different breakdowns in the same territory: producing language, planning the motor sequence that speech and writing require, and holding the…
  • Auditory processingAuditory processing is what the brain does after the ear has done its job. Hearing can be intact and the sound can still arrive scrambled, delayed, or too…
  • Autism spectrum and learning differencesWe work from systems, not from a place on a spectrum. What we assess is how sensory integration, cognitive flexibility and the social communication…
  • Autoimmune conditions and chronic stressA system locked in sympathetic overdrive does not get to repair. The work here is restoring the ability to toggle back to rest, so the body gets the hours…
  • DepressionIn this model depression is read at the deep limbic system: energy level, mood stabilization and the sleep-wake cycle, three settings that move together…
  • Hypertension and migrainesBoth sit on the autonomic side: vascular tension, and the resting speed the body holds when nothing is asking anything of it. Neither is a condition we…
  • Language disordersLanguage disorders split two ways: receptive, meaning what comes in, and expressive, meaning what goes out. Either side can be affected on its own, which…
  • Learning disordersA learning disorder is a mismatch between capability and output. The understanding is there; something between holding the information, sequencing it and…
  • Sensory integrationSensory integration is the joining of raw sensory input to physical movement, proprioception and spatial awareness. When it is not happening cleanly, the…
  • Sleep disorders and tinnitusBoth live in the same territory: a limbic system that is not calibrating its own cycle, and an auditory system that will not stop generating signal. Sleep…
  • Traumatic brain injury and stroke recoveryThis is where restorative and compensatory rehabilitation do their core work. Some pathways can be rebuilt with repeated, targeted load. Some cannot, and…
  • Trauma and emotional dysregulationNervous system stability and emotional regulation run alongside active cognitive work, in the same hour. A system that cannot settle will not hold new…
  • Visual processingVisual processing is what the brain does with what the eyes deliver. Vision can test as normal and the picture can still arrive slowly, unstably, or…

Practitioners

  • Practitioner training and networkA three-tier certification path, a global affiliate network and a 2027 speaker series, for practitioners building their own neurodevelopmental practice.
  • Practitioner certificationA three-tier certification path for practitioners: Apprentice, Professional and Mentor, plus introductory and specialist courses.
  • Affiliate network and community talksCollaboration over isolation: a network of affiliate offices, plus community education for schools, parent groups and local organizations.
  • Community education and workshopsBrain science for schools, parent groups and local organizations, running now, alongside the 2027 visiting speaker series.
  • Speaker series 2027Alex Doman, Cathy Morris and Dr. Valdeane W. Brown join the Institute’s professional speaker program in 2027.
  • Dr. Valdeane W. BrownFounder of the 5-Phase Model and co-founder of the NeurOptimal® Dynamical Neurofeedback® system. His work, his framework and his teaching.

Writing by Dr. Valdeane W. Brown

  • Writing by Dr. Valdeane W. BrownEssays by Dr. Valdeane W. Brown on Dynamical Neurofeedback, nonlinear dynamics and how the nervous system actually learns.
  • Beyond Staged ProtocolsIn the earliest days of developing our bilateral, 16-target framework, sessions were organized into four general quarters. Practitioners conceptualized…
  • Calm AssertivenessYears ago, Cesar Millan coined the phrase calm assertiveness to describe how pack animals interact. Dogs do not listen to our elaborate intellectual…
  • Information, Resonance, and the Illusion of Direct InstructionDuring World War II, Dennis Gabor was tasked with calculating the maximum communicative capacity of the transatlantic cable to keep Allied logistics…
  • Karma as Information, Not PunishmentKarma is one of the most widely misunderstood concepts in Eastern thought. Most people absorb it through an inherited framework of retribution: if…
  • Reconstructing the HorizonIn engineering and data science, what constitutes ‘noise’?
  • The Art of InterruptionIf you wish to communicate with the central nervous system, you have to speak the language it actually understands. The central nervous system does not…
  • The Chaos at the Cutting EdgeWhen Jay Gunkelman, Dr. Karl Pribram of Stanford University, and I convened our panel at the SNR conference, later published in the Journal of…
  • The Myth of Absolute CertaintyIn classical, strictly linear systems, probability is simple: it is 100%. One plus one equals two. It does not matter how quickly you add them, how slowly…
  • The Myth of StatesIn Norton Juster’s classic The Phantom Tollbooth, young Milo lets his thoughts spin out of control and abruptly finds himself on a strange, desolate…
  • The Period 3 ShiftFor decades, the neurofeedback field followed the medical model: assess thoroughly, assign a diagnostic label, and build a linear treatment protocol…
  • The Principal WitnessIn The Wisdom of No Escape, Pema Chödrön quotes Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche with an insight that cuts right to the heart of how we discover reality:
  • The Trap and the RabbitThe ancient Taoist philosopher Zhuangzi shared a lasting insight into human communication:

The Institute

  • About Dr. Lisé DeLong and Marc DeLongDr. Lisé D. DeLong and Marc DeLong have run this practice together for over thirty years. Meet the people behind the work.
  • Free screeners and assessmentsFree screeners, plus Developmental Milestones for children birth to six and the NeuroDevelopmental Profile for age seven and up. Henderson, Nevada.
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