Processing: The Missing Link in Development, Learning, and Realization of Potential Robert J. Doman Jr. | Founder and Director, National Association for Child Development Hosted by Alex Doman, Founder and CEO, Advanced Brain Technologies đź“… Wednesday, May 20, 2026 | 60 Minutes đź•’ 1:00 PM ET | 12:00 PM CT | 11:00 AM MT | 10:00 AM PT đź“Ť Live on Zoom Most conversations about a child’s potential begin with a label and end with an expectation. A diagnosis, a category, a projection of what progress will look like. Over time, those expectations are used to define opportunity and thus produce self-fulfilling prophecies, even when they should be capable of more. For more than fifty years, Bob Doman has focused on a different question: why do some individuals continue to struggle, plateau, or require constant support, even when they are capable of more? As founder of the National Association for Child Development, Bob has designed more than 100,000 individualized programs and supervised over 15 million hours of one-to-one intervention with children and adults worldwide. His work centers on working with the whole child and on applying targeted input, guided by frequency, intensity, and duration, to strengthen the processes that underlie learning, behavior, and development. What this work has made increasingly clear is that processing is foundational. Processing is what allows the brain to take in information, make sense of it, use and simply think. When processing is underdeveloped, it adversely affects global development, all aspects of learning and thinking, and presents as a lack of intelligence and limited potential. When processing is strengthened, individuals globally mature, attend and learn faster and better, develop their executive function, and gain access to their innate intelligence. On May 20, Alex Doman welcomes his father for a free live webinar on how processing develops, how it can be strengthened at any age, and what it means to move beyond labels toward expanded potential. In This Session, You Will Learn Why progress often stalls even when effort and support are consistent How to recognize when a challenge is rooted in processing rather than behavior or motivation What actually changes when processing is strengthened, and why that shift matters How targeted input, guided by frequency, intensity, and duration, is applied in practice Where The Listening Program® fits within a broader developmental framework Simply Smarter, a universal tool to build processing For parents, professionals, and anyone who believes potential can be developed, this session offers a clear and practical framework. About Our Guest Bob Doman is the founder and president of the National Association for Child Development and has worked in the field of neurodevelopment for decades. Through NACD, he and his team have designed more than 100,000 individualized programs and supervised over 15 million hours of one-to-one intervention for children and adults worldwide. Before founding NACD, Bob designed and directed a number of state and federal programs and served in multiple clinical and educational leadership roles, including positions as a clinical director and educational director in programs focused on neurological rehabilitation and child development. Over the course of his career, he has developed hundreds of clinical techniques and helped establish a broader framework for understanding learning, development, and human potential. He is also the originator of NACD’s Simply Smarter – Brain Training backed by 45 years of clinical evidence. Bob is recognized for his long-standing contributions to neurodevelopment and for his ongoing work with individuals and families worldwide. About our Host Alex Doman is the founder and CEO of Advanced Brain Technologies and the creator of The Listening Program®, a leading brain-based music program supporting learning, emotional regulation, and cognitive development. He is also a founder of Vital Neuro, a patented, mobile, clinical-grade brain-training solution that uses responsive music and neurofeedback to reduce stress and support focus, sleep, and self-regulation. A third-generation pioneer in brain health and neurodevelopment, Alex has more than 30 years of experience helping families and professionals worldwide. He is the bestselling co-author of Healing at the Speed of Sound® and a recognized leader in making neuroscience practical and accessible to everyday life.
