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AFNIC serves neurologically impaired children whose inability to handle frustration causes them to have violent rages or tantrums ("explosive children"). These children often have a diagnosis of Tourette Syndrome, Aspergers Syndrome, oppositional defiant disorder, pervasive development disorder, or other neurologically-based disorder. Parents and schools currently address this problem through traditional reward and punishment methods. Unfortunately, those methods do not cure the underlying neurological disability, so do not solve the problem. Indeed, because punishment increases the child's frustration, the reward and punishment system actually escalates the problem by increasing the frequency and severity of the rages.

We have developed a program for children with neurological disabilities that has been extraordinarily successful both at homes and at schools. Although the program can be used anywhere, we currently are able to provide services only in Texas. Please browse our site to see how we can help you and the neurologically-impaired child in your life.

AFNIC services: an overview of our services.

President's corner: a more detailed description of what AFNIC does.
Parent/teacher training: a summary of our training, a flyer you can give to your school, letters of recommendation from doctors, and letters from satisfied parents and schools.
Special education advocacy: how we can help you in special education meetings between the parents and school.
Local support groups: how you can meet families with similar issues in your area.
Telephone support: how and when we can provide telephone support to you.
Information: newsletters, latest news, news archives, publications, news topics.

To obtain services, you will have to become a member. If you are unsure about joining, you may call us to discuss, for up to one hour, how we might be able to help your child before you have to become a member.

Please note that there will be small charges for most services AFNIC provides. The current list of charges is included on our 'AFNIC Services' page, please click here. If your family makes less than $30,000 per year and you are unable to afford these fees, please contact us about alternative ways that you can support AFNIC.

Newly Diagnosed:

Getting started: If your child is newly diagnosed, or you think the child may have a neurological disorder, start here.
Other helpful sites: contains links to other useful sites for specific disabilities.

Join us:

Membership: You must join before we can provide any services. If you are unsure about joining, you may call us to discuss, for up to one hour, how we might be able to help your child before you have to become a member.
You can help: how to volunteer and to make donations.

Other:

Photos: photos of our successful weekend camps.
Kids Excel: some of our kids' many accomplishments.
Board Of Directors: a listing of the members of our board of directors.
Feedback/Contacts: please send us your comments about our website.
Birthday Club: automatically emails your child on his or her birthday.

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Donations to AFNIC are gratefully received through Paypal!


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