The HAAN FOUNDATION FOR CHILDREN is the culmination of a three-year effort that has recently completed Phase I, its initial Development Phase, and is entering Phase II, its Execution Phase.

In Phase I, the founders successfully brought together scientists and practitioners, funded neurological research, initiated corrective programs, developed new tools, awarded scholarships and sponsorships, and established credibility within the landscape of learning differences (LD).

In Phase II, the HAAN FOUNDATION FOR CHILDREN is dedicated to finding answers and providing specific solutions to the numerous learning differences that are plaguing our children. In this Phase,  the HAAN FOUNDATION FOR CHILDREN will  develop   a comprehensive initiative, POWER4Kids, which will:

• Conduct a series of core clinical studies to evaluate the efficiency and effectiveness of existing programs.
  
  
• Create a greater public awareness.
  
  
• Develop and distribute early identification assessments for reading and learning problems.
  
  
• Develop a network of strategic partners and alliances to support these goals and unify efforts to understand learning styles throughout the country.

In Phase II, the HAAN FOUNDATION FOR CHILDREN will:

• Fund and manage a groundbreaking series of nationwide clinical research projects and analyze a myriad of instructional approaches that claim to increase reading fluency and correct learning disabilities.
  
  
• Identify highly effective and efficient instructional programs, selectively award the SEAL OF ACHIEVEMENT to those that meet result-driven criteria and publicize the results.
  
  
• License, market and distribute a clinically proven K-TEST to 1 million children annually, evaluate the results and present parents with a blueprint of their child's strengths/weaknesses, fostering an early awareness of their child's risk for reading failure and LD.
  
  
• Build LEARN ONNET, a Web portal that compiles and disseminates information on reading and LD, and offers online testing, learning profiles, instructional solutions, community support programs and student/teacher/parent training modules.
  
  
• Assemble leaders of the scientific, educational, government and corporate communities to assist in global outreach, through a newly organized GUILD.
  
  
• Endeavor to raise the largest amount of private funding ever dedicated to improving the lives of children with learning challenges.
  
  

In  Phase  III, the HAAN FOUNDATION FOR CHILDREN addresses the need for a single-focused research and learning institute of interdisciplinary collaboration. This center will work as the dynamic nucleus of research and practice, and will serve as a public information clearinghouse for up-to-date knowledge and resources. In Phase III we will:

• Establish a RESEARCH INSTITUTE that brings together scientists, educators, and researchers to create a comprehensive understanding of how a child's mind works best and to design programs that enhance various learning styles.
  
  
• Promote INTERDISCIPLINARY COLLABORATION of chemistry, biology, psychology, psychiatry, genetics, environment, intuition, spirituality, computer technology and neuroscience to analyze human learning capability and neurological disorders.
  
  
• Create a LABORATORY SCHOOL to examine learning practices, determine the most efficient methods of teaching and establish MODEL CLINICS encouraging school-based regional centers that offer "new learning" curricula.
  
  
• Introduce a Power4TEACHERS program to help teachers recognize learning differences and to disseminate advanced pedagogic methods, tools and techniques.
  
  
• Create NEW EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS using university-based teams to include child-friendly, interactive, multi-modality computer programs.
  
  
• Provide a greater level of research and educational support through the HAAN FELLOWS PROGRAM and TEACHING SCHOLARS PROGRAM.
  
  
• Establish the COMPLETE CHILD PROGRAM to enhance children's strengths and talents.
  
  
• Expand GREATER INTERNATIONAL DISTRIBUTION through translation of educational and instructional programs to other cultures.