These are our Hidden Angels - teaching all of us life’s most valuable lessons.
New Research
The Hidden Angel Foundation is proud to support and contribute to the research and work being done around the use of Multi Sensory Stimulation for premature infants within the Neonatal Research Laboratory at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. The Neonatal Research Lab at Brigham and Women’s Hospital offers preterm infants the maternal auditory and tactile vibroacoustic stimulation needed to develop properly. The ultimate goal of this research project is to improve developmental outcomes in extremely premature infants through the unique application of multisensory stimulation while in the hospital bed.
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Imagine a child watching their peers running, playing, and enjoying a sunny day while they sit in a wheelchair. Isn’t it our responsibility to help that child to feel included? Imagine what it must be like for individuals with special needs. How much would you pay to be able to interact with your surroundings? Do you know someone with Autism, Alzheimer, developmental disability or other conditions that impact an individual’s ability to interact with the world around them? Help CDHAF bring that ability to individuals with special needs. If each visitor to our site was to donate only $50.00 we would be able to provide permanent facilities to enrich the lives of 50 people with special needs each month.
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Scully The World Show – The Hidden Angel
Bob presents this special on ‘The Hidden Angel’ Christopher Douglas. Christopher Douglas Hidden Angel Foundation offers Multi-Sensory Environments (MSEs) so that disabled individuals can stimulate brain activity and better engage with the world around them. This special looks closely at the history and successes of MSEs and the activities of the foundation founded on behalf of Christopher.
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Recent Facilities
The Christopher Douglas Hidden Angel Foundation is pleased to announce the recent completion of the MORGAN Project in Melbourne Beach Florida, CDHAF has also recently completed rooms at United Cerebral Palsy of Greater Birmingham, in Polk County, Minnesota at EGF Polk County DAC and Syracuse, New York at the Golisano Childrens Hospital in 2011. CDHAF also recently completed two rooms in Toronto, ON Canada at Baycrest Apotex and Baycrest Hospital.
View our list of already completed rooms.
Accounting and Advisory firm supports the Christopher Douglas Hidden Angel Foundation who builds two new MSEs in Baycrest
On June 15th , 2011 RSM Richter hosted their 14th Annual Charity Golf Classic in support of the Christopher Douglas Hidden Angel Foundation. The foundation used the tournament proceeds to build two special multi-sensory environment (MSE) rooms at Toronto’s Baycrest.
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Anne Grady Center
Holland, OH USA
2009
A Society for Treatment of Autism
Calgary, AB Canada
2008
Southeastern Elementary School
Rome, GA USA
2008
Portage Collegiate Institute
Portage La Prairie, MB Canada
2009
Centre de Readaptation
Montreal, QB Canada
2009
West Montreal
Centre de Readaptation
Lachine, QB Canada
2007
Children’s Home RTF
Chenango Forks, NY USA
2007
Alternative Day Programs – Centre de Readaptation
Kirkland, QB Canada
2009
Augusta Evans Special School
Mobile, AL USA
2007
Miami Jewish Home and Hospital
Miami, FL USA
2007
Central Wisconsin Center
Madison, WI USA
2009
Miami Jewish Home and Hospital-#2
Miami, FL USA
2009
St. John’s Nursing Center
Ft. Lauderdale, FL USA
2006
Extreme Makeover Home Edition
Austin, TX USA (O’Donnell Family)
2006
Southern Alberta Child and Youth
Health -FLAMES House
Calgary, AB Canada
2009
Extreme Makeover Home Edition
Hondo, TX USA (Craft Family)
2006
Daytime Enrichment Activities
Recreation
Portland, OR USA
2010
Cleveland, Tennessee Jr. High
Cleveland, TN USA
2010
Hondo, Texas Special Education
Hondo, TX USA
2006
Miami Cerebral Palsy Residential Center
Miami, FL USA
2006
Scarborough Village Alternative School
Toronto, Ontario Canada
2010
Anne Grady Center Pediatric
Toledo, OH USA
2010
AHRC – Seiff Educare
Boemia, NY USA
2010
Jewel C. Wietzel Education Center
San Antonio, TX USA
2006
Hospital Rivier-des-Prairies
Montreal, QB Canada
2006
United Cerabal Palsey – Birmingham
Birmingham, AL USA
2010
St. Peter’s Academy
Benoit’s Cover, Bay of Islands, NL Canada
2010
Lake Asbury Jr. High
Green Cove Springs, FL USA
2006
M.O.R.G.A.N. Project
Melbourne Beach, FL USA
2011
Baycrest Hospital
Toronto ON, Canada
2011
Baycrest Apotex
Toronto ON, Canada
2011
EGF Polk County DAC
East Grand Forks, MI USA
2011
Colisano Children’s Hospital
Syracuse, NY USA
2011
Miami Lakes Therapy Center
Miami Lakes, Florida
2010
Providing Multi Sensory Environments can improve the health and quality of life of individuals with disabilities by improving brain activity. Yet these individuals do not have ready access to therapeutic recreation and/or sensory stimulation in North America. A private struggle to give a person with disabilities what he or she needs is also a very public battle across the USA and Canada.
The Christopher Douglas Hidden Angel Foundation’s mission is to enrich the lives, health, and social well-being of people with cognitive, emotional, and physical challenges through the use of Multi Sensory Environments (MSE). Their focus is on the design, development, implementation and education of Multi Sensory Environments with the aim to enable productivity, inclusion, independence, and self-determination.
Our approach is based on well-documented studies of neurological cognition and emotional development. We offer advisory and financial support for the establishment of integrated, publicly accessible Multi Sensory facilities and for basic research and education.
We invite you to explore this site to find out more.
The Christopher Douglas Hidden Angel Foundation worked with abc’s Extreme Makeover Home Edition to create a multi sensory environment – Extreme Makeover Home Edition Video.
Documentary from PBS on CDHAF
Other CDHAF Videos
MSE 360 degree Video
Co Founder W.B. (Bud) Kirchner discuss CDHAF (as seen on PBS)
CDHAF provides room on Extreme Makeover Home Edition
Lucas Enjoying a CDHAF MSE
Bob Scully – Hidden Angels Series
International MSE Conference
George Canyon Performs at UCP
CDHAF MSE featured on ABC News
Bob Scully – The Hidden Angel
Links
Online MSE Training Course
Making the sensory make sense
ISNA (An International Organization devoted to the research and practice of Multi Sensory Environments)
CTV.ca – Article on Multi Sensory Environments
