Barry Neil Kaufman champions making the choice to believe in ourselves, to have a positive attitude, to be hopeful and to seize the power of loving ourselves and others. Lou Holtz Former Head Football Coach, University of Notre Dame

Barry Neil Kaufman

Barry Neil Kaufman Videos

Video and Web Seminars

Below are a few webcasts that were filmed at The Option Institute as well as historical interviews. Enjoy!

Introduction to The Son-Rise Program^®

Originators/Founders, The Option Institute and Autism Treatment Center of America, Barry Neil Kaufman and Samahria Lyte Kaufman (12 Minutes/45 Seconds)

In this video segment, you will see an introduction to the new video, Autism Solution: Getting Started with The Son-Rise Program. You'll meet Barry Neil Kaufman and Samahria Lyte Kaufman, the originators of the Son-Rise Program. You'll also meet Raun K. Kaufman, the original Son-Rise Program child, now fully recovered from Autism and CEO of Autism Treatment Center of America.

Your Life's Purpose

Originators/Founders, The Option Institute and Autism Treatment Center of America, Barry Neil Kaufman and Samahria Lyte Kaufman

Barry Neil and Samahria Kaufman show us how we can create powerful and lasting purpose in our lives.

Historical Interview With Oprah

Co-Originator/Co-Founder, The Son-Rise Program, Barry Neil Kaufman

View this wonderful "blast from the past" from 1981. Barry Neil Kaufman is interviewed on the television show People are Talking by none other than Oprah Winfrey.

Autism & Failure to Thrive! Fearless Solutions

(28 minutes 19 seconds)

In this 1984 interview from the show "People Are Talking", a mother of a child with Autism and Failure To Thrive (referred to in the show, as "Anorexia") explains how The Son-Rise Program helped her child learn to eat and ultimately thrive.Barry Neil Kaufman, the co-founder of the Autism Treatment Center of America (a division of The Option Institute), explores the steps taken to help the woman's daughter recover using The Son-Rise Program's key principles, including "joining" and allowing the child be the guide.

Autism Full Recovery: The Son-Rise Program

(22 minutes 57 seconds)

1976. Pat Collins finds out how Barry Neil Kaufman and Samahria Lyte kaufman began to discover that their son Raun was responding to their "joining" in his "ism's". Their treatment of their son forms the basis of a program now called, "The Son-Rise Program".