Anyone got any experiences as to how DORE helps children with aspergers?
Anyone got any experiences as to how DORE helps children with aspergers?
We are seriously considering enrolling our son on the DORE programme. We are very keen to explore alternatives to drugs. Our son has been diagnosed (though that may be too strong a word for the little assessment time that was spent by the paediatrician) with mild forms of dyspraxia, ADHD and aspergers. Our own view, and that of his teachers, is that aspergers appears to be the most likely (again mild form). The paediatrician then rather unhelpfully wrote to us to say that because he was keeping up with his schoolwork they wouldn't be able to help - whatever happened to prevention being better than cure?!
Anyhow, obviously we are cautious given that it will cost £2k+. We are convinced by the mountain of evidence that the programme works with kids who have dyslexia and we would have no hesitation in enrolling him if that was his condition. However, the evidence appears to be less conclusive with the other conditions, though we do appreciate that they are all linked. We certainly don't see enrolling on the programme doing him any harm, but would like more evidence that it will make a real difference, rather than him just getting better through maturity.
Please could any parents whose kids are suffering with conditions other than dyslexia, and who have enrolled on the programme, let me know your experiences.
I would be most grateful.
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April 17th, 2008
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