Are you looking for help with any of the following?
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The Dore Programme is an exercised based treatment that deals with the root cause of the problem - offering you a solution to all of the difficulties listed above.
The Dore Programme is an exercised based treatment that deals with the root cause of the problem...
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PostPosted: Sat Jul 30, 2005 3:47 pm Post subject: Reply with quote Back to top
No one said anything about it making you an ignorant person. I agree that it is natural to want help - this is why I do occupational therapy and receive special education - but the DORE centres aim to do more than just help their clients. They aim to cure them. The homepage of their website makes me more and more indignant every time I see it:
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Are you looking for help with any of the following?
Reading Difficulties
Spelling problems
Poor handwriting
Poor concentration
Clumsiness
Poor sporting ability
Poor memory
Low self-esteem
Dyslexia
Dyspraxia
ADD & ADHD
Aspergers Syndrome
The Dore Programme is an exercised based treatment that deals with the root cause of the problem - offering you a solution to all of the difficulties listed above.
It sounds so nice and neat. They've got the cause, they've got the cure.
In that case, why do the Dyspraxia Foundation and the Dyslexia Institute urge people to treat DDAT with 'extreme caution'? I once asked a DDAT practitioner what he thought about this, when he tried to convince me to sign onto the programme. His response was, "The Dyspraxia Foundation and all the other groups know that we've got it right at DDAT. They're just scared that all their members will get cured, and then they'll lose their cash flow!"
So I pointed out that the Dyspraxia Foundation and the Dyslexia Institute are non-profit making, charitable organisations. He waved that one aside.
I do know one dyslexic boy who did a DDAT programme and benefited from it. His handwriting is legible now, although it still takes him approximately twice as long to read a book or write an essay than it would take a non-dyslexic. I asked to look at his exercise programme, and to be honest about half the exercises might have been lifted from a physio- or an occupational therapist's handbook. It looks as if half the DORE programme is occupational therapy in fancy dress. To an extent, that makes sense. Occupational and physiotherapy work. They have been on the go for years. But they're cheaper than DDAT...
If you really want to have a go at DDAT, then no one here will think any the worse of you for it. Because you asked for our thoughts on the DORE procedure, we gave you a personal response - but we weren't attacking you, or your desire for DDAT treatment. I was actually responding to the claims on their website when I wrote all that stuff about searching for cures. The DORE officials may tell you that they're going to make you better - they tried to tell me that. Just so long as you know that they can't, you'll be OK.
For me, this is a question of personal pride, although I appreciate that not everyone feels the same. The DDAT ideas might not hurt everyone, but they did hurt me. It all comes down to this again:
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The Dore Programme is an exercised based treatment that deals with the root cause of the problem...
My special needs teacher tells all her dyspraxic students, "Dyspraxia isn't an imperfection - just a different way of thinking. There are no learning disabilities - just learning differences. Sometimes your differences will cause you problems, but that's not your fault. I'm here to help you with that. We have to meet these special needs of yours, but we must never take them away entirely. That would be like taking your mind away." I believe that with all my heart. So does my occupational therapist, which is why I trust her.
fuzzy wrote:Everyone- sorry for being such a moan!![]()
Hopefully you all got the point that it may be easy for others to be proud of who they are, but very hard for me.
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