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DORE method for Dyslexia, Dyspraxia etc

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dropscone · 08/02/2008 10:45

Hi anyone heard of this ? or tried it ? I'd be really keen to hear your views .

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LIZS · 08/02/2008 13:52

Hideously expensive and not radically different from the exercises ds has from OT although perhaps more structured and systematic. Friends' ds did it though and they noticed an improvement , although he did get other support at the same time.

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talky · 08/02/2008 13:54

have heard of it, no personal experience. look on the Dyscovery center website message board. Dr Amanda Kirby is orthodox but innovative and hopefully other parents there will have an informed view.

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talky · 08/02/2008 13:55

really expensive?

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LIZS · 08/02/2008 13:56

A couple of thousand iirc

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poshwellies · 08/02/2008 14:11

I looked into the DORE method for my daughter who has dyspraxia-I got a video through and they followed it up with a call-it was deffo a few thousand pounds.We couldn't afford that so didn't proceed.

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bigdonna · 08/02/2008 17:50

hi dropscone my nephew did this,my sister swears by it because it helped her son.it was very expensive but she feels it was worth it.As he was 14 yrs old and has just done mock gcse s in english and got a b.i think it depends on the child.he was dyslexic but very bright my sis had been telling school for years there was a problem they just said he was a naughty child.

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catok · 08/02/2008 22:47

Some people seem to reckon it makes a difference - looked into it, but can't afford tbh - I do just wonder whether it means the child is getting regular focused attention it might not otherwise get?

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dropscone · 09/02/2008 13:54

Hi I thought it might be expensive but reckoned on a few hundred - not thousand ! Not sure my DDs problems merit it - catok may be right - regular focussed attention may do just as well ...........

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fizzbuzz · 09/02/2008 13:58

I did it for my ds. we went for 13 months and it made absolutely NO difference.

We were an unusual case apparently. it is meant to work within 12 months. At the end of the 13 months they informed me, well as your son also has dyspraxia it willl take 18 months........

No mention of dyspraxia at the start.........

[cynical rip-off emoticon]

Some people swear by it...