We’re of to Hemispheres in Surrey tomorrow for an assessment on my son. He is nearly 7 and struggles so much we’re under a paediatrician for Adhd not yet diagnosed and he has dyslexia and may have dyspraxia too. Having researched retainers reflexes he ticks a lot of the boxes. Struggles to read and write, can’t hold a pencil properly, finds it difficult to concentrate and is fidgety. He becomes overwhelmed and over excited, still wets the bed etc. His birth was very quick but he got stuck at pushing stage, was late in reaching milestones.
So my question is for those who have experience did it help? Did you see a big improvement? Any advice?
Thanks
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Sweetpea84 · 13/09/2022 14:24
ittakesavillage2 · 29/09/2022 21:10
I went through this. Key Clinic seemed to be selling Snake Oil and wanted a lot of money. You can find a lot of the physical exercises for free on youtube. There is some definite science re OT type exercises helping with neuroplasticity/putting down new pathways.
I saw some improvement but can't say if it was due to the exercises or just general nervous system maturity...
BlackSwanEvent · 23/01/2023 12:55
We did 18 months of RPR exercises with a practitioner and saw no change at all. We did it diligently and very much wanted it to work.
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