alternative treatments to LD

Dear Ariela,
Hi! I’m special education specialist in the Philippines and for 6 years i’ve been catering to students who has learning disability, At risk to have one, ADHD and ADD.
I f your asking about treatment? it depends.its a case to case bases but i’m proud to say all my clients are very happy because i taught them a method that helped them a great deal in their academics and profession. actually its my thesis so i cannot totally give it to you fully not unless its being patented first so there will be no piracy of intellectual property. BUT i can still help you just e-mail me.

Hope to hear from you soon!

Thank you for your answer.
I am also in this field of LD for many years now so I agree with you that you have to deal with each case. I will be very interested however to hear
just a little about your way so I can understand.
My question was refered to people who had first hand experience with treatments other than the traditionanl ones.
Like special diets, kynsiology, alternative medicine and so on.
My e-mail is [email protected]
Thanks again

Hi Ariela,

I don’t know how much I can offer you in information except that I’ve tried a lot! I have mostly invested in treatments for my children, but I have been helped a great deal by using the Feingold diet and by avoiding dairy which causes asthma and “brain fog” for lack of a better term. The next biggest help to me was Omega 3 supplementation which was really an amazing change. Family and friends noticed not so much when I started, but when I missed they would immediately notice and ask what’s wrong. It really helps with ADHD type raging and with staying on task and organized. I no longer have that “slipping gears” feeling which is a major relief.

I have also done provocation neutralization treatments with my daughter (now 6, then 5) with mixed results. I’m going to do it again and avoid phenols in the drops to which see is sensitive.

I have also tried NAET for food and chemical sensitivity. That one felt a little weird and way out there but in retrospect it may have worked. (My ds has celiac and was treated for wheat. He’s still sensitive, but he had his first normal anemia test - one of the symptoms was chronic anemia.)

For our family food and chemical sensitivity seem really key to controlling ADHD and autistic symptoms. I have become very interested in the theory of an enzymatic deficiency of phenol-sulfur-transferase. My kids and I improved greatly on the FG diet which takes out highly phenolic foods (by accident more than by design I think.) And we are all extremely sensitive to highly pigmented foods, artificial fragrances, etc. It very well could fit our family problem.

For the food and chemical sensitivities we also used ELISA testing for IgG reactions instead of the IgE testing normally done in an allergists office. We understand the questions regarding the scientific validity of those tests, but found that the results were right on the money in the end after two years of elimination diet work.

I have a relative who has used the ALCAT testing for food and chemical sensitivity and felt that the symptoms were much improved after avoiding those items, but the information was sometimes conflicting and confusing.

I don’t know if this helps you or not, but feel free to e-mail if any other info could be of help. I’d be interested in any other things you’ve looked into like CAER or treating with motion sickness meds, or anything else out there that might lend info to the “cause.”