I’m just curious, for those who have done Interactive Metronome: is it at all similar to this series of exercises that has been developed for dyslexia in England? (There’s a link to the article describing the exercise therapy at this website’s home page.)
Re: dyslexia "exercise cure" and IM
We have done IM and I don’t think it is similar at all. More similar probably is Handle (West Coast) and Neuronet (Florida). We have done Neuronet for several years and my son has become a very normal learner in most aspects of school as a result. However, none of these approaches teach a child to read. We have found better neurological integration makes reading instruction easier but that he has still required reading approaches tailored to LD students.
Beth
Dore Centers
It’s not just in England. They have centers in the U.S. www.dorecenters.com.
I recieved all the info (a DVD decribing the program) and listened to a program on their website.
I agree with Beth - the exercises they prescribe are similar to Handle & Neuronet and not nearly as intense as IM (which can be up to 2,000 repetitions of an exercise)
We aren’t close to Handle or Neuronet so I explored this option.
My son sustained a brain injury so he did not qualify for the program. With these programs, the exercises are tailored to the individual. And we can’t leave out Brain Gym or Infinity Walk. I personally think working with the figure 8 can be very powerful and so can cross crawl activities.
The Dore people told me that “brain cells don’t regenerate.” I considered this to be extremely insensitive and ignorant on their part.
My son has learned cursive writing & multiplication since the accident which to me means that while some his brain cells may have been destroyed - his brain can still create the neural pathways needed to learn new things.
Since, he was able to handle IM, I thought their exercises would have been easy in comparison.
While these exercises are not a cure in and of themselves, I do believe there is great potential to help the brain work in a new way - to strengthen it’s underlying processes.
That’s my two cents, Caran
Yeah right… I don’t know of anything that “cures” dyslexia…one can remediate and teach strategies but to cure the way their brain works through exercises like that? I sincerely doubt it.