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Dore Treatment for Learning Disabilities Comes Under Fire
September 17, 2007 at 11:54 AM
Child Health News
In the October edition of Australia's Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, Dorothy Bishop claims published research supporting the program is "seriously flawed'' without proper assessment tools or control groups.
Research cited in support of the program shows a five-fold improvement in comprehension, a three-fold improvement in reading and a 17-fold improvement in writing.
But Professor Bishop is not convinced. "The research community in this area is dismayed that work of such a poor standard has been published,'' she commented acidly.
She also stressed there was a lack of evidence that motor co-ordination training could influence higher-level brain skills.
"It's important that family practitioners and pediatricians are aware claims for this costly treatment are misleading.''
Bishop is one of the leading researchers in language disorders of genetic origin world-wide. She has researched the nature and origins of communication disorders in children, spanning many different disorders, including autism, Asperger syndrome, dyslexia, dysphasia, and other genetic syndromes. Her recent work has made breakthroughs in the investigation of genetic and environmental causes of language-related disorders.
Attack from a person of such standing on a programme that was conceived in her own home ground should evoke considerable attention worldwide.
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