FAQ about this research
Q: What is a peer review?
The process of a peer review involves the article being sent to academics drawn
from experts in the field to be evaluated. The article must receive the
approval of the majority of the reviewers before it is published. The
peer-review process is intended to ensure that the science being presented is
sound and represents a useful addition to scientific knowledge. A peer
review is entirely independent.
Q: Does the Program work for everyone?
A: The Dore Program is working with an exceptional
success rate of in excess of 80% if the program is fully completed. The
program requires a level of commitment from participants to succeed. This
commitment proves, on some occasions, hard to sustain for participants.
However, even these participants experience substantial gains out of the
program.
The success rate on the program depends upon the effort put in by the
individual, just like going to a normal gym. To achieve such a high
success rate is remarkable when compared to the success rates for, say, drug
treatments.
Q:Is this a cure?
A: We try to avoid the word ‘cure’ as dyslexia and ADHD are
not seen as diseases and therefore the use of this term is not appropriate. We
are however correcting the underlying cause of dyslexia and ADHD, so that the
problems are permanently eradicated. It is proven by the thousands and
thousands of people around the world who have been cured of their symptoms and
experienced have experienced no regression after completing the
program.
Q: What was the purpose of the Balsall Common School study?
A: After discussing with the British Dyslexia Association’s
(BDA) research advisor Dr. Lindsay Peer (2000) about what Dore could do to
prove the effectiveness of the treatment, we were advised to firstly seek an
independent assessment, preferably via a university.
We were told the assessment must
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Show the treatment’s impact on a selected group of children with evidence of
learning Difficulties.
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Use a control group of children
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Follow up the groups to see if the effectiveness of the treatment ‘washed out’
after the program has finished, as do other types of treatment
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Look at large numbers of people to see if these results are reflected when
applied to larger numbers going through the Dore centers.
Dore jumped at the chance to oblige and immediately asked two independent
researchers from two different universities to join forces and independently
assess Dore's treatment and so began this fascinating project.
Q. How has the Dore program been received by other dyslexia organizations?
A: Dyslexia organizations do not understand Dore’s methods and
are therefore very cautious about Dore’s approach.
Dore’s approach differs widely from that of dyslexia organizations. They
are educationalists, who believe that the best way to treat the problem
is through teaching; whereas Dore believe in treating the root neurological
cause.
Most dyslexia organizations research is based on an educationalist
approach. We believe this will not work, as we need to get to the
underlying neurological cause of the problem. Having different approaches and
theories as to how to treat learning difficulties makes it understandable why
these dyslexia organizations are reluctant to try to understand Dore.
Dore would love for these organizations to come and see the results. We
have nothing to hide. When we first started, the dyslexia industry told
us to get proof, now we have proof and we have shared this with the BDA and
other leading dyslexia organizations.
The Dyslexia institute whilst a charity, is not as independent a research based
organization as many people think, and they market various services on a
commercial basis and are wedded to phonologically based theories.
Research that has been conducted on their methods has produced some very
disappointing results.
As the DFES is a government body they rely on advice from expert
committees. All the committees concerned with learning difficulties are
largely populated with educationalists, and the cause of learning difficulties
has been misunderstood. We hope that in time the committees will become
populated with physiologists who can offer the government cutting edge advice.
We are hoping dyslexia organizations such as the BDA, Dyslexic institute as
well as the DFES will contact our researchers to ask for more
information. We have approached them in the past offering to share
details of the research, but so far we have received nothing but
discouragement. We hope that in the future we will all be able to work
together and assist the 1 in 6 people in the UK that suffer from learning
difficulties.
Q: Is Dore a commercially driven organization?
A: Wynford Dore started the Dore program as a father
desperate to help his daughter Susie, whose severe dyslexia caused her to
attempt suicide three times. When he started his research in 1999 it was
hoped that it could all be done through a charity. As a result of a lack
of support from the establishment, Wynford was advised that the only way the
Dore program could be funded was for it to be conducted as a limited
liability company, ensuing losses funded by the founder. Wynford Dore has
never taken a penny salary in 7 years and personally subsides each participant
of the program.
The Dore Program is a completely non-profit making organization. We have
tried to reduce the cost as much as possible. But we have 400 staff and
31 centers around the world, we use sophisticated cutting-edge technology and
have a team of scientific researchers – unfortunately we have to charge to be
able to afford to keep the program running. Were the program to be
run on a commercial basis the normal charges for tests alone would be in the
order of three times the amount charged for the whole program.
Q: Are Dore’s messages marketing hype?
A: Quite simply no they are not. These are genuine
messages of hope for the thousands of people that struggle everyday with
learning difficulties. Any parent that has watched their child struggle
with learning or attention issues knows just how desperate the situation can
be. Knowing that we have such an effective and important scientific
breakthrough drives us to share this news.
Q: What would we like the government to do?
A: We believe that the implication of this breakthrough
deserves an urgent government inquiry to establish whether this latest
breakthrough can help the millions that suffer with learning
difficulties. The advisory systems currently in place are full of
educationalists and the government needs to appoint an independent person to
assess the potential for the future. The Government needs to establish
benchmarking to determine the benefit of different treatments and learning
programs. Screening tests for both adults and children also need to be
made available so those affected by learning difficulties can establish to what
extent they are affected.
Q: Why are there no official tests or benchmarking for such methods?
A: The current system that is in place means that
organizations are able to promote methods to help children with learning
difficulties without conducting any formal research procedure. An
international standard needs to be established very quickly so that all
programs can be assessed and their success reported on. This will
greatly benefit sufferers, teachers and governments. When this
information is available it will immediately transform government policy,
teacher practice and parent choice.