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Dore project

rachellouise

Hi,  I am new on this site and I have a 8  year old boy with austism, ADHD and sensory processing disorder.  I am thinking of doing the dore project and just wondered if any one with similar problems  has  completed and had any success with this project?

  • We  looked at this then did something else that offered the same sort of benefits that I found there was more to read up about and I understood the science behind it.

    http://www.inpp.org.uk/intervention-adults-children/help-by-symptom/

    My son was about  10 when we started at 12 when we finished . It was a big commitment by him , and about £50 a session/month, but it did make a huge difference to him. Took 5-10 mins morning and night - all he had to do is lie on the floor and be brushed in a very specific way with a kids paint brush to stimulate his primitive reflexes and calm them down.

    This was way before we got a diagnosis - he was seen by CAMHS at 7 and had a little bit of everything but not enough of any one thing to diagnose.

    It helped his co-ordination, posture and made him less likely to startle at loud or even not very loud noises. Also stopped  rucksack being so uncorfortable and coats being irritating/restrictive. Certainly improved his confidence, and you could see the changes in him.

    Also before this we gave him essential fatty acid suppliments - that made a difference too.

    I often think if we hadn't found these alternative therapies that took the edge off him symptoms that he would have got his diagnosis at 17. Taking the edge off , coupled with his high academic achievements meant he  was seen as having an anger management issue rather than a autism/anxirty isssue which led to meltdowns.

    Hope this info helps in some way

     

     

  • hi - hadn't heard of Dore so had a google.  Claims made by Dore seem to be disputed.  Maybe other parents will have personal knowledge.  I do remember other programmes over the yrs which were hailed by the media as being "wonder treatments".  The children who were followed appeared to improve.  Some of it was v intensive.  The same cd well have been achieved by a good school for children with autism, altho perhaps over a longer period of time.  There have been a number of claims by different kinds of people, organisations, companies, etc over many yrs.   They claim they can either cure asd or radically ameliorate it.  They also cost a lot of money.  All I'm saying is....and I know you know this.....be v sceptical.  bw