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A Cure for LD? Fishing for an Answer Is the Wrong Approach

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By Sheldon H. Horowitz, Ed.D.

Controversial Therapies - A Cure for LD?LD AWAY: A Cure for Learning Disabilities and MoreIt’s time to celebrate because experts from around the world finally agree that a proven treatment for learning disabilities (LD) has been discovered. Never before has there been so powerful an approach to helping children achieve better grades, have healthier and better functioning brains, raise their IQ, and become ready for life. Here are just some of the features and benefits of this new and cutting-edge approach:

  • Exercises can be done in the safety of privacy of your own home, hands on or online, or if you prefer, delivered by certified therapists and other trained professionals
  • Treatments are designed by scientists and proven to work with anyone; children as well as adolescents and adults, regardless of age, prior experience, language status or family history
  • The program works by attacking the root causes of learning problems in the brain, based on the science of brain plasticity, and will rewire, rebalance, integrate, optimize, reconnect and retrain the brain for optimal performance
  • The program is based upon cutting edge knowledge in the areas of brain circuitry, cerebral development, brain scanning, neuroscience, brain synapse functioning and neurochemistry, cerebral blood flow and metabolic activity in the brain
  • The activities will result in better learning by enhancing brain fitness, fixing problems with visual and auditory processing, focused attention and working memory
  • The program is clinically proven, research-based, comprehensive, drug free and scientific

And perhaps best of all, it is beneficial not just for children with LD (such as dyslexia, dyscalculia, and dysgraphia) but also for those with autism spectrum disorders (such as Asperger’s Syndrome), attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, Tourette’s Syndrome, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, Oppositional Defiant Disorder, sleep disorders, and much, much more.

Act now and see results today. Why wait to try these simple and game-like activities that are sure to release your child from the bonds of frustration and failure and help them to realize their full potential. Call or write now for free information, a trial download of the program software or a free or low cost consultation with a program certified professional near you.

Sound too good to be true? Have you seen some of these words, phrases and promises in advertisements on TV, online or in newspapers and magazines? Have you thought about whether your child might benefit from one or more of these approaches? Have you wondered about whether these therapies are “really” legit or whether they are profit-making companies that are preying on the vulnerabilities of parents who will do pretty much anything to help their child?

What is a parent supposed to do when their child is struggling with learning or behavior and when school progress, despite their receiving special education and related services, accommodations and targeted tutoring and remediation just doesn’t seem to be working (or working fast enough)?

What Makes A Treatment “Controversial?” A “controversial” therapy is one that:

  • Promises to deliver results that have not been carefully studied, and replicated, by independent researchers
  • Has not been proven effective, in rigorous treatment studies, to be of benefit in treating a particular underlying disorder
  • Has been tested but found not to be effective, or is supported only by observations and anecdotal report
  • Is alleged to be effective in treating many different types of disorders
  • Is said to “cure” a particular disorder
  • Has an underlying theoretical basis that does not fit with our scientific understanding of the disorder it is supposed to treat

That said, there are many “complementary” therapies and approaches that people turn to as ways to enhance desired outcomes. And no doubt, for many families, some of these have proven helpful. They should not, however, replace or delay the provision of what we know to be more scientific, proven and effective practices. Also important to remember is that attributing improved performance to the use of a complementary treatment is, at best, speculation.

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