Dore Programme

(redirected from DDAT)
Also found in: Acronyms.
A drug-free program devised by Wynford Dore for treating dyslexia and other learning difficulties based on the belief that the cerebellum coordinates all functions and thus is central to all learning
References in periodicals archive ?
There are two reported studies of the DDAT exercise-based approach (Reynolds et al., 2003; Reynolds & Nicolson, 2007) but the flawed research design and difficulties with the analysis and inter-pretation of results make the evidence supporting the efficacy of the approach unconvincing (Alexander & Slinger-Constant, 2004; Rack, Snowling, Hulme & Gibbs, 2007; Snowling & Hulme, 2003).
A review of three controversial educational practices: perceptual motor programs, sensory integration, and tinted lenses
There may be many kids out there with dyslexia who haven't been diagnosed who could benefit from some form of help.' KENNY'S TREATMENT: The DDAT programme was developed in the 1990s by Welsh businessman Wynford Dore, whose own desperate dyslexic daughter tried to commit suicide three times.
How Gabby helped me tackle secret dyslexia
Dr Roy Rutherford, medical director at DDAT, said: 'People with dyslexia and other learning difficulties often live in a nightmare world where they have difficulty reading and writing and, in some cases, co-ordinating their movements and playing sport.
Dyslexia information night
Academics have expressed reservations about the DDAT's practices based on their analysis of the research, not out of professional jealousy as suggested by DDAT's customer services representative.
Letter: Need for dyslexia research
Advocates claim that DDAT, which costs up to pounds 1,500, can help solve the causes of dyslexia and other difficulties.
Logan's dyslexia struggle
Wynford Dore, founder of DDAT, said: 'Our treatment is changing the lives of people like Callum."
Amazing new life of boy who just wanted to end his miserya
The method,called DDAT (Dyslexia, Dyspraxia and Attention deficit Treatment),has been criticised as unproven and too expensive by the medical establishment.
Row over radical dyslexia treatment
The Dyslexia, Dyspraxia and Attention Deficit Disorder Treatment Centre (DDAT) claims 97% of kids see significant improvement after completing its courses, which can cost up to pounds 1,500.
MIRACLE CURE OR WASTE OF MONEY?; Parents question value of pounds 1,500 dyslexia course as millionaire boss insists it works
Dyslexia Dyspraxia Attention Disorder Treatment (DDAT) improved comprehension by more than five times in children during trials over a 12-month period at Balsall Primary School in Kenilworth, Warwickshire.
Help for reading-writing disorders
Feeling they had nothing to lose, the Taggarts contacted the DDAT centre offering the treatment.
How a few exercises put Frazer on the write track; AFTER YEARS OF STRUGGLING THE TAGGARTS FOUND A WAY TO HELP THEIR SERIOUSLY DYSLEXIC SON
Medical browser ?
Full browser ?