Press Reviews

British Dyslexia Association (BDA), Contact Magazine
This book will be informative and helpful to those involved with dyslexic children… This book informs and will help parents to make these decisions.
British Dyslexia Association (BDA), Contact Magazine

The Teacher Trainer
Tests for dyslexia available for children from the age of 4:5 years are discussed. Many dyslexics also have ear and eye problems that go undetected. The book lists possible remedies available such as tinted glasses, nutritional supplements, exercise, multi-sensory teaching methods and NLP and provides useful contact addresses and further reading leads.
The Teacher Trainer

Review by: ‘Education Otherwise’

A good book about how alternative therapies can help dyslexia. It mentions each therapy individually and explains what it is, how it works, how many sessions are needed, who will benefit, and if it can be done at home. Easy to read as its well set out but would think it’s still difficult to choose which one to use as there are so many to choose from but if you have some ideas of what you might like to try then it’s a good book to help you decide and compare with other alternatives.
Sally P. ‘Education Otherwise’

Sally P.
Education Otherwise.

Review by: ‘The Dyslexia Shop’

This Book comprehensively documents every alternative therapy that proposes a benefit to people with dyslexia. The therapies covered range from almost mainstream to the outer reaches of “new age” thinking. The author explains simply what each therapy consists of, who it might benefit, and presents the scientific (or pseudo-scientific) theoretical justification for each. Where there is supporting evidence of efficacy, e.g. positive results from clinical trials, these are referenced.

This is a useful aggregation of information in an accessible, structured format. For dyslexia tutor/counsellors, in particular, it will provide useful background reading in anticipation of client requests for an opinion on the value of a particular alternative therapy. However, by replaying the “sales pitch” for each therapy without critical comment, the author leaves it entirely to the reader to judge for themselves the credibility, cost-benefit, and possible health risks of the various therapies presented. The Dyslexia Shop would endorse very few of the therapies described in this book.
The Dyslexia Shop

Review by: ‘Book News’

Founder of the Swindon Dyslexia Centre, Chivers surveys some of the alternative therapies that are being used for dyslexia in particular but also attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, hearing difficulty, and other conditions that can interfere with learning. Some chapters focus on groups of conditions and others on groups of therapies. Among the information she provides is how a particular therapy works, what happens during treatment, how many sessions are needed, how much can be done at home, and who benefits most (besides the therapist, of course).
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