#Wynford dore program exercises for back full#

Readers are invited to form their own interpretation of the facts, based on the response from STEP (in italics) and my comments on the points raised.

#Wynford dore program exercises for back full#

I asked for more information on specific aspects of the post that were problematic and obtained a very long response, which I reproduce in full below. I have had a request from Lucinda Roberts-Holmes, Managing Director of Step2Progress, to remove this blogpost on the grounds that it contains defamatory and inaccurate information. Would lead to a general cerebellar boost, helping other tasks, such as reading,Ĩth July 2017: Postscript. Or drive a car, it is slow and effortful, but after practice you can do itĪutomatically without thinking about it. For instance, when you first play the piano The logic behind theĪpproach was that these exercises trained the cerebellum, a part of the brainĬoncerned with automatizing skills. These were personalised to the child, so that the specific exercises would beĭetermined by level of progress in particular skills. Per day of exercises designed to improve balance and eye-hand co-ordination. The programme involved children doing two 10-minute sessions Parents to sign up for the programme, both in the UK and in other countries, notably Australia. The interview seemed more like anĪdvertisement than a serious analysis, but the consequent publicity led many Press release of a study published in the journal Dyslexia, reporting resultsįrom a trial of the programme with primary school-children.

Of an educational programme that claimed to produce dramatic improvements inĬhildren's reading and attentional skills.

Listening to an interview on the Today Programme with Wynford Dore, the founder One day in 2003, I turned on BBC Radio 4 and found myself