After being told that there was no cure for dyslexia, Wynford began working with a team of researchers to investigate Harold Levinson's claim that the cerebellum is linked to the types of symptoms Susie was experiencing.
[5][6] According to a video released by Dore, conditions such as dyslexia, developmental coordination disorder, ADD, Autism, Asperger syndrome and ADHD are linked to cerebellar function.
[7] Dore Program Practitioners believe that it is possible to treat difficulties in areas such as reading, attention, coordination, and social skills by developing these neural pathways.
A follow-up to this study was published in Dyslexia in 2006, and the authors report significant improvements in writing, reading, and comprehension, as well as ADHD attention skills, after re-evaluating the students.
[2] Studies on efficacy with the target clinical groups have yet to be replicated in a peer-reviewed medical journal, and where control data are available, the evidence of gains in literacy associated with the Dore programme needs to be further validated.
[19] A number of papers published in the British Dyslexia Association's journal have found the apparently independent academic research Dore initially offered in support of the treatment to be the subject of some debate.
[24][25] The editor of Dyslexia defended the decision to publish,[26] and the authors of the original Dore research paper responded vigorously to these criticisms and continued to support their findings and conclusions.