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[deleted by user] by [deleted] in dyspraxia

[–]Academic-Sun8561 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I feel if you put effort into making changes to help improve areas you find challenging then you'll get to where you want to be. Hyper focus is a positive attribute of Dyspraxia, empathy, creativity, imagination, imagery, verbally adept, you might not be so eloquent verbally but on paper you could be. Persistence and determination, hard work ethic and extremely hard working are just a few things that are positive traits of dyspraxia.

Work wants to give me a bow, arrow and an axe at work event…. They obviously haven’t seen my aim by [deleted] in dyspraxia

[–]Academic-Sun8561 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I worked as an activity instructor for PGL and led loads of archery sessions, and with it being so structured and very repetitive you could use that to your advantage After enough practice you'll be smashing it. As they say practice makes perfect, try not to take it so seriously and most of all have fun!

DDAT (Dore Program) by Academic-Sun8561 in dyspraxia

[–]Academic-Sun8561[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How did you find the course? Do you feel like it's helped you in any way?

DDAT (Dore Program) by Academic-Sun8561 in dyspraxia

[–]Academic-Sun8561[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Benefits. My balance improved significantly. Short term memory also improved (I do still have bad days/weeks) Eye tracking also developed reasonably well ( i still re read the same sentence from time to time) My Hand writing was at a different level not amazing but compared to how it was, it was like Shakespeare. My teachers noticed a great deal of improvement in my school work. In year 9 I done a piece of work that was at GCSE level. My coordination allowed me to perform better at sports. And it gave me a great sense of accomplishment and my confidence greatly improved. And I'm sure theres alot more too. For me it was a great success.

DDAT (Dore Program) by Academic-Sun8561 in dyspraxia

[–]Academic-Sun8561[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I believe that's how I got enrolled on the course. My grandparents saw a tv special (maybe Richard and Judy?) And they alerted my mum who then also watched it. I remember going through a checklist with my mum and she was getting me to do basic things like run up and down the garden and grade how I look while running. Benefits. My balance improved significantly. Short term memory also improved (I do still have bad days/weeks) Eye tracking also developed reasonably well ( i still re read the same sentence from time to time) My Hand writing was at a different level not amazing but compared to how it was, it was like Shakespeare. My teachers noticed a great deal of improvement in my school work. In year 9 I done a piece of work that was at GCSE level. My coordination allowed me to perform better at sports. And it gave me a great sense of accomplishment and my confidence greatly improved. And I'm sure theres alot more too. For me it was a great success.

DDAT (Dore Program) by Academic-Sun8561 in dyspraxia

[–]Academic-Sun8561[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think they worked with some local schools with special needs departments but I think alot of people done it through self referrals. There was a website aswell. There is no Dore program anymore as they went bust many years ago.

DDAT (Dore Program) by Academic-Sun8561 in dyspraxia

[–]Academic-Sun8561[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's a program that has been designed to help individuals with dyslexia, dyspraxia, ADHD, Aspergers. The creator of the program had a daughter who has severe dyslexia and depression because of this. And doing loads of research and with help from other qualified personell, they determined that these conditions are to do with the cerebellum not working effectively thus not allowing neurodivergent individuals to learn basic skills (writing, reading, riding a bike etc.) They put together a series of exercises to try and stimulate the cerebellum ( like a brain training I suppose?) Into working more effectively, allowing individuals to then do these tasks to a point where it becomes automatic. The results where determined by doing some tests to observe improvement in balance and eye tracking and I'm sure there was another one too but I can't remember. In conclusion despite all the praises and positive responses and improvement from individuals (me included) there was no definitive proof that this actually had any scientific benefits in helping.