Welcome

Welcome to to the Fit4Reading Programme by Sue Cook.

Sue Cook demonstrating a tracking exercise

Treatment for dyslexia, dyspraxia, ADHD, Asperger’s and so on, very much depends on our beliefs about what these conditions are.
Most people think dyslexia is a certain thing, and so think it can’t really be helped. Or that ADHD is mostly a diet problem and poorly disciplined children.

But supposing you found out that it was caused by a problem with the nerves, that it was a sensory problem, AND THAT THIS COULD BE HELPED, and that this method had been used for decades?

That concept opens up all sorts of possibilities.

When my son was diagnosed with dyslexia, we had spent a fortune on Educational Psychologists, and Paediatricians. And though we had diagnoses, they could not offer us any treatment.

I was shocked. It seemed like the end of the road. So I started investigating and discovered that help did exist, because it was known that problems with the nerves was the reason.

My beliefs about what these conditions were, was challenged by this concept. My father who is a dyslexia teacher, among other things said ‘Sue, you have to learn to live with dyslexia, there is no cure’.

Our brains make new nerve pathways all the time, every time we learn something new. Or else how would we learn to drive, or play the piano, or learn dance steps?

That made sense to me. And the reason why there were problems with the nerves in people with say, dyslexia, was because they had either been damaged during development, or they had not formed properly. But because we can grow new nerves, it is possible to help these problems if you do it properly.

I started my son on a series of exercises to grow new nerves in the right places in his brain. Within days there was a huge improvement in his confidence. This was because he had now learnt to hold his head still and follow a moving object. This is called tracking. He couldn’t do before, because the nerves and muscles around his eyes were not working properly.

That same week we started the exercises, he learnt to swim, and he was much happier. Improvements kept occurring, people began noticing. I started getting phone calls over the next few months from people who heard about what I did for my son. They wanted it too. So I began helping other families.

So what evidence is there that this is true? There is a lot. Highlights include: the discovery of Nerve Growth Factors by Rita Levi Montalcini and her subsequent Nobel Prize; the work by Pfaff at the Salk Institute whereby he has been adding nerve growth factors to severed rat spinal cords and has found a 30% regain of movement; the work of Eric Kandel; Susan Barry, a neuroscientist who gained 3D vision in her fifties after discovering it was possible to correct her cross eyes. The work of Sally Goddard and Peter Blythe is also amazing.

Three years later, I have people coming from long distances to see me. And the children improve dramatically.

Furthermore, my father is now a firm believer in what this programme can do. It has challenged his beliefs, and changed his mind about how to treat.

Now there is even more reason to avoid medication, and rebuild damaged pathways. A lifelong, drug free method that really does help.
The parents who have brought their children to see me, have their own stories to tell in the testimonials.

So to précis: our beliefs about what something is, determines our treatment of it. But if we discover that our belief is not right, then it opens up possibilities for different treatments.
In this case, of learning difficulties, it turns out it is a nerve problem, so if we correct the nerves, then the problems are greatly helped.

Who Am I?

Sue Cook BSc. (Hons) Lic LCCH and over a decade in practice seeing patients.

Why did I learn this?

Where am I?

I am based in Kelvedon, Essex.
A short walk from the local rail station, with services to London Liverpool Street every 20 mins approx.

When?

I learnt neuro developmental therapy over two years ago and have treated many children now with this method. (I have been in practice seeing patients for over a decade besides this).

How can you get treatment for your child?

Email me. Sue@helpingadhd.com