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Re: Doman / Delacato / Repatterning is Pseudoscience! Cautio
Posted by CJ Rezac on 8/08/08

There is newer research than was quoted earlier, which proclaims
what Doman/Delacato knew then; is confirmed now! In 2007 PBS
aired a program about The Brain Fitness and sited multiple
researchers who have become believers in the premise that
specific activity can have profound effects to those suffering
from learning disabilities by working with the neuroplasticity of
the brain. The research included described the viewable changes
witnessed in the brain with activity while being scanned with
some of the latest imaging technology. I know from working with
my own son on a neurodevelopmental program; he went from being a
10 year old that couldn't tie his shoes,and suffering from
significant dyslexia to becoming a dentist who specializes in
dental surgery and implants. Once his brain and body
got "connected" he became all God intended. He was able to
process information quickly, read, and his motor skills developed
far beyond anyone's expectations. All I know is that is
worked.... and that's the best thing any parent can experience.

On 3/27/06, Kim U wrote:
> I'm sorry to read that people do not beleive in the
> repatterning. I am a beleiver, because it helped me. I was
> unable to crawl or sit up at the age of 9 months, I could only
> roll to get to where I wanted to go. My parents were told, by a
> specialist I would never be "normal." Thank god my parents
> didn't listen.
>
> I was diagnosed by Spitz Clinic with organic brain sydrome. My
> parents then began the process of patterning me and rewiring
> the motor functions of my brain. I took my first steps by the
> age of two. If it was not for Doman/Delacato, I don't know
> where I would be today. By looking at me you would never know
> that I had this problem as an infant. I know that the
> patterning may not work for everyone, but to call it
> Psuedoscience is absurd.
>
> On 1/19/06, Danny Murray wrote:
>> Jan. 19, 2006
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Does anyone know anything about the effectiveness of the
>> Structures of Intellect labs and improving reading skills.
>> Our school distrct just invested huge amounts of money into
>> the labs the be used as reading intervention. I can't find
>> any 3rd person research from outside of the company that
>> shows the labs work. I checked with the International
>> Reading Association as well and found nothing.
>>
>> Sounds like a Doman and Delacato approach to me. If you have
>> any information please let me know.
>>
>> Danny Murray
>> dmurray@pageud.k12.az.us
>>
>>
>> On 6/29/05, LL wrote:
>>> What I see is very sad...
>>>
>>
>>
>>> I see so many people here who are looking, rightfully so,
>>> for solutions to children's learning and developmental
>>> needs. What I am deeply saddened by, is the unfortunate
>>> nature by which loving parents and teachers are lead
>>> toward unresearched, unfounded, and in the case of Doman-
>>> Delacato Repatterning techniques--treatments which have
>>> been well-researched and found to have been entirely
>>> ineffective!
>>>
>>> I don't mean to be a "downer" here, but I feel that my
>>> extensive research background has a purpose here. I want
>>> to continue to educate those who have not looked, or not
>>> found, the research behind the techniques they are
>>> interested in using.
>>>
>>> Please review the following items. They are a small
>>> sampling of the multiple research articles out there that
>>> strongly indicate Doman's techniques are not supported in
>>> the literature.
>>>
>>> Psychomotor Repatterning--Pseudoscience:
>>> http://www.theness.com/articles/patterning-cs0104.html
>>>
>>> Neurophysiological Approaches (A Critique)
>>> http://207.44.158.59/~admin2/dyslexia/index/articles/displa
>>> y/69
>>>
>>> Position Statement regarding repatterning: American
>>> Academy of Pediatrics
>>> http://aappolicy.aappublications.org/cgi/content/full/pedia
>>> trics;104/5/1149
>>>
>>> Position Statement on Doman-Delacato Treatment:
>>> National Downs Syndrome Congress
>>> http://members.carol.net/~ndsc/doman.html
>>>
>>> Procedures to Avoid:
>>> http://www.quackwatch.org/01QuackeryRelatedTopics/mentserv.
>>> html
>>>
>>> National Council Against Health Fraud:
>>> http://www.ncahf.org/nl/2001/7-8.html
>>>
>>> Hines, T. M. (2001). The Doman-Delacato patterning
>>> treatment for brain damage. The Scientific Review of
>>> Alternative Medicine, 5, 80-89.
>>> Abstract:
>>> Hines critically reviews the theoretical and empirical
>>> bases of "patterning" therapy, a treatment for brain
>>> damage that involves a series of bodily exercises that are
>>> intended to "rewire" the brain. Hines observes that
>>> patterning advocates posit models of brain development and
>>> organization that are grossly erroneous. Moreover, he
>>> finds that the research evidence supporting the efficacy
>>> of patterning is weak, methodological flawed, or both. In
>>> one ostensibly supportive study, for example, the
>>> investigators conducted 276 separate statistical tests and
>>> found that only 8.2&37; of the findings attained
>> statistical
>>> significance at the p < .05 level. Moreover, because many
>>> of the dependent measures were highly intercorrelated,
>>> this overall result may actually represent worse than
>>> chance effects for patterning.
>>>
>>> These are just a few summaries of the research that has
>>> extensively demonstrated a lack of connection between the
>>> Doman (i.e., Doman-Delacato) methods and improvement in
>>> children's functioning.
>>>
>>> The scholarly research that has been done is
>>> comprehensive. Check out your local university library or
>>> www.scholar.google.com for more information as I cannot
>>> post the articles directly here due to copyright.
>>
>>


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Posts on this thread, including this one


• Doman / Delacato / Repatterning is Pseudoscience! Caution!, 6/29/05, by LL.
• Re: Doman / Delacato / Repatterning is Pseudoscience! Cautio, 7/03/05, by Robin Burn.
• Re: Doman / Delacato / Repatterning is Pseudoscience! Cautio, 7/03/05, by ll.
• Re: Doman / Delacato / Repatterning is Pseudoscience! Cautio, 7/07/05, by helen.
• Re: Doman / Delacato / Repatterning is Pseudoscience! Cautio, 7/07/05, by LL.
• Re: Doman / Delacato / Repatterning is Pseudoscience! Cautio, 9/28/05, by Shaedae.
• Re: Doman / Delacato / Repatterning is Pseudoscience! Cautio, 10/29/05, by Anne.
• Re: Doman / Delacato / Repatterning is Pseudoscience! Cautio, 11/02/05, by anon.
• Re: Doman / Delacato / Repatterning is Pseudoscience! Cautio, 12/30/05, by Amy.
• Re: Doman / Delacato / Repatterning is Pseudoscience! Cautio, 1/19/06, by Danny Murray.
• Re: Doman / Delacato / Repatterning is Pseudoscience! Cautio, 1/19/06, by Danny Murray.
• Re: Doman / Delacato / Repatterning is Pseudoscience! Cautio, 3/27/06, by Kim U.
• Re: Doman / Delacato / Repatterning is Pseudoscience! Cautio, 3/01/07, by Robin Burn.
• Re: Doman / Delacato / Repatterning is Pseudoscience! Cautio, 8/08/08, by CJ Rezac.