Dyslexia
By Diane S.   Saskatchewan.

It was 1991 after Easter Break our nightmare started with our son, Bryan, and school. He brought ten to twelve pages of phonics program home every night. But being a first time Grade One teacher we thought she was running behind with the schedule and thought things would change in grade two with an experienced teacher.

We went through not wanting to go to school, cramps in the stomach, and wanting to graduate after grade two so he would be done with school. Holidays were a blessing because all symptoms went away. Once holidays were over all symptoms came back. Bryan forgot math times tables, additions etc. Was a very poor reader, could not pronounce words, phonics was not there. Bryan started grade three, with only one week in school homework every night. We were not prepared to go through another year of hell.

We decided to inquire around of what could be wrong and were recommended by an outsider that we should have him tested which was done in Prince Albert Learning Abilities Clinic by Vesper Adams. Here is where we learned our son was dyslexic. We brought this information to our school and were not assisted financially in any outside help. The only help offered was the resource room which is good for minor problems, not more. But I kept searching for answers and stumbled across Hope Centre and the neurodevelopmental approach which is a blessing for Bryan and our family as we have progressed more in a few months on this program than with any other help. I like the program as the results are quick. I am not interested in teaching coping methods to the learning disabled, it is just a band aid to the problem. I want permanent solutions which this program offers. I would like to see more support from the school systems to look at programs like these. There only seems to be assistance if the child is acting out and is a problem in the school, before any help is directed to the problem. By this time it is a big job to help the child and it takes a long time to correct. I am a believer to fix problems when they are small. Very grateful of learning about Hope Centre.