The Dore Glossary

ADHD

People with ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) behave in a way that displays unusual levels of inattention or hyperactivity, or both. They may have difficulty in:

• keeping their attention on tasks or when playing
• organising tasks and activities
• playing quietly

The condition falls into several categories. A person may have symptoms in only one category e.g. inattention, or their condition may combine inattention and hyperactive-impulsive symptoms.

Asperger’s syndrome

Asperger’s syndrome is a form of autism. It’s characterised by a person’s inability to understand how to interact socially, but doesn’t usually involve the learning difficulties associated with autism. In fact, people with Asperger’s syndrome may be of high intelligence. A person with Asperger’s syndrome may have:

• difficulty making friends
• difficulty reading or communicating through non-verbal cues such as facial expressions
• difficulty understanding social cues

How Dore can help

The Dore Programme has successfully treated people with Asperger’s syndrome by taking a radically different, physiological approach to tackling the condition. Instead of dealing with the symptoms of the condition, we treat what our research suggests is the likely cause of this and other problems that affect learning – delay in the development of the cerebellum, the brain’s skill learning centre.

We do this by prescribing a series of easy-to-do exercises tailored to the individual’s needs which are designed to stimulate the cerebellum. Making the cerebellum function better helps remedy the symptoms of learning difficulties, often bringing lasting results where nothing else has helped.

Autism

Autism is a developmental disorder that affects the way in which a person communicates and relates to those around them. Areas affected by autism include:

• communication
• social interaction
• play
• sensory functioning

Dore currently treat people with high functioning Autism and Aspergers Syndrome with very positive outcomes and are carrying out more research related to the condition.

Cerebellar Developmental Delay (CDD)

Research suggests that a wide range of problems, from poor reading to poor sporting performance, right through to dyslexia, dyspraxia and ADHD, have the same root cause: delay in the development of the cerebellum, the brain’s skill learning centre.

Cerebellar Developmental Delay (CDD) occurs when the neural pathways linking the cerebrum or “thinking brain” and the cerebellum, the brain's skill learning centre, aren’t fully developed. When this happens, the cerebellum can’t process information quickly and the development of language and decoding skills necessary for learning is impaired.

The Dore Programme’s personalised exercises address cerebral developmental delay (CDD) by stimulating the cerebellum. Making the cerebellum function better helps remedy the symptoms of learning difficulties – and can help all kinds of people optimise their learning and sporting performance.

Cerebellum (The Skill Learning Centre)

Although it’s relatively small in size, half the cells in the brain are concentrated in the cerebellum, which has a vast number of connections to the cerebrum, or “thinking brain”.

The cerebellum is crucial to the Dore Programme. It’s the brain’s skills centre and can have an enormous effect on the body, emotions and memory. This part of the brain is linked to learning, and is associated with integrating sensory data including visual and auditory information. It’s also partly responsible for the fine control of movement needed for skills like reading, and plays a role in memory and attention.

The Dore Programme’s unique approach rests on research that links problems ranging from poor balance or concentration to labelled conditions such as dyslexia, dyspraxia and ADHD, to delay in the development of the cerebellum.

Cerebellar Developmental Delay (CDD) occurs when the neural pathways linking the cerebrum to the cerebellum aren’t developed properly, thus hampering the development of many skills needed for learning.

Each client on the Dore Programme is given a series of specially-tailored exercises to stimulate and develop the cerebellum, and remedy the symptoms of learning difficulties, often bringing lasting positive results where nothing else has helped.

Cerebrum

The cerebrum is the “thinking” part of the brain and is responsible for intelligence.
This part of the brain is usually quite healthy in our clients. In fact, many of those who suffer from problems such as dyslexia or dyspraxia are of above average intelligence.

The Dore Programme’s unique approach rests on developing the cerebellum, the brain’s skill learning centre, which is linked by neural pathways to the cerebrum. Delay in the development of these pathways is linked to learning problems such as dyslexia and dyspraxia.

Our easy-to-do, personalised exercises are designed to stimulate and develop the cerebellum, helping all kinds of people to become better learners.

Find out more about cerebellar developmental delay (CDD).

The Dore Programme

Dore is a unique breakthrough programme designed to improve learning, language, emotion and motor skills.

Dore offers people with conditions like ADHD, dyslexia and dyspraxia a completely drug-free treatment based around individual exercise programmes. These are specially tailored to each person’s needs, with the aim of stimulating the cerebellum – a part of the brain linked to learning.

The Dore programme is well-established both worldwide and around the UK, where our clients benefit from a nationwide network of treatment centres.

Find out how founder Wynford Dore’s experiences with his daughter Susie inspired him to set up the Dore programme.

Dyslexia

Generally, dyslexia is characterised by difficulties in:

• word recognition
• spelling
• reading comprehension
• oral language skills

Dyslexia can also include weaknesses in short term memory and motor skills. But being dyslexic doesn’t mean that person can’t read, nor does it mean that their intelligence is impaired – in fact, people who have dyslexia usually have normal or above normal IQs, and it’s the difference between skill level and intelligence that helps identify the disorder.

Dyspraxia

Dyspraxia, also called Developmental Coordination Disorder, affects the organisation of movement. People with dyspraxia find it difficult to carry out fine motor tasks, like brushing their teeth. Symptoms of dyspraxia may also include:

• poor balance and coordination
• clumsiness
• emotional and behavioural problems

Fine Motor Skills

Fine motor skills generally refer to the small movements of the hands, wrists, fingers, feet, toes, lips, and tongue.

Neurological

Having to do with the nerves or the nervous system.

Ocularmotor test

At their first appointment at Dore, clients are given a series of non-invasive, painless tests enabling us to assess several key functions directly related to people’s ability to learn. One of these is the ocularmotor test, or eye tracking test, which uses sensors to measure the movement of the eyes as they track a moving light.

The Dore programme’s unique approach rests on research that links learning problems with delay in the development of the cerebellum, the brain’s skills centre. The ocularmotor test helps us assess cerebellar functioning, as the cerebellum monitors the fine motor movements of the eye. The test is also linked to abilities like reading and copying from a board, as some eye movements are directly related to reading and writing.

Once the ocularmotor and other tests are completed, one of our experienced practitioners compiles a detailed report outlining a tailored programme of exercises for each client.

Posturography test

At their first appointment at Dore, clients are given a series of non-invasive, painless tests enabling us to assess several key functions directly related to people’s ability to learn. One of these is the posturography or balance test.

The Dore Programme’s unique approach rests on research that links learning problems with delay in the development of the cerebellum, the brain’s skills centre. The posturography test evaluates input from the main senses used by the cerebellum to control balance and movement.

Special equipment designed for the Dore programme is used to isolate input from the main sensory systems:

• the somatosensory system (in the form of feelings transmitted through the feet, joints and muscles
• the vestibular (balance) system
• the visual system

Using posturography tests allows us to see how a person’s cerebellar development is progressing.

Somatosensory

The Dore Programme’s unique approach rests on research that links learning problems with delay in the development of the cerebellum, the brain’s skills centre.

In the somatosensory system, the brain processes information from the muscles and joints to determine orientation and maintain balance. The cerebellum coordinates this information and fine tunes the motor responses to it.

The somatosensory exercises which form part of the Dore programme – like standing, feet on the floor, with the eyes closed – help to develop the cerebellum’s ability to process information from the somatosensory system.

Vestibular

The Dore Programme’s unique approach rests on research that links learning problems with delay in the development of the cerebellum, the brain’s skills centre.

The vestibular system, which is situated in the inner ear, controls our sense of movement and balance. If the cerebellum can’t process information from the vestibular system adequately, it will result in an incorrect response.

The vestibular exercises that form part of the Dore programme – like wobble boarding with the eyes closed – are designed to stimulate the vestibular system. This helps develop the cerebellum’s ability to process information.