Magical cures for treating learning disabilities. (quackery)

MAGICAL CURES FOR TREATING LEARNING DISABILITIES

Larry B. Silver, MD, reviews the problem of learning disabilities and the vulnerability of parents to exploitation by promoters of magical cures. Dr. Silver first describes the generally accepted therapies of special education, medication (the psychostimulants), and psychological therapies. He then describes the controversial therapies by categories. Neurophysiological Retraining techniques include "patterning" which is the Doman-Delacato method; "Optometric Visual Training," which involves two different approaches advocated by separate …