![]() ![]() a control group of typically developing children.a control group of children with learning disabilities receiving other intervention.an intervention group receiving the Arrowsmith program.The stated aim was to recruit 90 children, across: We will take a look at the report, but firstly, while still recruiting for the study, lead researcher Dr Lara Boyd, a stroke researcher from The University of British Columbia, released a study update in April 2016. Modern cognitive or neuropsychological theory would also beg to differ.īut fear not, over 30 years since its invention, the author will now claim to have published peer-reviewed evidence. Importantly no empirical work has been conducted to link these exercises to the areas of learning dysfunction she identified. Are you seeing any red flags yet?Īnd if those red flags aren’t waving for you now, please consider that students in the Arrowsmith program typically attend for 40 weeks over three-to-four years and complete at least 200 sessions per year, at a cost up to $24,000 annually. How are these 19 areas identified? Well, by a series of tests invented by the program’s creator. The Arrowsmith program consists of a number of so-called ‘cognitive exercises’, developed by Arrowsmith-Young, which supposedly correspond to 19 areas of learning dysfunction. ![]() Former Dyslexia SA Executive Member and current Director, Code REaD Dyslexia Network, Sandra Tidswell, asked this question: “Where is the published peer reviewed evidence that the Arrowsmith program works?” to controversial business promoter, Barbara Arrowsmith-Young.īarbara Arrowsmith-Young is again touring Australia. Arrowsmith Program: What has changed? Not an awful lot.Īlmost three years ago to the day, we asked such an important question on ABC Adelaide that it sparked a Media Watch segment. ![]()
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