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BACKGROUND INFORMATION. 61 children , diagnosed as dyslexic by educational psychologists, were given the Sunflower assessment (Sunflower Screen).
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BACKGROUND INFORMATION • 61 children, diagnosed as dyslexic by educational psychologists, were given the Sunflower assessment (Sunflower Screen). • Each child was designated to one of five Sunflower practitioners for treatment. Eachchild received five 40-minute treatment sessions and was then re-assessed. Normally seven appointments would be required. • 34 males and 27 females, between the ages of 6 and 13 years were treated. • None of them completed the Sunflower process for reasons of finance and time.
Treatment took place over an 8-12 week period. (Normally 4 - 9 months) • Some of them did not even start the nutritional phase. • Each child was treated in accordance with what was found. The data that is being presented here is based on that which was collected from each of the 61 children before the first treatment and after the fifth treatment session.
A child accompanied by his mother during a therapy session with a Sunflower practitioner
SUNFLOWER SCREENDiagnostic Sample of Sunflower Assessment Sheet Involving the Muscular-Skeletal (M/S), Neurological (NE) and Biological (Bio)
CLUSTER ANALYSIS Analysis of Clinical Data Showing Scores, Percentages of Theory and Standard Deviation (Data Abstracted from, 61 Sets of Results) (* p = 0.05)
CLUSTER ANALYSIS - SUMMARY Data Clusters & Percentage Improvements
AVERAGE BEFORE AND AFTER SCORESFOR GROUP OF 61 CHILDREN % After Before
SUMMARY OF NUTRITIONAL DATAGraph of total number of prescriptions used during Sunflower Therapy
CASE HISTORIES Case History 1- Aime Aime was first referred in August, 1999, at 9y6m, with difficulties in reading and spelling. Aime had always been highly articulate, but she was becoming frustrated and disappointed with her poor academic performance. Aime’s test results showed evidence of dyslexic learning difficulties with problems in sound processing, short term memory, sequencing, eye-hand co-ordination and speed of information processing. Aime took part in the Sunflower Research Project in 2001 and she was re-assessed in July, 2002 at 12y 5m. Test results showed a significant improvement in many of Amie’s abilities with an overall gain of 19 IQ points in her Performance IQ. Major improvements were found in the following areas: Eye-hand co-ordination 98th percentile Visual tracking 98th percentile Speed of information processing 98th percentile Spatial reasoning 63rd percentile
Such improvements mean that Aime is much more competent at tasks such as copying from the blackboard, taking notes from dictation and completing pieces of written work. Aime is now an avid reader with a reading age 19mths in advance of her age. Her SATS grades are much better and she is showing a flair for creative writing. Aime’s parents are delighted with the improvements they have seen. Almost immediately they noticed that her co-ordination skills improved. Aime is now the captain of her school netball team and is the goal scorer! She has developed an enthusiasm for riding and is thinking of making this her career.
Case History 2 - Georgina Georgina was first assessed in September 2000 at a Chronological Age of 8y 4m. She was experiencing difficulties with reading and spelling. Her development was normal in every other respect and her IQ was assesed as average. However, she had dyslexic learning difficulties including problems with sound processing, short term memory, sequencing and eye-hand co-ordination. During 2000-2001 Georgina took part in the Sunflower Research Project. She was reassessed in September 2003 at age 11y 4m. Georgina had made 3 years progress in reading over the three years since she was first assessed i.e.progress at the rate expected for her ability level where previously she was making very slow progress. She has progressed from the level of an absolute beginner to the level where she can read simple text confidently. Georgina’s parents report that she is now far more relaxed and less distressed concerning her academic progress. She is also socially much more confident. She has joined the Guides, takes dancing lessons and has become a keen member of the local Drama group.
Practitioners and their patients, 2002-2003 training group, Germany
CONCLUSIONS Although not all the improvements measured are significant (at p= 0.05) they have all improved. This gives added credence to the value of an integrated approach to help children with complex sets of problems The broad spread of the initial scores shows that it is more efficient to treat every child individually. Standard Deviation indicated by second score in virtually every case, suggests that individual treatment was consistently effective. As the children were treated by five different practitioners and showed similar improvements (though not all in the same areas), we can be confident that the improvements are associated with the Sunflower Therapy they received.
In some cases no nutritional therapy/treatment at all was given. Nonetheless, some of these children improved on their nutritional assessments. It seems that by first sorting out the major structural impairments the body is able to operate more efficiently, with less need for additional supplementation. • The German data indicates that the therapy works equally well regardless of the language spoken. • The savings that could be made by enabling children to be healthy, balanced and well, so that they can make the most of their opportunities to co-operate and contribute to their communities, could be immense.
Sunflower therapists attending an advanced course, November 2003
