Is The Dore Programme Effective?
The effectiveness of the Dore Programme is disputed. The first study to evaluate the effectiveness of the Dore programme was published in Dyslexia in 2003, which reported improvements in writing, reading, and comprehension of 35 school-aged students at Balsall Common School in Warwickshire, UK on standardised testing. Most of the study participants did not have any diagnosed learning difficulties: six had dyslexia, two had dyspraxia and one had ADHD. Some of the remainder were identified as 'at risk' on the basis of the Dyslexia Screening Test, but the majority of children did not have severe difficulties. A follow-up to this study was published in Dyslexia in 2006, and, upon reevaluating the students, the authors report significant improvements in writing, reading, and comprehension, as well as ADHD attention skills. However, neither study met stringent criteria for a randomised controlled trial and results looked much less impressive when the intervention group was compared with controls, who also improved.
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