I was struggling to keep my son motivated at school. He had little to no interest in any of the subjects. His reading age was at 7.2 and he could not comprehend numbers. Due to problems at home and with his inability to keep up with school work, his self-esteem was very low and I thought it was a losing battle.

The SEN teacher recommended he try the Raviv Therapy as it was not an academic programme so I agreed thinking I would try whatever may help.

Usha observed my son's learning difficulties; poor eye tracking, and hand-eye coordination, though the school already knew about his handwriting problems. There were many aspects to deal with but she quickly built up a rapport with my son and started working on the problem areas. In the beginning, he was reluctant to participate but slowly he began to like the walking exercises. She gave him fun doodling exercises for his Dysgraphia and this is the area where we first started seeing improvements, followed by increased attention and good behaviour in class.

We noticed a marked change at around 10 weeks. It was inconceivable before this that my son would ever grasp the idea of adding up simple sums let alone do his times tables. He started on 10s and then 2s. I had tried previously to teach him to tell the time but with no joy but three weeks later he started understanding basic time-telling concepts armed with his 5 times tables!

Usha, gave specific instructions to me also about constantly injecting positive feedback for his efforts and keeping him motivated. He since has started football training and comes home beaming with smiles proud of the fact he can now score goals!

I am very pleased with the new-found confidence my son has gained and I am really proud when he voluntarily picks out books in the library and reads without being forced into it and finds a new love in books which I never thought possible. His maths has also improved tremendously and with practice he will be even better.

His reading age at the start of the programme was 7.2 years.
His reading age at the end of the programme was 8.5 years