ALCVadmin, Author at Alison Lawson Centre Victoria

Word of Mouth

ALCVadmin — Mon, 14 Dec 2015 22:51:24 +0000

Most of our clients come to us as referrals through word of mouth. We have had some feed back from clients that being able to make contact with other previous clients to discuss what they had experienced before , during and after the program would have been of assistance, especially in the difficult decision make stage about the programs suitability.

We have some very generous previous clients that have given us permission to broker such one on one exchanges, Some may be limited to just email and some by phone, Please contact us if you feel this will help you, We will also match your child’s age and sex to that of the previous client.

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Location Visits

ALCVadmin — Mon, 14 Dec 2015 22:26:28 +0000

We will be visiting Northern Tasmania (Devenport) in the first half of February 2016. Some limited space may be available for initial assessments.

Visits covering South Australia, Tasmainia or country Victoria can also be arranged for group bookings as required.

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ALCVadmin — Thu, 03 Dec 2015 01:29:19 +0000

I think the program is AWESOME and It has transformed my son’s life. He has grown in ability and confidence in an incredibly short space of time. My son, aged 10, was experiencing significant issues in school. Although in grade 4 his reading, spelling and comprehension were at grade 2 level. He found it hard to learn, yet he had developed some great coping strategies in the classroom and often flew under the radar. We had tried strategies at home to help him, but it provided to be very difficult. He hated reading or any type of written work. Verbally articulate and a clever kid, he was increasingly falling behind his peers. This made him feel “stupid” and he would give up really easily. The turning point for us was his teacher calling me into school and saying that he hadn’t got a score on the testing (He needed a score of 100 to land somewhere on the cart – but his score was below this). His teacher had seen a previous pupil benefit from the program and suggested we try it. We were unsure at the start. The concept seemed strange. We had tried other things, why would this be any different? But, we thought we had nothing to lose…. lets give it a go. That was 4 months ago. Our son is a changed boy! He just took the same test and scored in the high 300’s! He is almost at grade 4 level for his reading, spelling and writing!! He reads to me every single day, and now he is picking up a book himself, by choice and reading! I can hear him laughing and enjoying himself. Just this week he had a spelling test and scored 19 out of 20! He was so thrilled, and so were we. The program is different, it is “out there”. It required dedication, a lot of disciple, homework and a big commitment from parents. The key for us was keeping going after the program had finished and going back to the start with words, spellings etc to help him catch up! The end result is a happy boy, who likes school, who is confident, proud of himself and who is almost on a par with his peers. It was the best decision we ever made, and i would highly highly highly recommend the program to other parents and their kids.

Karenza

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ALCVadmin — Mon, 30 Nov 2015 01:28:10 +0000

Zaks tutor noticed a big difference in his reading and comprehension. His confidence in this area has grown a lot.

Christine

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ALCVadmin — Wed, 25 Nov 2015 01:25:16 +0000

My 8year old had Dyslexia & after receiving the treatments at the Alison Lawson Centre he can now read & write beautifully. He really enjoys going to school now because he understands & remembers what he reads. He’s doing really well with catching up with his peers & he no longer feels like he’s being left out. His confidence has improved immensely & he loves to read chapter books because now they make sense when he reads the stories. He is able to put together expressive & creative stories when writing. His whole world has changed & everything makes sense because he can understand everything he is reading & he is able to communicate it through his writing. Thank you so much to Kirsty, Pip & all the staff at the Alison Lawson Centre in Croydon, Victoria xxx

Dita

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ALCVadmin — Mon, 27 Jul 2015 02:17:47 +0000

You have changed my daughters life- I am so grateful for the assistance from the Alison Lawson Centre I am continually talking to parents and sharing our story. Could not recommend it more highly. You have changed the lives of 2 of my daughters and my husband. Thank you

Kerry

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ALCVadmin — Tue, 31 Mar 2015 03:00:25 +0000

Thank you just doesn’t seem enough! My 11 year old son’s life has chaned for the better. He is happier, more confident and is improving at school. He has tutoring to fill in the gaps in his learning and his reading is improving all the time! It seems he now has the capacity to retain…

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ALCVadmin — Thu, 23 Oct 2014 02:58:57 +0000

I thoroughly recommend this treatment and we cannot believe how lucky we were to stumble across something so amazing. Why this is not available to every child that is struggling is a travesty. We have seen some amazing changes with Lachlan. Whilst we still have a long way to go with Lachlan filling in the gaps he has missed over 5 years of Primary School there is no doubt that his handwriting and spelling has improved dramatically and his ability to re learn and retain his time tables has been amazing. Lachlan’s grades were horrible at school and I was getting more and more concerned every day about this but I seemed to be the only person worrying. He was just classed as a slow learner but I knew differently. His vocabulary for a boy his age was amazing and his knowledge about the world around him was astounding but when it came to writing and spelling and maths, forget it. He was classed as an independent reader at school but he did use to substitute words a lot and it wasn’t until I went to the Alison Lawson Centre to have him evaluated that I found out the reason why this was happening. Going back, at first I thought school was just too boring for him but when I first went to this website to do the questionare and started answering yes to a lot of the symptoms for visual dyslexia a light bulb just went off and I knew this was his problem. So all I can say is always trust your mummy instincts, they are usually right and don’t let others talk you out of it thinking they know better. Nobody nows your child like you do. The staff at the centre are just lovely, caring and patient people and Lachlan really enjoyed going there even though the eye exercises and homework got overwhelming at times. You have to remember that it is only for a very short period and even he see’s that now it was well worth it. Thank you, thank you, thank you form the bottom of our hearts xxx

Simone

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ALCVadmin — Tue, 29 Jul 2014 03:56:30 +0000

My son Kaeden found it to be a wonderful experience as he was able to understand that he wasn’t dumb as he would put it, but that he was born with this condition and it could be helped. He was told that many other people have Dyslexia and are still very successful in life, like Tom Cruise and Richard Branson and they are multi millionaires, Kaeden was very excited as he realised that if they could be so successful and Dyslexia didn’t hold them back then it didn’t have to hold Kaeden back. Kaeden has gained more confidence in himself, his reading has slowly improved, his reading comprehension has improved his spelling and memory have slowly improved. Kaeden loved coming twice a week and was dissapointed when the sessions finished as he loved working with all the girls. Kaeden did find at times it difficult to do all the eye excercises but he did realise that they were going to help him in the long run and he kept persisting. Kaeden still struggles but things are slowly getting easier. It is hard to make up for lost time but hopefully with the help he has received from the clinic and the help we continually give him things will only keep getting easier for my son.

Melanie

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ALCVadmin — Tue, 29 Jul 2014 03:55:02 +0000

Will is discovering great success with the support of ALCV, his school, teacher, tutors and family – without all of these he would not have been able to achieve some magnificent milestones recently including a 12 month catch up in maths in only 4 months, scoring 100% on spelling tests and being able to be a valued member of his new footy club. We are thrilled with his progress, especially after many years of what felt like poking around in the dark, throwing money, time and energy at treatments that made temporary or no difference. Each day we can see his confidence grow and we hold hope for bright future of his choice.

Toni

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