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- W2078562142 abstract "1. Summary This paper is a response by the Sunflower Therapy to Leona Bull’s paper entitled, ‘‘Sunflower therapy for children with specific learning difficulties (dyslexia): a randomised, controlled trial’’, published in Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice (2007) 13, pp. 15–24. In her paper, Bull outlined the findings of her research study into the clinical and perceived effectiveness of the Sunflower Therapy in the treatment of childhood dyslexia. According to the results of test scores gained over a mean duration of 15.73 weeks, Bull found there to be no statistically significant improvements in cognitive or literacy test performance associated with the Sunflower treatment. The aim of the present rebuttal paper is to challenge Bull’s study on the following grounds: firstly, that in her paper, she failed to acknowledge particular aspects of the treatment fundamental to the therapy; secondly, that her conducting of particular tests was flawed; finally, that her paper omitted to take account of existing research studies verifying that dyslexic children do, indeed, suffer from a range of structural, biochemical and psychological imbalances. 2. Discussion Bull’s description of the intervention is inadequate: she describes the Sunflower Therapy as: ‘‘A treatment that combines nutritional supplementation, herbal remedies, homeopathy, acupressure, osteopathic manipulation, applied kinesiology and neuro-linguistic programming’’. 1 While these are important aspects of the therapy, Bull fails to include in her description the fundamental nature of the treatment, namely, its totally integrative and personalised approach to the treatment of children. The Sunflower Therapy is not merely a combination of alternative therapies. It is, instead, a course of treatment designed to approach each patient as a unique living being with a complexity of strengths and weaknesses that requires a personalised treatment plan. The therapy is based upon a fundamental understanding of the complex and delicate interrelationship of the structural, chemical, neurological, emotional and psychological aspects of the human being. Imbalance in any one of these aspects leads to imbalance in the system of the individual as a whole. As Bull herself points out, 1 dyslexia includes a wide range of symptoms including poor shortterm memory, speech disorders and poor motor control. The Sunflower Therapy regards these symptoms as indicators of imbalances within the dynamic system of the dyslexia sufferer, and recognises the need to restore balance to the whole system in order" @default.
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- W2078562142 title "Rebuttal paper to ‘Sunflower Therapy for children with specific learning difficulties (dyslexia): A randomised, controlled trial’" @default.
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