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A breakthrough for child
with special needs
Oro-Medonte & Severn
News September 1998 - 21
The first four years
of life for Amanda Powell of Hawkestone were very much a struggle.
Her motor skills were 18 months behind according to tests done at OSMH
in March 1998. This was very worrisome for her parents Tracy and
Ken, since similar tests done in January 1998 indicated there was a 10
month delay at that time. It seemed that as she was getting older,
and expectations increased, she was getting further behind. She was
not able to dress herself since she could not do up laces or zippers, even
doing up buttons was very difficult for her. Her speech was about
one year behind, and her muscle tone was so poor at times she had difficulty
breathing
Her parents were currently
involved in numerous different treatments for Amanda, including occupational
therapy, physiotherapy and hipotherapy, speech therapy, naturopathic treatments,
and chiropractic which were helping, but the real breakthrough was at the
end of March 1998.
Dr. Allen Turner has gained and international reputation for treating learning disabilities,
dyslexia and attention deficit disorders.
Dr. Turner has worked
with thousands of patients and has pioneered several innovative drug free
methods that improved the capabilities of children with learning disabilities.
Dr. Turner’s methods have been featured on numerous television programs
including the CTV National News, Canada AM and Heartbeat News. He
had also appeared on Dini Petty and City Line shows.
By April when Amanda
was able to ride a bike with training wheels by herself without falling
off (two weeks prior she had trouble going 3 ft. on a tricycle) and
was able to stand up on kids' rollerskates. Her speech had improved so
dramatically that everyone was able to understand her much easier.
In July during her speech assessment she scored 98 out of 100 in language
and the speech therapist was quite impressed with the changes in her.
Her score was exactly where someone at her age should be.
Amanda's parents credit her
remarkable turnaround to the treatments she received at Dr. Turner’s office.
Dr. Allen Turner has taken many post graduate courses in neurology, cranial
therapy, and nutrition, and has applied this knowledge to treating different
types of disabilities ranging from dyslexia and developmental delays to
seizures and autism. The results have been so successful that patients
have come from all over Canada, United States and abroad to have treatments.
When asked about the
changes in Amanda, her mother stated the changes are phenomenal. The changes
with Amanda were seen almost overnight and she continues to improve all
the time. Everyone that knows her well is always commenting on the improvement
they see in her. It’s like a ‘light’ was turned on, the signal is there
now. She also commented that Dr. Turner does workshops
frequently on Learning Disabilities and that going to listen to him speak
when Amanda first started treatment really helped understand why this type
of treatment in conjunction with other therapies would work.
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