Liebe Frau Warner, gern möchte ich nochmals rekapitulieren, was ...

Junge, 7Jahre, 1. Klasse,Zu Beginn der Behandlung fiel T. auf durch Schul- und Lernverweigerung, schlechte Auffassungsgabe,Konzentrationsmangel, Unfähigkeit lesen zu lernen, VerhaltensauffälligkeitTherapiebericht einer Mutter an die Schulbehörde Atlanta, Ga., USAMs. Kathy CoxState Superintendent of SchoolsGeorgia Department of Education2066 Twin Towers EastAtlanta, Georgia 30334-5001Dear Superintendent Cox,The early educational experience our children realize today will mold and shapetheir character for the future. Therefore, it is critical to provide our kids with thenecessary tools to learn how to learn and to enjoy this enlightening process. I amvery lucky to have had found such a tool, the Tomatis Therapy. The Tomatis therapyturned around 180 degrees the learning experience of my son F.F. is 7 years old and in the 1st grade. At the beginning of the school term, October2004, F.'s teacher called a parent- teacher conference. During this conference, F.'steacher expressed her concern that F. was simply not learning. He was not listening,could not follow the discussion and instruction in class and was on the way todeveloping a role as the class clown or trouble maker. I was shocked and alarmedand then proceeded to drag F. from therapist to therapist. However, no one couldneither address nor recognize a problem. But then, a friend of the family, a primaryschool teacher, asked if I had ever heard of the Tomatis Therapy. To make a Iongstory short, after a bit of research, which generated a lot of questions, I found acenter near Frankfurt. I brought F. for an analysis and evaluation. The appointmentwas interesting and the therapist Ms. Monika Warner made a comprehensiveassessment of F. Ms. Warner sketched-out the broad medical background of F. andbrought correlation to facts concerning F.'s auditory perception difficulty and hisinability to decipher, remember and reproduce written words. I was impressed,however, a bit sceptical. The process of the therapy was extremely intensive,considering I have 4 children, work, and not so much free time I was at firsthesitant; however, this was more important than anything.The therapy commenced. I was pleased F. never complained. He actually Iookedforward to every therapy session. And, as if "out of thin air", F. started to read! Itwas amazing, as if he had been waiting for the letters and words to make sense inhis brain! Now, after just a few months, F.'s performance in school has accelerated,he completes his homework and Iooks forward to going to school. This is not the