We wanted to thank you again so much for the wonderful results our son has had from the DLS listening therapy. As you may recall, when he first came to the center, he had been experiencing a great deal of trouble both in school and outside it due to over-stimulation, dyslexia, inattentiveness, obessive-compulsive fixations, appropriate emotional/behavioral responses, and social difficulties.

We really appreciate how tremendously helpful, supportive, responsive and caring you and your staff were throughout the therapy process. And the results were great! Our son now has a much easier time reading, socializing, paying attention in school, modulating his emotions and behavior, and transitioning from one activity to another. We saw marked improvement in ALL of the areas of concern, plus a big change in his self-esteem. Everything just became easier: no more battles over getting dressed or going to school, tantrums in general have become rare, and watching the ease with which he socializes now is just a joy for us.

Thank you, thank you, for the wonderful gift you have given us: our son, at ease with himself and in the world!

Sincerely,
P. A. McCarthy

Four years ago I began using EEG/Neurofeedback with my special needs students. They made steady progress, overcame vulnerabilities to seizures, became more focused, gained flexibility in their thought processes, and became more self controlled, but it took many sessions. Some were carried over to an additional school year to make the kind of gains necessary to succeed in school. Even with the length of time it took, EEG has great merit and is an educational intervention I will continue to use.

This year DLS was added to our program and I saw gains that amazed me. In a fraction of the time EEG took to affect minimal change, DLS has enabled students to perform in a classroom setting, negate the need to have one on one instruction, loose a severe case of dyslexia and surprise a physician with a significant reduction of medication. The gains were more significant, deeper and much faster than I had experienced with EEG. I will use DLS as my primary intervention tool from this point forward.

Roberta VanHouten, R.N.
Neurodevelopmental Program
Hope Charter School
Winter Garden, Florida

When I read about Tomatis’ work and the development of his approach into a combination of Listening Therapy and Sensory Integration Work, I hoped it would help our autistic son, especially his ability to speak.

Anders now has better eye-contact with people outside the family, he tolerates crowds and noisy situations much better. His level of curiosity and ability to stay focused with a task has risen noticeably. He is very social and his need to retreat has decreased. And, he is more open to use words in his communication.

Not every therapy instills growths in every child. However, I wish that as many autistic children as possible could experience the DLS/Sensory Processing approach as offered in the supportive and friendly atmosphere of the STAR Center.

Angela Mattsen

When our son Joseph was diagnosed with Autism, we were crushed. Without losing a moment, we researched the web and found many resources for ourselves and for our son. After employing numerous solutions from nutritional supplements to dietary restrictions to neurological retraining
exercises to behavioral modifications, we stumbled onto DLS. After Joseph’s first intensive, his receptive language increased dramatically as did the quality and quantity of his vocalizations. By his third booster, words started to pop out, his eye contact was perfect and he was now a listener!

The DLS has been nothing short of miraculous for our family. It has returned our son to us and given him the ability to achieve his full human potential.

S.R. Danton

Our daughter Annie, age 9, was slow to develop and had learning problems from the beginning. She had always been in Special Ed, but thought we should try listening therapy as we had personal friends suggesting it.

After just one month of sessions, we started noticing Annie’s changes. Her eye contact improved, she seemed to be more “with it” and her mood was generally improved. We thought it might just be temporary and were afraid to believe our hopes. In time we saw significant improvement in articulation, communication (both verbal and non-verbal), and balance and coordination. She has shown great progress in balance and rhythm. Over a year has passed since she completed the program and all of these changes have remained in place.

This has changed our daughter’s life, and ours as well.

Sincerely,
Josh and Tammy Kauer

To Whom It May Concern:

I first heard about listening therapy in an interview with Dr. Minson on N.P.R. Radio. The program sounded intriguing, and by this time we were becoming more and more concerned for our son. He was having a really hard time in school, barely making any progress even in his highly modified special education classes.

Conversations with our Fabian were either one way or non-existent. If we asked him a question, he would instead answer with a statement about dinosaurs, or whatever his current passionate interest was. Attempts to have back and forth conversations were never successful. He always played quietly by himself, engrossed in his artwork, Legos, movies or video games. He never chose to play with his siblings or the neighborhood children.

Fabian was in the fourth grade when I heard about DLS listening therapy. The first month or so of treatment was really difficult for us. Squeezing frequent appointments into a large family’s busy schedule was really hard on everyone. And not seeing any immediate results made us ask each other over and over if we had wasted our scarce money. But then one day something happened. My son had a conversation with me! A real back and forth conversation! I was afraid to hope that we had made a breakthrough, but it began happening more and more. He had conversations with his father. He started talking and playing with his sisters. He started making friends, and having regular kid conversations with them, complete with laughter and bathroom jokes. It was like finally meeting our son after 12 years. We had always loved him, but now we could actually find out what was going on in his mind, and interact together like a family.

I am a born skeptic, and only agreed to give DLS listening therapy a try out of a mother’s pure desperation to help her child. Our expectations were greatly exceeded. We highly recommend this program, and have not hesitated to recommend it to other families we have met with similar needs.

Thank you.
Kim Avila
Salvador Avila-Ayala
Fabian Avila

To Whom It May Concern:

I am an adult with ADD. I have spent a lifetime fighting an uphill battle with my learning disability and clinical depression. ADD caused me to feel deficient academically and professionally. Every aspect of my life was met with a sense of failure. My performance in the workplace was greatly affected and I was unable to maintain long-term employment. Lack of self-confidence kept me in a constant state of depression. I had difficulty with relationships both personally and professionally.

I underwent DLS therapy with the hopes of finding a way to alleviate my internal pain. Through the center’s listening and visual techniques I learned effective listening, enhanced my artistic abilities, and developed a constructive perspective and approach to my profession and education. The positive results I received are invaluable. My confidence increased significantly. I now approach life with the belief that I can not only succeed and excel but also overcome challenges that for so long held me back.

I work at an alternative high school with teens who confront obstacles very similar to mine and I have suggested DLS therapy to their parents.

Sincerely,
Ruby Miyasato-Simmons
School Counselor