JEAN

I have been wanting to write to you to say a big, big, thank you and to convey my complete satisfaction with the audio-vocal sessions. Jean finally can write in his 3rd year of primary school. What happiness !! His writing suddenly changed on 20th September. His mistresses can’t believe it. I have enclosed an example of his writing (before the sessions) at the end of his 2nd year of primary school, text at the side, that the mistress had kindly photocopied so that I be informed of the important end of year instructions, and that Jean could not copy out owing to its length, and then a text of the same length ( after the sessions) – if not more – that Jean copied out wonderfully without faults or omissions. It is unimaginable !!!! but true. I am a fulfilled mother and I give your address to all the mothers that I meet who are having problems with their children.

Thanks to you, Jean starts his third year of primary school in good conditions. He has greater confidence in himself and does his schoolwork alone..

Thank you, thank you and above all please continue as what you do is really worth it.

TESTIMONY

Jean, my son is a lively, active child, interested in the activities proposed to him, taking his turn in conversation with ease, conversing naturally with an adult, sporty and possessing a high IQ.

As for his negative points, before the sessions at Le Vésinet, he was very nervous, agitated, not able to concentrate himself on anything, posessing very little memory – his homework lasted 1 1/2 hours in the evening, with no autonomy, done very quickly and poorly, carelessly – he wouldn’t read at all, couldn’t take up a game without the intervention of an adult, didn’t know how to be alone, wanted to be looked after permanently, and above all he wrote very badly.

Today he is relaxed, calm, serene, doing his homework without me having to be seated next to him, more autonomous, memorising his texts much more quickly, having greater self-confidence because he knows how to write, he is more structured, more careful, understands precise instructions and to my great joy finally takes up a book all alone in the evening before going to bed or in the morning. His writing changed completely, on one day, suddenly, the 20th September, without me having made him write during the two months’ Summer holidays. Before the audio-psycho-phonological sessions, Jean was unable to copy out a text without faults, without forgetting a letter or a word, and if the text was too long he was discouraged in advance and wrote out anything just so as to be rid of it as quickly as possible.

I did 12 days of audio-vocal sessions between 15th and 30th July 2002, 2 and 1/2 hours each day with, myself, the mother having to listen to the music as well at the same time as the child. I then, during the Summer holidays, made Jean read every day 20 minutes out loud speaking into his right hand. It is an exercise that Tomatis recommends and insists on, so as to continue to train the right ear. This exercise the mothers can do as well, it gives energy, positivity in the education. One must not do this exercise after 5pm in the evening as it can stop one going to sleep. I continue to ask Jean to read, out loud, in his right hand, whilst doing his homework and to learn his texts speaking into his right hand.

Tomatis wrote his books listening to Mozart, and speaking into his right hand. Do the same if you have a difficult letter to write, the ideas come more easily and you will write better.

Following this I did another week at the end of August 2002, still following a rhythm of 2 1/2 hours per day. The course is intensive.

I have put together this dossier, so as to help other mothers, and testify to this marvellous, so effective experience and to show that I am neither making up or exaggerating anything. Jean did not know how to write and he now knows. I can’t believe it myself. My son will finally have a year without running to see the many, different specialists required in such difficult circumstances and experience a reassuring schooling. Thank you Tomatis.

NB : 1999-2000 : 8 sessions of psychotherapy + 15 sessions of psychomotricity;

2000-2001 during his first year of primary school : 2 sessions per week of speech therapy for one year

2001-2002 during his second year of primary school : 2 sessions per week for one year of speech therapy + 8 sessions of kinesiology.

And at the end of his second year : audio-vocal sessions in the Centre at Le Vésinet