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It looks interesting. There are several programs out there that focus on either basic sensory practice, or seemingly simplistic left brain/right brain exercises, and for some kids they really do wonders. I know for my kids, a lot of times the knowledge or skill is in there, it's just a question of getting their brain to be able to access it at the right time, and that seems to be the case of the boy in the video. Somewhere in there he had all the pieces necessary for reading, he just couldn't reference them when needed. You teach that one referencing skill, and all of a sudden everything is opened up.
So the concept is definitely not unheard of, though I can't personally speak to the effectiveness of this particular program. In my various autism messageboard archives, I did find two posts of people saying they had good results from it, but they're both from a year ago and I don't know either of them myself. The one common thread for all these types of programs, though, is they have to be done fairly intensely to be effective--I think your website said 1 hour, three times a week. Both you and he have to be prepared to commit that time to it, or else it won't be worth it.
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