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We were delighted at Cellfield Reading Matters Scunthorpe to be featured in the Scunthorpe Telegraph Newspaper today on 11th October 2012. We were also featured today on Radio Humberside. We are the first Cellfield centre in England to offer the Cellfield Intervention Programme which has shown amazing results in the rest of the world and in Scotland since being introduced in Stirling by Fiona Macdiarmid in 2010.

Cellfield Reading Matters Scunthorpe

Conventional dyslexia programs have not been successful in establishing its causes. Brain imaging has removed much of the controversy, but not how best to address the multiple causes.

Cellfield uses brain imaging, brain plasticity and computer science to do what others can’t – rewire the brain in just two weeks.

The result? Two years average phonological gain in two weeks. One year average comprehension gain in two weeks. We have research data to prove its effectiveness in overcoming dyslexia and amazing results in Scotland and also in our students since August to back up these findings.

Our UK website is currently under construction and will be published soon but in the meantime, please visit the main Cellfield website at www.cellfield.com for information on the Cellfield Intervention Programme.

If you would like to find out more, please contact Clare Powell on 01724 853935.

SQA Reflective Writing Essay

I can’t explain that feeling I had that day, travelling up in the car to Stirling. All I could see in my head was a big question mark, that before it read “Am I DYSLEXIC?” a question that has been in my head for many years and no-one had been able to give me the answer but that was all going to change today!

All through my school years I knew myself something just wasn’t right, I would be behind others in my work and no matter how hard I would try to focus I would often have to ask the teacher to repeat the question again. I had endless English tutors and I will always remember one of them telling my mum I might be dyslexic. As a young child I had no clue what it was and I thought something was wrong with me. I was scared as no-one had really explained it to me. No other child I knew had this thing called dyslexia; was I not normal? , was I stupid? All these questions in my head with no one to answer them. I will never forget the day I asked my teacher to spell CD, I know it sounds crazy but I had no idea. I felt the whole class turn around and stare at the primary 5 girl who just asked how to spell the easiest word in the dictionary. I wanted the ground to open and swallow me up!

Things improved for me in secondary school, I felt more at ease, I felt like the uncertainty had gone and I was coping better. When my results of my standard grades came through I could have not been happier, they were amazing, I was so proud of myself and so was everyone around me. I thought I had cured myself of dyslexia and nothing could hold me back. When I started my Highers I could feel myself getting lost in the lesson and not being able to write quick enough. There was something still holding me back. I had always never really wanted to know If I was dyslexic or not but I felt I was at an age where those question floating in my head had to be answered.

As I sat in the back of the car thinking about all these moments, I knew it wouldn’t be a shock to me if I was dyslexic.  I walked into the centre; I felt numb as I felt as though I was just going through the motions. I was welcomed by a lovely lady called Fiona, who assured me that I wasn’t too worry and just to be myself. She asked me to do various exercises; spelling, reading and an exercise where you had to fill in the blanks. I felt as though I had gone back in time and I was sitting in my primary 5 class doing a spelling test and getting frustrated at myself, as I couldn’t string any words together. The girl who reads with no fluency was definitely not who I thought I was as I can talk for Britain. It was like there was this huge brick wall of words in my way stopping my fluency when I read.

After my test Fiona discussed the results with me and my parents and told us that I had a mild form of Dyslexia and that I had a reading age of a 9 year old. She explained the mechanics behind dyslexia, something that nobody had done before and told me that I process information differently to others and it was nothing to do with intelligence. This changed my view on Dyslexia as I thought it meant you were stupid and couldn’t spell or read, when in fact I couldn’t have been more wrong. It took me a while to realise that it was me who was dyslexic, I had pushed it aside for years I had put it in a file that I thought I would never have to open again.

Now there were even more questions in my head and now I had the answers to them it all came down to one word DYSLEXIA. I had been up for hours that night thinking; did I wish I knew I was dyslexic when I was going through primary? That way I wouldn’t have thought I was stupid. Or am I grateful that I didn’t know and have become the determined young lady I am today?   This one word brought up so many emotions and feelings I never thought I had. The missing piece of the puzzle had been found.

The centre in Stirling was one of the best places for me and a place where I felt safe and could be honest with how I felt. They helped bring back my confidence with reading and writing and they told me I could do anything I put my mind to. They were the first people I really felt understood me and my extra needs and I never once felt embarrassed or stressed when I couldn’t do something. They came into my life at the right time.

Hannah

]]> http://cellfieldscotland.wordpress.com/2012/10/09/hannahs-story-about-dyslexia-and-cellfield-intervention-part-one/feed/ 2 cellfieldscotland hanna cellfield CellField Reading Matters Scotland http://cellfieldscotland.wordpress.com/2012/10/09/treating-dyslexia-in-the-uk-new-cellfield-centres-open-in-scotland-and-england/ http://cellfieldscotland.wordpress.com/2012/10/09/treating-dyslexia-in-the-uk-new-cellfield-centres-open-in-scotland-and-england/#comments Tue, 09 Oct 2012 18:40:57 +0000 cellfieldscotland http://cellfieldscotland.wordpress.com/?p=221 Continue reading →]]> Two new Cellfield Centres in the UK

Having treated over 100 clients since opening in 2009, the Stirling Cellfield Centre is delighted that two additional centres are now open to offer the unique Cellfield treatment, an innovative and effective treatment for dyslexia and other reading disorders.

The new centres are in Glasgow and South Yorkshire:

Clare Powell runs Cellfield Reading Matters (South Yorkshire) which is based in the Kip McGrath Education Centre in Scunthorpe.

Cellfield Reading Matters (South Yorkshire)
Kip McGrath Education Centre
98-100 Oswald Road
SCUNTHORPE
DN15 7PA

email:clarepowell2004@yahoo.co.uk
phone: 01724 853935 or 07753 958515

Kirstie Price runs Cellfield Reading Matters (Glasgow North & West) and it is based in the Kip McGrath Education Centre in Milngavie.

Cellfield Reading Matters (Glasgow North & West)
Kip McGrath Education Centre
Milngavie Enterprise Centre
Ellangowan Court
MILNGAVIE
G62 8PH
email: kirstieprice@yahoo.com
phone: 0141 955 2141 & 07766 315225

Cellfield Reading Matters (Scotland) Ltd is based in Stirling and run by Fiona Macdiarmid, who brought Cellfield to the UK after undergoing training in New Zealand.  She has run the Stirling Cellfield Centre since 2009 and the Kip McGrath Education Centre since 2003.

Hannah is a very bright and intelligent teenager and has worked very hard at school to gain the best possible education.  She realised that something was not quite right and that it took her longer than others to process and remember information, recognise the meaning of words and, when writing, would often leave large chunks of text out.

Having been frustrated in talks with her teachers about this and with no specific diagnosis of Dyslexia, Hannah and her mum turned to Cellfield for help.  Hannah completed the Cellfield Intervention Programme in 2012 and it has turned her life around.

She has kindly recorded a video about her experience at Cellfield and is so enthusiastic about her new skills, she is looking forward to entering 6th year and going on to University.  Among other careers, she is considering Educational Psychology as she is keen to work with other children who have had the same experiences as herself.

Watch This Space!

Very exciting news is that Hannah has volunteered to publish a series of blog articles on this site about her experiences with Dyslexia to offer support to other teenagers who are going through the same doubts and difficulties.  If any teenager would like to ask Hannah a question, they will be able to do so in the open forum but can also contact Hannah in private via a contact form.

Hannah is now writing her first article and over the coming weeks will be adding new installments so if you know a teenager that may benefit from Hannah’s insight, then please subscribe to our blogsite to automatically receive updates.

Meet Hannah

Andrew thoroughly enjoyed participating in the Cellfield Intervention programme.  He looked forward to attending each of the sessions and immediately started work after arriving at the tuition centre.  His motivation and concentration levels were incredible.

Within days of completing the programme, Andrew had read his first book from cover to cover and couldn’t wat to start another story.  His reading fluency and word recognition have increased noticeably.  His ability to work out unknown words has also improved.  As a result, his confidence and self-esteem have grown and he is concentrating better.

Cellfield has made a real difference to Andrew.  I am so thrilled that he can now pick up a book or comic with confidence and know that it is possible to enjoy reading it.  This is an intervention that I whole-heartedly recomment to parents/guardians of children with dyslexia and other reading difficulties.  This is quite literally a llife-changing intervention.

Caroline Curley

Lorraine McNie

When I think back 3 months to where I am today I would never have thought I would finish one book never mind be onto my third.

I first noticed the difference with attending Cellfield at work.  It has given me more confidence as far as writing up quotes for insurance purposes etc and overall in general I am a more confident person.

The fact I can sit and read a book that I really enjoy and when finished gives me great satisfaction is fantastic.  I can actually take a book on holiday with me next year and be like everyone else and sit by the pool and read.  It has encouraged me so much I am thinking of joining the library.

If it hadn’t been for Fiona at Cellfield and this programme being available I would not have had the confidence to achieve any of this.

Lorraine McNee (September 2009)

Siobhan

I am a 14 year old dyslexic and I have just started my Standard grade courses.  I did Cellfield during the summer and I think that it has helped in several different ways.  Now I can read things on TV accurately, I can read in the car (I don’t know how long for) and I couldn’t do that for more than a minute before, I can read my book and it is not so much of a chore anymore.  It is now interesting and does not require will power to read a page a night – actually reading just one page takes willpower because I want to read two and three and so on until I have to stop and do something else.

Siobhan (Agust 2009)

Jo (aged 19)

Cellfield has been a relief to say the least as I have finally broken through the reading barrier and the frustration prior to the course.

The things I have noticed the most is my call back memory and now enjoyment in reading (understanding).

Great Environment in which to undertake it and all very supportive.

Jo (August 2011)

Comment from Jo’s parents:

A massive thank you from both of us.  Jo is a transformed man and is so excited by the prospect of doing a ‘little’ catching up on his reading.  It may not have a dramatic impact on his A levels but I hae no doubt that it will on his degree.

Thank you for all your help for getting my confidence up in reading and writing and spelling.

I feel great after all the help you gave to me.

Thank you from Ruairidh.

Response from Ruairidh’s Parents:

Dear Fiona

Sorry I have taken so long to put pen to paper.  I have found the past few months very emotional.  I am so glad we found Cellfield.  The change in Ruairidh is fantastic.  We went into Cellfield with open minds and were not disappointed.

Ruairidh is now more confident and happy, something you can’t put a price on!  One week after finishing Cellfield, Ruairidh came downstairs to tell us he had finished reading his book on his own and that for the first time he actually understood the story!  I will never forget this moment as it made all of us feel so proud!

Ruairidh will now happily pick up a book, magazine or newspaper, something he would never do before as reading was so difficult.  We are so pleased with Ruairidh’s continuing success.  I can’t thank you and Wendy enough for your kindness towards all of us.  You made us feel very welcome.

You believed in Ruairidh which in turn made him feel very important.

Thank You

Kenneth and Lorna.

My name is Stephanie and I am 32 years old and have recently completed the Cellfield programme.  I’d like to give you a little bit of my background.  Before I went to Cellfield, my confidence was very low, I had never read a book from cover to cover, apart from the one I had to read for my English Higher which I found extremely hard to do as I could never remember the sentence I had just read.  There were also times in my life at school I never answered any class questions as I have always thought my answers were wrong.  When people would say things to me I took it differently to what they actually meant which would sometimes lead to arguments.  I always joked I had short term memory loss as I could never remember what someone had just said to me.  I just put everything down to me being unintelligent, low self esteem and generally felling stupid.

I then went to see my Reflexologist and we were chatting about books and when I mentioned I don’t read books and explained why she said it sounded like I was dyslexic,  she passed on details of Cellfield.

I went along for preliminary consultation to establish if I showed any signs of dyslexia.  The results concluded that I was a high risk case for dyslexia.  Fiona then gave me details of an Educational Psychologist.  I contacted him and went along for an examination which confirmed I was dyslexic.  Other then the fact I could spell, I also had dyscalculia and short term auditory processing problems.

I then followed the Cellfield programme and since then my confidence has improved.  I read 1 book within 3 weeks and I am now halfway through “The Da Vinci Code”.  I find reading so exciting now and I have booked myself into 2 graphic design courses to help further my career.

Stephanie.

Dear Fiona

I would like to thank you and everyone who has helped me for introducing me to Cellfield.  It was a long two weeks but it was worth it.  For the first time, I picked up a book and actually enjoyed it and understood it.  Also, the ten week follow up was a great help and I thoroughly enjoyed it.  I saw improvement in me as a person and my confidence in reading.

Everbody was so kind and helpful and I met some lovely people along the way.  It’s been a great experience for me and I would just like to say thank you and I’m sure this isn’t good-bye.

Skye Bending

Response from Skye’s Parents:

Dear Fiona

A little bit late!  Just the same written with the heartfelt gratitude to you and your staff for helping Skye to enjoy, understand and appreciate her capabilities and possibilities for the future.

Cellfield, I would recommend to anyone who experienced the same problems we did with Skye’s mainstream education!

Skye has come on leaps and bounds and we are more relaxed and positive about her future learning.

The kindest regards

The Bendings

When I was 15, it really hit me that I was struggling and falling behind at school.  I found it really hard to sit in class and actually take in what the teachers were saying.  I find it hard to concentrate for a long time or even if I read a short paragraph.  By the end, I would not have a clue what it was about and would have to read it over several times.

My parents and I were beginning to be more aware of how hard I was finding school.  When I was 11 I had been told that I was not dyslexic.  So not having a valid reason as to why I was struggling, my confidence was really low.  However, I always tried my best even if it didn’t come across that way.  Teachers just thought I couldn’t be bothered and that I was not putting in any effort.  I was always the lowest in my class and when everyone else would be getting say 80% in tests I would be down in the 30% area.

So my mum did something about it and got in touch with Kip McGrath Education Centres (Fiona) and arranged an appointment for me to be assessed.  I was showing signs of being dyslexic.  It turned out that I have dyslexia, dyscalcula (problems with numbers) and also auditory processing.  It felt great to finally get answers, however I wish I found out before I was 15 years old, not too long before my Standard Grade exams.

Fiona told my mum about the Cellfield programme and thought that I would really benefit from it.  My parents looked into it more and thought it would really help me.  It was a programme that would take 1 hour a day over 10 days, but if 10 days was going to help me then I was up for it!  It was hard, tiring, fun but overall an experience that has truly helped me lots. After I had finished Cellfield I then took up tutoring sessions with Kip McGrath for Maths and English.  We managed to cram a lot in in such a little time.  I came twice a week for several months.  If I had a chance to do more I would have not thought twice about it as my exams were just around the corner.

I am pleased to say that I passed all of my exams and am very proud of my results.  I truthfully do not think I would have got those grades if it was not for Cellfield and Kip McGrath tutoring.  I would just like to thank Fiona and the team for all the help and time they have put in.  Thank You.

Lucy Gee

Response from Cellfield Scotland

Lucy was 16 when she wrote this testimonial.  She is now 17 and has just passed an HNC in Hospitality at Perth College.  Lucy also now works on a part time basis in our centre in an administrative capacity and is a trusted member of our team showing great initiative and a high attention to detail.  I take great pride in watching Lucy’s progress and am sure she will be a success in whatever career she chooses in the future.  The difference in Lucy’s academic achievements from my initial assessment two years ago is amazing.