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	The Raviv Method
	The Raviv Method was developed by Nili Raviv in Haifa, Israel who was curious as to why her son's dyslexia self-corrected after many years of trying every known method without any noticeable success. Her investigations ultimately led to the Raviv Method being developed. This is an holistic method which uses the cognitive function of the brain as a starting point. Developed from research by the team led by Dr Bennett Shaywitz and Dr Sally Shaywitz at Yale University in the USA, MRI brain scans were utilised to observe how the brain responds to instructions. Other research by Dr Deborah Sunbeck, an American psychologist, developed the infinity walk from the exercises commonly used in hospitals for those suffering from brain damage and strokes. For example, this is used in Great Ormond Street Hospital in London on brain damaged children with great success.		In addition, the Raviv Method consists of exercises to control breathing, and orientation to control the 'mind's eye', based on and developed from the programmes of Ron Davis and others. Recent research carried out by Dr Duncan Milne in New Zealand and Australia has confirmed the validity of overcoming dyslexia and other learning difficulties by looking at the whole person. The Ashridge Institute for Dyslexia takes all of this accumulated knowledge and works with the student on an individual basis over a 20-24 week period to put into place the ability to learn to learn by first overcoming dyslexia, dyscalculia, dysgraphia, and dyspraxia.