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49381 Media Response 1 Learning Rx’s founder, **Dr. Ken Gibson **
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 * Learning Rx Scientific Advisory Board: **
 * Beth Perry Ardell, MPT **

Beth has a Master of Physical Therapy Degree and a B.S.Ed. in Exercise Science.
 * Dr. Margie S. Bell, Ed. D. **

Margie's education includes an Ed. D. in Educational Leadership, a M. Ed. in Administration and Supervision, and a B.S. in English/Education.
 * Terri Clark **

Terri has a Master's in Education specializing in Autism Spectrum Disorder.
 * Dr. Martin Eaton **

A Licensed Clinical Psychologist since 1998, Martin founded Be A Success, Inc. (a company committed to training teachers, students and parents to become self-regulated learners) and Well Street Psychological, Inc. (a psychological and educational business).
 * Dr. Jody Jedlicka **

Jody has a Master's of Science degree and her Doctor of Audiology.
 * Dr. Liz Knowles, Ed.D **

Liz, the LearningRx center owner/director in Boca Raton, Florida, has an undergraduate degree in Elementary Education, a Master's in Reading Education and a Doctorate in Curriculum Development and Systemic Change.
 * Susanne Buoniconti McDaniel, DPT **

Susie received her Doctor of Physical Therapy Degree in 2003 and her Master of Physical Therapy Degree in 1993, both from Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta, Georgia.
 * Connie Nadler, CCC-A, SLP **

Connie is the director of LearningRx in Madison, Wisconsin.
 * Pouneh Roney **

Pouneh has a Master's degree in Chemical Engineering from Imperial College, London and trained as a Secondary (High School) Mathematics and Science teacher at University of Gloucestershire.
 * Christina Sevilla, MS, OTR **

Christina is an occupational therapist specializing in Sensory Processing Disorder/ Sensory integration, auditory processing and childhood development.
 * Donesa Walker, M. Ed +30 **

Donesa has B.A. in Elementary Education/Early Childhood Education, a M.Ed. in Educational Administration and a M.Ed. in Reading Specialities. She is the owner/director of two LearningRx centers in Louisiana - Shreveport andBossier City.
 * Deana Wildish, Ed.S., NCSP **

Deana Wildish is co-owner/co-director of the LearningRx center in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. She has a B.S. degree in Elementary Education, a M.A. degree in Psychology, an Ed.S. degree in School Psychology and Curriculum & Instruction, a Tennessee State Department of Education license in Administration & Supervision and is a Nationally Certified School Psychologist. scientific research on learning rx learning rx and their claims cognitive training learning rx ken gibson learning rx help for autism learning rx Pilot TBI Program with Washington State Department of Veterans Affairs After reviewing the company’s website, a blog page, and a complaint board I am convinced that this product (learning rx) works. Even though there is no scientific proof I feel this product works because of the numerous stories of parents and grandparents that say it worked for their children and grandchildren. Although it’s a franchise and “uneducated” people may be the owners doesn’t mean the trainers are uneducated or unqualified. The company has an advisory board of well-educated individuals specializing in many different areas. The companies’ claims in the area of educational improvement based on personal testimonies from review pages and blogs would provide <range type="comment" id="687007">no personal gain if they lied [. If Autistic children have problems with short term memory then it would only make sense that the memory training from learning rx would help. I think as a consumer you must research a company’s claims and look at what other consumers are saying about their experience with the product. It is not enough to just look at the claims of the company and believe it completely. A consumer should investigate the company and see if they think it will work for their child before they purchase it. They should find out who the founder of the company is and who will be working with their child.
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In the final section, you seem to be arguing that customer endorsements are a valid source of scientific support--i.e. if it works for so many people, it must be true. This speaks directly to the question of why it's not enough to purchase the product and test it yourself--you will be testing one product with one child--you have no way to know whether any improvements you see are because of the program or some other source. To rule out any other source, we need an experiment that compares one group against another, and your results from step 1 show that Dr. Titzer's claims have never been tested this way.
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 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">In the final section, you do not clearly answer the critical question, “Why is it not enough to simply purchase the product and see if it ‘works for you?’”. -4 points **