John Travolta, Tom Cruise and other Hollywood celebrities have credited the Church of Scientology with correcting their dyslexic reading problems. How did the church do it? I am not and have never been a member of the Church of Scientology. I have read excerpts from L. Ron Hubbard’s books and other Church of Scientology courses, but that does not make me an authority on the church. In today’s society, the Church of Scientology seems to be frowned upon by most theologians and academics. So why do Cruise, Travolta and others dwell on the church’s successes with dyslexia and its “healing” methods? The Church of Scientology is very secretive, but future writers need to address what, when, where, and how this was accomplished not only with Hollywood stars, but with other members of the church as well. About 10 years ago I did some research and this is what I found out:

It was not a spiritual transformation that took place in Cruise, Travolta and others. They simply went through an intensive academic study program called the Literacy Super Course. In my opinion, this 3-D program/multi-sensory course was the pioneer in correcting reading and writing problems. Of course, many experts on academic and learning disabilities would disagree with me.

The Super Literacy Course was the first reading disability program that targeted and corrected the symptoms of reading disability. When reading aloud, if the reader hesitated, inserted a word, left out a word, replaced a word, or skipped a line, he or she had to focus on the particular word that caused the confusion and unwanted stimuli and learn three things. basics of the word: what it looks like, what it sounds like and what it means. The primary 3-D medium the Super Literacy Course used to resolve unwanted confusion was sculpture clay. So there is nothing mystical about curing dyslexia. It was a simple and basic educational course that was used to remedy the symptoms of reading disability associated with words and symbols in the English language.

The Super Literacy Course has been updated and changed several times in the last two decades. What is available today is a watered down version of that course. Instead of searching the Church of Scientology and trying to locate the original version of this course, I would recommend that one find a 3-D program whose first and foremost priority is mastering abstract words and symbols. This is the key to eliminating over 90% of the reading disability symptoms associated with dyslexia or any 3D learning disability.