In addition, many of our past clients have told us that the quality of sleep seems improved, resulting in positive changes in daytime behavior. Why our programs work They are based on proven methods developed over many years of successful work with hundreds of bedwetters and their families. They focus on correcting the sleep disorder that causes bedwetting rather than trying to treat the bedwetting itself, which is only a symptom. Alarms may interrupt bedwetting, but they don't correct the cause, so either bedwetting or other symptoms come back. ERD takes a three phase approach to achieving complete and permanent dryness.
Many programs declare victory after a few weeks of dryness, which is too often temporary.
We continue with reinforcement and relapse prevention strategies to make sure that the ability to awaken has been firmly established. The ERD Center was established in 1982 by Ava J. Strom. Her involvement in this field began in 1971. Working successfully with hundreds of families of bedwetters and listening to their stories convinced her of the need for dramatic improvement in the traditional approaches to bedwetting control. This program has been featured on numerous radio and TV news and talk shows and in newspaper and magazine articles in both the U.S. and Canada.