Time for a Change
This awesome mother supported her son as he went through his course with me. She booked him in wanting help with his self-regulation. The outcome was “a calm, reasonable boy – and happy.”
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Category: First Person Accounts
Dyslexia Q&A: The Dark Side of Dyslexia
This is the sixth of a seven-video series taken from an interview style Q & A session. In this video we discuss some of the hardships that dyslexic children and adults face in life.
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Dyslexia Q&A: Which Program is Right for Me?
This is the fifth of a seven-video series taken from an interview style Q & A session. In these videos we explore the experience of disorientation.
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There is Hope
I talk to a lot of tearful moms. Sometimes on the phone, sometimes in person. And sometimes they find my booth at a conference. As they share the struggles that their child has been facing, empathy fills my heart because I was there, too.
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Dyslexia: A Mother’s Quest… And A Son’s Breakthrough
Free Webinar: Navigating the challenges of your child’s learning difference can be very tough. First, a persistent problem; then, a diagnosis/label without a strategy; then, strategies that don’t bring a solution; and then… what?
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Dyslexia Q&A: The Gift of Dyslexia
This is the fourth of a seven-video series taken from an interview style Q & A session. In these videos we explore the experience of disorientation.
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Disorientation, Double Vision, and Davis
I brought my son to see our Davis Facilitator when he was nine. My son did the week-long intensive program four months ago and we have been working on the homework since then.
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The Power of Change
I was 17 when I first watched Charly – a “fantasy” film about an intellectually disabled man who had undergone an experiment giving him the intelligence of a genius. Was this a foreshadowing of things to come?
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Facilitation – Making it Easy
The dictionary defines facilitate as “to make easier or less difficult: help foward”. A look at how and why a Davis program differs from teaching or tutoring.
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Sam’s Davis Program
Sam is nearly thirteen, and despite having been in an intensive, structured literacy programme twice a week for over six years, he only had 10-15 sight words. I was desperate and couldn’t think how to help him.
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My Dyslexia Story: From Illiterate to University Lecturer
This is my personal experience with dyslexia. It should give you an idea of what it is like to be
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Too Hard, Too Soon
I walk into the classroom and sit down beside the child who’s on my caseload. We’re only supposed to work on handwriting, but she’s struggling in every way.
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