From South Africa – Video Overview of Dyslexia Program
Davis Dyslexia Association Africa has shared this engaging and informative video, answering common questions about dyslexia and providing a window into…
Why Tyrannosaurus but Not If?
"I don’t understand it: he can read tyrannosaurus, but he gets stuck on if!" This question from the mother of…
When things don’t come easy
We often post reports of dramatic reading improvement with Davis methods, but sometimes a child faces a complex array of barriers. …
A Fictional Facilitator – Book Review
Christmas on Cougar Mountain by Nancy Radke (Book 10 in the Sisters of Spirit series) This is a fictional story…
Two New Books from a Davis Facilitator
Davis Facilitator Barbara Hoi of Sydney, Australia has recently published two books sure to delight parents and teachers. The…
Keep it positive!
"When I take a program with a child, almost 40% of my effort goes towards coaching the parents not…
Study supports Davis Symbol Mastery
A recently published case study documents the progress of a fourth grade special education student who successfully used a modified…
Three Parts to a Word – an Explanation from Brain Research
Davis Symbol Mastery -- the modeling of words in clay - is based on the principle that each word has…
Super Powers of Dyslexia
"Dyslexia is a super power," my young friend and client Chase told me the other day. "Dyslexia is a good…
Procrastination…..
The Grammerly blog has a wonderful article about procrastination. They start by identifying the primary reasons for procrastination: overwhelm confusion…
Just right!
The other day one of the grandsons and I were in the car. Whizzing along we sang, "HI HO, HI…
Those trigger words!
Research shows that the most common word found in English-language books is "the." Matjaž Perc at the University of Maribor in Slovenia…