Finding Fluency
All I wanted was for my son to become a reader. I wanted him to be able to read easily and automatically, without effort.
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All I wanted was for my son to become a reader. I wanted him to be able to read easily and automatically, without effort.
Continue readingHere’s something I desperately wish we saw more of: letting kids learn literacy on their own terms, without the intense pressure that it often carries.
Continue readingI love how the Davis tools help with pretty much anything you want to learn! This young lady was feeling a bit anxious about going back to school because she hadn’t mastered tying her shoes.
Continue readingI never really began to fully comprehend auditory processing issues until one day I was sitting in a very busy coffee shop with my son. My son remarked about the song playing way off in the background, which I strained to hear.
Continue readingWhy does the Davis method work? Because it was developed by Ron Davis, who has dyslexia himself. He knows what it feels like to never fit in. He knows the frustration of living with a brain that works differently.
Continue readingPerfectionism and dyslexia are connected. Perfectionism seems to develop during childhood when acceptance, approval, and affection are lacking.
Continue readingIs my child ready to start first grade? This question is asked by every parent. If we are talking about a child with neurodivergent development, then I believe the later the better.
Continue readingDyslexic children often experience difficulty with phonetic decoding. Researchers and educators use nonsense words – also called nonwords or psuedowords
Continue readingMy work as a Davis Facilitator is a journey of discovery every time. Each client brings his or her own problems and therefore needs a solution that suits him or her exactly.
Continue readingIn this 30-minute session, we look at two areas of common challenge when managing neurodiverse teams – Time Management and
Continue readingEducators use the term “orthographic mapping” to describe the way that written words are etched into long-term memory. Once a person has “mapped” a word, they will be able to recognize the word instantly by sight
Continue readingSharing how to learn words and language through meaning first. This clay model created by an adult client shows the meaning of ‘onto’ beautifully and with a sense of movement,
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