News & Views from Davis Dyslexia Association International
The longest activity in a typical day is sleeping. High quality and right quantity of sleep at the right time
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Is this April’s Fools Day??? My 7 year old son is asking me to give him fish oil… I guess
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The other day one of the grandsons and I were in the car. Whizzing along we sang, “HI HO, HI
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The Benefits of Humour
Laughter is infectious. Sometimes I don’t even know what a person is laughing at, yet it makes me burst out sniggering
I want to Unlearn Dyslexia
This is the program objective that my young client gave herself: unlearn dyslexia.” Her answer is relevant and lucid: yes, dyslexia is the result of learning.
Fish Don’t Climb Trees – A different take on dyslexia
Davis Facilitator Sue Hall has updated her book: “Fish Don’t Climb Trees: A Whole New Look at Dyslexia”. Sue understands dyslexia from the inside out – as a dyslexic person with vivid recollections of frustrations experienced in elementary school, as a parent who searched for and found a solution
The Sociology of Dyslexia
Dyslexia is often considered purely in a medical or biological sense. The social model also explores social, cultural and political concerns.
How does your child think?
A short video about the differences between word-based and visual thinking, produced by Davis Facilitator Brenda Baird.