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    Fionna

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    dyslexia awareness
    27 October
    • Posted by Fionna
    • Categories Blog

    Dyslexia Awareness Month
    This October consider this: that Dyslexia does not need to be difficult. It can be easy and you can be in control.
    to find out more explore this website.
    To find a facilitator who can show you

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    Why Ty Dates
    27 October

    Why Ty dates

    • Posted by Fionna
    • Categories Blog

    Why Tyrannosaurus but not If? course for parents
    Worried about your dyslexic child falling behind and feeling you can’t help? Would you like to know how to make a difference? These six practical sessions will show you how to get learning

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    07 August

    DLF workshops accredited by the CPD Standards Office

    • Posted by Fionna
    • Categories Blog

    Key Davis Learning Foundation workshops
    are now accredited by the CPD Standards Office
    This ensures that the workshops meet the highest professional standards and participants can be confident that they will receive high quality and well-structured training.
    The accredited training

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    02 July

    Why Tyrannosaurus but not If: Parents’ Course.

    • Posted by Fionna
    • Categories Blog

    Why Tyrannosaurus but not If? course for parents
    The next on-line parents’ course starts on 16 September 2020.
    Sara Kramer (SW London) will be running the six-session course from 16 September to 14 October.

    Starting Wednesday 16 September from 19:30-21:30

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    17 June

    Wonder why dyslexics have trouble with words?

    • Posted by Fionna
    • Categories Blog

    Do you wonder why dyslexics have trouble with words?
    The Problem!
     

    The Reason and Solution!
    In this brief video, my US colleague, Susan Smarjesse  explains it so simply:

     
    There are Davis Facilitators worldwide who do the

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    12 April

    Online Davis Programmes

    • Posted by Fionna
    • Categories Blog

    Online  Davis Programmes
    Pilot further extended to 31st December
    Positive results have led to Davis Dyslexia Association International (DDAI) extending the pilot further.
    Have you ever considered a Davis Programme for yourself or your child?
    This could be the ideal

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    21 January

    UPDATE: Joey: “I felt like it was a Miracle”

    • Posted by Fionna
    • Categories Blog

    Update from Joey and his Mum
    In this video Joey and his Mum talk about how he is now in control of his amazing imagination and his dyslexic ability since his Davis Programme three months earlier.

    Davis Facilitators will

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    Dyslexia Awareness Week
    09 October

    In Dyslexia Awareness Week The Gift of Dyslexia

    • Posted by Fionna
    • Categories Blog

    In Dyslexia Awareness Week watch this video to find out how you can use that Gift to overcome the problem leaving just the Gift.

    This is a wonderful video by Sharon Roberts, so watch it in Dyslexia Awareness Week. Sharon

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    15 July

    FREE webinar on autism and social integration

    • Posted by Fionna
    • Categories Blog

    From Davis Autism International
    If you couldn’t join the webinar live on  18/19 July…
    Here is the webinar link:  https://youtu.be/r-ChPX7YghE
    Presented by Davis Autism International’s Awesome Director of Training, Mel Curry.

    To find a Davis Autism Provider in the UK

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    28 June

    Joey: “I felt like it was a Miracle”.

    • Posted by Fionna
    • Categories Blog

    This is a Great video from New England Dyslexia Solutions with a very creative way to demonstrate the value of Davis Orientation.
    The Davis Method is an international programme that addresses all aspects of Specific Learning Difficulty (SpLD). Find a UK

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    18 June

    DLF workshops achieve accredited cpd status!

    • Posted by Fionna
    • Categories Blog

    DLF workshops achieve recognition of conforming to highest professional standards.
    Davis Learning Foundation (DLF) and the Davis UK Facilitator Association (DDFA) are proud to announce that DLF has recently achieved accredited CPD Status with the CPD Standards Office, UK.
    This

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    26 May

    ADHD is a SUPERPOWER!

    • Posted by Fionna
    • Categories Blog

    ADHD is caused by the superpower. Just about any great creative work you have ever come across has this superpower at its heart. A Davis Programme is an amazing way to learn how to use it.
    ADHD is something amazing and

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    humanizing DSM
    21 April

    Humanizing the DSM Diagnosis for Autism

    • Posted by Fionna
    • Categories Blog

    This endorses the Davis conviction that Autism is not a disability: it does not need a cure. Davis Autism wishes to reach out to those with disabilities as baggage with Autism: to help them remove the problems and celebrate the amazingness.

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    01 April

    World Autism Awareness Week 2019

    • Posted by Fionna
    • Categories Blog

    This week, 1st-7th April, is World Autism Week 2019. Davis Autism International are kicking it off with an invitation to the world: embrace neurodiversity and celebrate the wonderful strengths and differences that come with autism.
    #WorldAutismAwarenessWeek

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    DLS NZ
    01 February

    Davis Learning Strategies Improving Learning Worldwide

    • Posted by Fionna
    • Categories Blog

    Wouldn’t it be wonderful if schools in the UK offered this?
    Davis Focusing Skills. To give self-directed ability to focus on the learning task at hand
    Davis Symbol Mastery. For alphabet, punctuation and basic sight words 
    Davis Reading Exercises. To improve word recognition

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    BDA Awards
    13 January

    Davis Client joins Anthea Turner to host BDA Awards Dinner

    • Posted by Fionna
    • Categories Blog

    The British Dyslexia Association presents awards annually to dyslexic individuals and those who support them, in various categories. The 2018 Gala Dinner was hosted by Anthea Turner, who was joined by the familiar face of Jack Harley-Walsh.

    Jack and Anthea

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    03 October

    Davis Maths Mastery Programme

    • Posted by Fionna
    • Categories Blog

    Success of a Davis Maths Mastery Programme
    This little girl worked with Axel Gudmundsson in South Africa. Her goals were to juggle, play darts, ride a bicycle and do maths. Here is a video of her progress and the delight she

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    Positive Change following Davis Programme
    14 August

    Positive Change following Davis Programme

    • Posted by Fionna
    • Categories Blog

    What a Davis Programme did for one man
    Read how Robin, who had problems with Dyslexia and ADD,  has experienced positive change following Davis Programme with Davis Facilitator, Elizabeth Shepherd, based in Crowborough, East Sussex. Then, if

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    Discover the Davis Approach to Dyslexia Dyspraxia ADHD Autism and Maths
    11 August

    Discover The Davis Approach

    • Posted by Fionna
    • Categories Blog

    Discover the Davis Approach to Dyslexia Dyspraxia ADHD Autism and Maths; the methods are life-changing. This video provides a wonderful introduction to the Davis Approach to SpLD.
    Axel Gudmundsson, director of Davis Dyslexia Africa in a 9 minute interview on

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    Dear Teacher
    28 July

    Dear Teacher

    • Posted by Fionna
    • Categories Blog

    The same needs the world over
    Dear Teacher, Dyslexia is not lazy and absolutely not stupid. It is simply a different, often more constructive, definitely more creative way of seeing the world.
    A Davis Programme can help you or your

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    free informal consultation
    24 June

    Free Informal Consultation

    • Posted by Fionna
    • Categories Blog

    End of Term
    As you come to the end of the school year you take stock. Were SATs a nightmare for your child? Did they struggle in ways you did not expect? Does your child’s end of year report suggest

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    09 June

    The Margarita Whitehead Scholarship

    • Posted by Fionna
    • Categories Blog

    The Margarita Whitehead Scholarship

    Has been set up in memory of Richard Whitehead‘s wife, Margarita, who passed away in April. The Margarita Whitehead Scholarship  is managed by “Gifts for Dyslexia”,
    The Margarita Whitehead

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    Davis Methods recognised with BDA Awards
    07 June

    Davis Methods have been recognised with BDA Awards for the last 3 years

    • Posted by Fionna
    • Categories Blog

    Davis Methods recognised with BDA Awards. In 2015, 2016 and 2017 a Davis client won a prestigious BDA Award. 2 Young Person Awards and 1 Children’s Award, Highly Commended. In 2017 A Davis Facilitator also won the Teacher’s Award,

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    01 June

    ADHD can be a Gift

    • Posted by Fionna
    • Categories Blog

    Axel Gudmundsson
    shared this image on Facebook.
    ADHD characteristics overlap with Dyslexia characteristics. A child with these wonderful characteristics is gifted with Dyslexia.
    A Davis Programme can show a person how to use the positives to eliminate the negatives.
    In

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    DAA feedback
    24 April

    Davis Autism Approach-Feedback

    • Posted by Fionna
    • Categories Blog

    Davis Autism International shared this feedback about the Davis Autism Approach. The comment is from a clinical psychologist who attended a Davis Life Concepts for Autism workshop.
    To find out more:
    https://www.davisautism.com/ 
    #DavisAutism 

     

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    18 April

    Gift of Dyslexia Workshop-A Participant’s View

    • Posted by Fionna
    • Categories Blog

    Subiratha Sivakumaran participated in The Gift of Dyslexia Workshop in Malvern in December. She has made a video of her response to this experience.
    Watch her account of her journey in this blog post.

     

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    Autism the positives
    20 March

    Autism: The Positives

    • Posted by Fionna
    • Categories Blog

    Davis Facilitators know Autism, as with all issues described as Specific Learning Difficulties (SpLD), arises from a gift.
    Harriet Cannon of Leeds University has created this fantastic infographic celebrating the many positive features of Autism.
    These positives features are experienced

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    24 October

    Chris Packham: Why I wouldn’t change my Aspergers.

    • Posted by Fionna
    • Categories Blog

    Chris Packham was diagnosed with Asperger’s syndrome when he was in his 40s. The television presenter reveals how the condition helps him to see the world in a different way and why he wouldn’t want to change it. Chris

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    Join the Why Ty Revolution
    23 October

    Why Tyrannosaurus but not If? 

    • Posted by Fionna
    • Categories Blog

    Find out more about Dyslexia and other SpLD.
    “Why ‘Tyrannosaurus’ But Not ‘If’?” will raise dyslexia awareness.
    This Dyslexia Awareness resource pack will help you unravel the conundrum below…
    There are some bright and creative people who thrive in conventional learning

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    Visual Dyslexia: New study is all sizzle, no steak
    22 October

    Visual Dyslexia: New study all sizzle, no steak

    • Posted by Fionna
    • Categories Blog

     
    A new research report about dyslexia and vision has been drawing outsized media attention,  with hyped up headlines that suggest a breakthrough discovery as to the cause and treatment of dyslexia.
    Abigail Marshall explains how this new study is

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