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Helen Milstein
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I am a qualified teacher (B.Ed) & have worked with all ages in varying capacities, including as a Dance and Drama specialist in my early days. Since 2011, I have specialized in teaching Literacy and Numeracy to those with Specific Learning Difficulties (SpLD) (I have OCR certificateLisa Robbins
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I am myself dyslexic and the parent of a dyslexic. I have spent 15 years working in schools as a specialist behaviour teaching assistant. This has given me a vast range of skills and experiences to draw upon as a facilitator, along with a good insight intoAngela Canning
My name is Angela Canning. I worked for many years in the NHS clinically and in management before pausing my career to bring up my son. I have an MBA and I am now a school governor at a local primary school.
My son was diagnosed with DyslexiaRichard Whitehead
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Richard has been a Davis Programme Facilitator since 2002. Having been a classroom teacher for several years, he originally discovered the Davis methods when looking for a solution for the son of some friends.
His extensive background in education includes time spent teaching in both the adultVal van der Berg
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I have a Finance Degree and worked in Investment Banking for thirteen years in London, South Africa and Germany. I owned a well-known Reading Correction and Maths Assistance Centre in South Africa for ten years. I am also aCaroline Smith
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My centre is in Moggerhanger – a small village in Bedfordshire, approximately 2 miles from the A1 and Sandy Mainline Railway Station.
I am a qualified teacher and hold a Diploma in teaching students with Specific Learning Difficulties (Dyslexia). For 16 years I worked full timeElena Nikulina
Russian is my first language so I feel privileged to be able to help children and adults to overcome problems in both languages: English and Russian.
My own daughter had learning difficulties with dyslexia so I know how frustrating it can be for parents living with a bright child, whoAnne Kitchin
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Anne originally trained as a teacher in 1985, although her specific interest in helping children with reading difficulties began when she realised that the three or four children in every class who had some difficulty learning to read or write needed a different way of learning inSara Kramer
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Sara has a degree in Economics with Politics and a background in business but became interested in literacy difficulties when her son was diagnosed as dyslexic.
She trained as a Davis Facilitator in 2001 and has worked in London, South Africa and Zimbabawe.
She works privately with children,Angela James Dip.RSA
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Angela was so impressed with the Davis dyslexia course that her eldest daughter did that she decided to leave a successful career in Research and Development to pursue dyslexia facilitator training. Since then she has had extensive experience of working with children and adults across the fullNina Pitoska
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I started my teaching career more than 20 years ago, at an independent secondary school in Balham, South London where I taught maths and physics for a year and a half. After that, I taught maths for more than nine years at an inner-city school in north-westPaula Horan
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Shweta Soni
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As a dyslexic myself, I can truthfully say that I understand what it is like to go through the education system and feel lost, incapable, under valued, unappreciated and, at times, insignificant. Dyslexia has been a huge part of my life and for many years it had mastery over meLivia Wong
Livia Wong: Amaze Learning Solutions
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Hello,
I trained as a Davis® Facilitator after my youngest son had received a Davis programme. He had been struggling at school, particularly with maths, and seemed to be overlooked because he could read and was not ‘bad enough’ in either his academic achievement or behaviour. I researched different ‘options’Fionna Pilgrim
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I originally trained as a State Registered Nurse, giving up that occupation to have children. As a result of the difficulties my daughter had at school, I home educated my son. My daughter was defined as being dyslexic, dyspraxic and hadInes Grote
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I am a qualified teacher (Primary and Secondary) and live on the east coast of Norfolk where my office and workplace is located. Married with three sons, of whom two are dyslexic, I have witnessed the ups and downs that life with dyslexia brings and feelMáire Heffernan
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I provide Davis Dyslexia Correction Programmes for children (8 year olds upwards) and adults of all ages. For children aged between 5 and 8, I provide the Davis Programme for Young Learners.
I am a member of the Davis Dyslexia Association International which is headquarteredKirstie Philpot
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Language spoken: EnglishGilda Westermann
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Gilda initially trained as a potter becoming well known in the world of British Studio Ceramics for Fine White Porcelain. She demonstrated, lectured and exhibited widely across the UK and abroad.
An interest in personal development led her to train as a life coach, business coach andCandace Donovan
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Candace has a degree in Maths and Physics from Canada and started her professional career as a computer programmer, which included training users on the databases she designed and built. Her passion for teaching led to working as an English as a Second Language (ESL) teacher,Anne Marie Beggs
Anne-Marie has been involved in education since 2005.
Having a background in business and finance, she found Davis while searching for a solution for her dyslexic son .She is a passionate advocate for mental health in addition to education. Davis has proved to be a game changer for all herRosy Robinson
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I was a non reader until the age of 15. As a result of my difficulties with school, my brother was home educated. I would probably now have been described as a non-responder -meaning unable to learn using phonics. Then I completed my first Davis Programme.Susan Cranfield
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I discovered Davis while searching for a way to help my 9 year-old dyslexic son. By that time, and despite my background in education, I was in a “nothing to lose” situation and Davis seemed to provide a profile of a person that I totally identified with.Graham Wright
My name is Graham Wright and I am a lecturer in science at a further education college.
There was a time before I knew anything about Dyslexia, Dyspraxia, Dyscalculia, ADD and AD(H)D, where I thought they were a condition that children suffered from and grew out of after time. NeedingAmanda Bergstrom
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Amanda Bergstrom has an extensive background in education and counselling. She originally discovered the Davis methods when searching for a way to reach the students who found it difficult to learn in a traditional school environment. As well, she works as a home tutor with students atTania Blackmore-Squires
Hi, I am a Davis facilitator. If you struggle to read, understand what you have read, make and keep relationships, dys/acalculia, I can help you
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Language spoken: EnglishAxel Gudmundsson
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With a college degree in arts, Axel has a wide background in human development and creative industries, including graphic design, TV, and motion pictures.
In his early twenties shortly after graduation, he set up his first company, Mannraektin (Human Potential) in his native Iceland, offering aMarta Jarosiewicz
Marta is a facilitator based in Warsaw, Poland. Contact her by email here: [email protected]
My passion is helping people overcome the problems caused by dyslexia.
I specialize in individual classes to correct dyslexia, attention deficit (like ADD and ADHD), dyscalculia and dysgraphia using the Davis® Methods.
I help children, adolescents and adults