Davis Dyslexia correction programs for dyslexia, learning disabilities and add or adhd

	Focus on Learning Learn to Focus... Focus to Learn
Program details What is Dyslexia? Symptoms of Dyslexia ADD/ADHD Program The Facilitator Client Feedback Contact Details	For all those that have been told they will not amount to anything... There is Michael Phelps. The picture thinking brain is a powerful tool. Here's what Michael's mum says about his mental ability. "Michael’s mind is like a clock. He can go into the 200 butterfly knowing he needs to do the first 50 in 24.6 to break the record and can put that time in his head and make his body do 24.6 exactly. "says his mother. Read more in this Newyork times article Can Attention skills be taught? This article by the Boston Globe suggests that attention/focus is skill that can be taught and that it should be. "If you have good attentional control, you can do more than just pay attention to someone speaking at a lecture, you can control your cognitive processes, control your emotions, better articulate your actions," says Amir Raz, a cognitive neuroscientist at McGill University who is a leading attention researcher. "You can enjoy and gain an edge in life." Read more at: Boston Globe Article on Attention/Focus Baffling spelling system is blamed as literacy falls short of level in other European nations By Anushka Asthana, education correspondent for Gaurdian uk The English spelling system is 'absolutely, unspeakably awful'. That is the conclusion of new research that has found that children face 800 words by the age of 11 that hinder their reading because of the way they are spelt. The report indicates that english words are spelled inconsistently compared to the spelling rules and are difficult for people to spell or read. May 23rd 2008: Dore go into voluntary administration. An Australian company that sold a exercise program to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder has collapsed. The Dore Group marketed its program as a drug-free solution to disorders including ADHD, dyslexia and Asperger's syndrome. It went into voluntary administration last week. Giles Woodgate from the administrator Woodgate and Co says he should know within days whether the company can be sold. He says 13 Dore therapy clinics have been closed, and 85 staff across the country have lost their jobs. (ABC news - abc.net.au) ADHD May Cost Adults 22 Workdays a Year (from www.attitudemag.com) New Study shows ADHD workers lose almost a month in productivity each year. New research led by Dr. Ron de Graaf from the Netherlands Institute of Mental Health and Addiction studied the effect of ADHD on adult employees in 10 countries around the world. The researchers found that the average ADHD adult had approximately 22 days of poor "role performance" per year. This included accidents, low performance in job responsibilities, and almost 9 more days absent than the average non-ADHD worker. They found that an average of 3.5 percent of workers had ADHD, although for the 7,075 participants in the study, the rates were highest in France at 6.3 percent, and lowest in Lebanon (0.9 percent). The U.S. rate was above the average at 4.5 percent, with an average of 28.3 days lost per worker, one of the highest numbers of the nations studied. The researchers concluded that because most of the lost productivity of ADHD workers occurred when they were at work, rather than as a result of more days off, it would most likely be cost-effective for employers to provide treatment. Read the full article in the Journal Occupational and Environmental Medicine . Kerry Packer - Australian Dyslexic Kerry Packer was a very successful business man, we believe probably as a result of his dyslexic abilities. Dyslexics tend to have a talent for being innovative and creative. Kerry Packer surely was. (Read more about Kerry Packer at:) http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200512/s1538281.htm Davis attention mastery program is an alternative to ADHD drug therapy Although everyone knows that having an ADHD child can be extremely difficult for everyone concerned, and that for some people drug therapy seems to be the only answer. I think everyone also knows that this is not a long term solution. (Read an article from the Daily telegraph on experience using Davis methods instead of drug therapy:) http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,23008996-5001021,00.html Is Dyslexia a Gift? (myomancy.com) So is dyslexia a gift? Does it make you more creative and smarter? Ron Davis in his book The Gift of Dyslexia certainly thinks so as do many dyslexics. Certainly there is anecdotal evidence which is reinforced by web sites like the International Institute of Dyslexia: “[Adult dyslexics are] often spatially talented; professions include, but are not limited, to engineers, architects, designers, artists and craftspeople, mathematicians, physicists, physicians (esp. surgeons and orthopedists), and dentists.“ But what is the truth? Is this wishful thinking by parents who would rather dream their child will be great one day rather than tackling actual problems of dyslexia? (read on at:) http://www.myomancy.com/2005/09/is_dyslexia_a_g An inquiry into England's primary schools is to look at how children with dyslexia should be supported(BBC) An inquiry into what is taught in England's primary schools is to be widened to look at how children with dyslexia should be supported… He is now being asked to recommend the best way to identify and teach dyslexic children in school. Dyslexia charities say they want every school to have one teacher trained to identity and support dyslexic pupils. An inquiry into what is taught in England's primary schools is to be widened to look at how children with dyslexia should be supported. (Read on at: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/7387371.stm) Dyslexia - time to hear from the frontline - (Press Release: Dyslexia Foundation of New Zealand) 'New Zealand teachers will this week have the opportunity to have their say on dyslexia with a ground-breaking online survey being launched by the Dyslexia Foundation of New Zealand. The survey, a key component of this year’s Dyslexia Awareness Week June 16-22, is designed to benchmark for the first time New Zealand teachers’ attitudes to dyslexia and uncover what it’s really like in the classroom.' http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/ED0805/S00039.htm Dyslexia in Ireland - The number of students requiring special help in the high school exams has dramtically increased. 'Under the controversial exam clause, students with dyslexia can seek waivers in exams so that their spelling and grammar are not taken into account.' (Independent.ie) http://www.independent.ie/education/latest-news/dyslexia-does-not-always-spell-failure-1342130.html If you have any interesting 'dyslexia type news', please email the details to Bets Gregory at: bets.gregory@bigpond.com Top of the page
	Professional services described as Davis®, Davis Dyslexia CorrectionÂ®, Davis Symbol Mastery®, Davis Orientation Counseling®, Davis Math Mastery® and Davis Learning Strategies® may only be provided by persons who are employed by a licensed Davis Specialist, or who are trained and licensed as Davis Facilitators by Davis Dyslexia Association International

Learn to Focus... Focus to Learn

Program details

For all those that have been told they will not amount to anything... There is Michael Phelps.

The picture thinking brain is a powerful tool. Here's what Michael's mum says about his mental ability. "Michael’s mind is like a clock. He can go into the 200 butterfly knowing he needs to do the first 50 in 24.6 to break the record and can put that time in his head and make his body do 24.6 exactly. "says his mother.

Read more in this Newyork times article
Can Attention skills be taught? This article by the Boston Globe suggests that attention/focus is skill that can be taught and that it should be.

"If you have good attentional control, you can do more than just pay attention to someone speaking at a lecture, you can control your cognitive processes, control your emotions, better articulate your actions," says Amir Raz, a cognitive neuroscientist at McGill University who is a leading attention researcher. "You can enjoy and gain an edge in life."

Read more at:
Boston Globe Article on Attention/Focus
Baffling spelling system is blamed as literacy falls short of level in other European nations
By Anushka Asthana, education correspondent for Gaurdian uk

The English spelling system is 'absolutely, unspeakably awful'. That is the conclusion of new research that has found that children face 800 words by the age of 11 that hinder their reading because of the way they are spelt.

The report indicates that english words are spelled inconsistently compared to the spelling rules and are difficult for people to spell or read.
May 23rd 2008: Dore go into voluntary administration.

An Australian company that sold a exercise program to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder has collapsed. The Dore Group marketed its program as a drug-free solution to disorders including ADHD, dyslexia and Asperger's syndrome. It went into voluntary administration last week. Giles Woodgate from the administrator Woodgate and Co says he should know within days whether the company can be sold. He says 13 Dore therapy clinics have been closed, and 85 staff across the country have lost their jobs. (ABC news - abc.net.au)
ADHD May Cost Adults 22 Workdays a Year (from www.attitudemag.com)

New Study shows ADHD workers lose almost a month in productivity each year.

New research led by Dr. Ron de Graaf from the Netherlands Institute of Mental Health and Addiction studied the effect of ADHD on adult employees in 10 countries around the world. The researchers found that the average ADHD adult had approximately 22 days of poor "role performance" per year. This included accidents, low performance in job responsibilities, and almost 9 more days absent than the average non-ADHD worker.

They found that an average of 3.5 percent of workers had ADHD, although for the 7,075 participants in the study, the rates were highest in France at 6.3 percent, and lowest in Lebanon (0.9 percent). The U.S. rate was above the average at 4.5 percent, with an average of 28.3 days lost per worker, one of the highest numbers of the nations studied.

The researchers concluded that because most of the lost productivity of ADHD workers occurred when they were at work, rather than as a result of more days off, it would most likely be cost-effective for employers to provide treatment.

Read the full article in the Journal Occupational and Environmental Medicine .
Kerry Packer - Australian Dyslexic

Kerry Packer was a very successful business man, we believe probably as a result of his dyslexic abilities. Dyslexics tend to have a talent for being innovative and creative. Kerry Packer surely was. (Read more about Kerry Packer at:)
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200512/s1538281.htm

Davis attention mastery program is an alternative to ADHD drug therapy

Although everyone knows that having an ADHD child can be extremely difficult for everyone concerned, and that for some people drug therapy seems to be the only answer. I think everyone also knows that this is not a long term solution.
(Read an article from the Daily telegraph on experience using Davis methods instead of drug therapy:)
http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,23008996-5001021,00.html

Is Dyslexia a Gift? (myomancy.com)

So is dyslexia a gift? Does it make you more creative and smarter? Ron Davis in his book The Gift of Dyslexia certainly thinks so as do many dyslexics. Certainly there is anecdotal evidence which is reinforced by web sites like the International Institute of Dyslexia: “[Adult dyslexics are] often spatially talented; professions include, but are not limited, to engineers, architects, designers, artists and craftspeople, mathematicians, physicists, physicians (esp. surgeons and orthopedists), and dentists.“
But what is the truth? Is this wishful thinking by parents who would rather dream their child will be great one day rather than tackling actual problems of dyslexia? (read on at:) http://www.myomancy.com/2005/09/is_dyslexia_a_g

An inquiry into England's primary schools is to look at how children with dyslexia should be supported(BBC)

An inquiry into what is taught in England's primary schools is to be widened to look at how children with dyslexia should be supported… He is now being asked to recommend the best way to identify and teach dyslexic children in school. Dyslexia charities say they want every school to have one teacher trained to identity and support dyslexic pupils. An inquiry into what is taught in England's primary schools is to be widened to look at how children with dyslexia should be supported. (Read on at: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/7387371.stm)

Dyslexia - time to hear from the frontline - (Press Release: Dyslexia Foundation of New Zealand)

'New Zealand teachers will this week have the opportunity to have their say on dyslexia with a ground-breaking online survey being launched by the Dyslexia Foundation of New Zealand. The survey, a key component of this year’s Dyslexia Awareness Week June 16-22, is designed to benchmark for the first time New Zealand teachers’ attitudes to dyslexia and uncover what it’s really like in the classroom.'
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/ED0805/S00039.htm

Dyslexia in Ireland - The number of students requiring special help in the high school exams has dramtically increased.

'Under the controversial exam clause, students with dyslexia can seek waivers in exams so that their spelling and grammar are not taken into account.' (Independent.ie)
http://www.independent.ie/education/latest-news/dyslexia-does-not-always-spell-failure-1342130.html

If you have any interesting 'dyslexia type news', please email the details to Bets Gregory at: bets.gregory@bigpond.com

Top of the page

Davis dyslexia logo

Professional services described as Davis®, Davis Dyslexia CorrectionÂ®, Davis Symbol Mastery®, Davis Orientation Counseling®, Davis Math Mastery® and Davis Learning Strategies® may only be provided by persons who are employed by a licensed Davis Specialist, or who are trained and licensed as Davis Facilitators by Davis Dyslexia Association International

ADHD May Cost Adults 22 Workdays a Year (from www.attitudemag.com)