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Discover the Answer to Dyslexia

Ron Davis and Julian

-Ronald D. Davis with Julian

Dyslexics, visual-spatial or "picture thinkers", are creative and talented.  We also tend to lose our focus more easily than others. If you think dyslexia means problems with reading, you are correct; BUT there's much more.              

Switching letters 'b' and 'd' is an example of one kind of confusion we might experience. Other things that might happen with we're reading or speaking include substituting, adding on and/or leaving out letters, words, sentences or even whole paragraphs.  Do you look at a word like 'the' but say 'and' instead?  Usually this is not a vision problem. The difference is how the brain interprets what the eyes see.  Dyslexia affects all areas of functioning: our sense of timing, balance, movement; as well as our vision and hearing.

Maybe you've been told your child has a language-based learning disability, an auditory processing disorder, a reading disability or a focusing issue? At the core of over 90 different labels is the ability to visually think with pictures.  These labels basically mean the same thing:  dyslexia.  

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After years of testing, vision therapy, special reading classes, research,

and the list goes on and on, the only thing that helped my children 

with their issues with reading, writing, math, focus, and more is the

Davis program that Cathy Cook administered to my children.  

      -Lisa 

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Is it Dyslexia?  Try this confidential, informal assessment provided by Ron Davis' Reading Research Council:   Online Assessment.

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Common Characteristics of Dyslexia On average, a dyslexic has about ten of 37 common dyslexic traits. Ron Davis, the founder of Davis Dyslexia International, created a list of these most recognizable dyslexic traits. Some people have more than ten traits, others a few less; maybe you have most of them!  What is consistent about dyslexia from one person to the next, and from one day to the next for those of us with dyslexia is, inconsistency!     The most consistent thing about dyslexia is inconsistency! do you have?

Here are some common traits of dyslexia.           OnPointng

Reading

 ·        Reads long words easily but words like 'it', 'the', 'there' are confusing. 

         ·         Reads over and over with little or no comprehension.

 ·         Wants to read but reading is so slow that it’s not enjoyable.

             ·         Repeats or adds extra words while reading. 

 ·     Transposes, omits, or substitutes words or numerals in reading.

                                                                                      

   Vision & Time

·         Problems telling time (even into adulthood this could still be a problem)

·         Difficulty with sequences (l).

·      Reverses the order of letters in words and sentences; switches numbers around.

·    While reading skips words, leaves off or changes word endings; substitutes the last letter in a word for the first letter.

·      Words seem to move while reading.  

·        Punctuation is ignored.  A whole page may be read (or written) as one sentence.

·         Keen sense of vision but lacks depth perception or peripheral vision.

·        Vision tests show nothing wrong but there still seems to be a problem!

Memory

Memory and Cognition

·         Excellent long-term memory for experiences, locations, and faces (or not!).

·         Poor memory for things not of interest; excels in areas of interest.

·         Thinks primarily with images and feeling not sounds or words (little internal dialog).

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Hearing and Speech 

·         Difficulty putting thoughts into words.

·        Tells stories with too much information.

·         Some sounds are mispronounced (noticeable in pre-school years.)

·         Sensitive to certain sounds.

·         Says things like 'pskettie' instead of spaghetti.

·         Hearing seems to be a problem but tests show nothing is wrong!


Math

·        Uses fingers to count, to add.

·        Orally gives answers to basic or advanced math problems; can’t show the work.

·         Understands basic math but as they get older grasping math concept is more and more difficult.

 Balance

     Balance and Movement

·      Clumsy, seems to trip over nothing. 

·     Problems going up and down stairs.

·     Confuses right and left (think about driving!)

General characteristics and Behaviors

·     Bedwetting beyond appropriate age.  Might be an extra deep or light sleeper.

·          Learns best from hands-on methods.

·          Very talented in art, sports, acting, music, and/or building. 

·          She knows a word or a facts one minute, but the next...acts like she's never heard of what you're talking about!

·          Daydreams and zones out.  Focusing is difficult.

·         Intelligent person yet something seems wrong and you can't put your finger on what it is. 

·         Some say your child is lazy, immature, & not trying hard enough.

·         Teachers say he's not behind enough to get help.

·          He feels dumb and has poor self-esteem (his strategies to cover up his mistakes are ingenious!)

·          She might have stomach aches every morning when it’s time to go to school; or feels dizzy at reading time.  

Or maybe you have a trait that's not listed here that really gets in your way!  Each person is unique!


Cathy Cook, M.Ed., Licensed Davis Program Provider
OnPoint Learning Center, LLC
3610 Buttonwood Dr. Suite 200                                    
Columbia, Missouri 65201                                                        
(Cell) 573-819-6010 (Office) 573-886-8917 (Fax) 573-886-8901             email: cathy@onpointlearning.org  or  onpointlearning@yahoo.com

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Professional services described as DavisSM, Davis Dyslexia Correction®, 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

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