I'm Cathy Cook...along with Ron Davis...
And here I am with my father!
Dyslexia has always been a part of my life; I just didn't always know it. Thanks to Ron I have been given a second chance at life as I've learned to use the Davis Dyslexia Correction tools! Thanks to my father I've been able to experience first hand how a successful businessman operates. My father's wisdom and insight has been invaluable to me. What I've learned from both my father and Ron has changed my life!
cathy
As a young child I loved reading, it came easily to me. Spelling, grammar and punctuation...I could have cared less about those (they each made little sense to me). Math became more and more confusing the older I got; I just figured on the days facts like 8+5 and 7+5 were taught, I must have been at home sick that day!
cathy cook
But as I worked on a master's degree in special education, that's when I realized that something was happening to my reading. I realized I had to read things over and over and over. Even then I still lacked comprehension. I felt totally stupid!
Cathy Cook
As I raised my four children I saw firsthand their differences in learning styles. I looked again and again for ways to help them learn to read, write, and do math. Eventually I became a licensed special educator. As a teacher what did I find? Like my own children, my students each had talents along with their academic difficulties. Some had deficits in reading, others problems with writing, and still some struggled with reading, writing and math. Others struggled to correctly articulate and almost every one suffered with low self-esteem.
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What I noticed most was tremendous talent that co-existed with a dyslexic learning style. One day, as I received the results of intelligence testing for a few of my severely learning impaired students, I knew I had to make a change. There had to be a better way for my students to learn.
Cathy Cook
In my classroom late that night I read the IQ results; the students had scored in the superior intelligence range. Above average results for children who could barely read? How was it that gifted children could not read? Despite all the interventions, strategies, and accommodations [from what I thought had been the best learning approaches] my students were still struggling. They struggled not only academically but socially and emotionally, too.
Cathy Cook
My thought, if I can't teach them how to read, the problem is mine. I had to find a better for them to learn. That's when I looked up from my paperwork and saw it, the book: The Gift of Dyslexia by Ron Davis. It was right there in front of me, on the shelf by my desk, the book my husband had purchased for me. (And there it is, on the table in the picture above with Ron!) Suddenly I didn't just want to read the book, I wanted to understand it, apply it, and give this gift to the children who deserved to learn.
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As I began my studies with Davis Dyslexia the results were phenomenal! Oriented and "on point" my students became empowered!
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I've loved trees and plants ever since I can remember but going to college to study them was something I did because that's what I thought you were supposed to do. Learning in a hands-on way just made sense. I didn't know I was dyslexic; it just made sense to learn in this way.
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Now, I'm privileged to provide our revolutionary method of correcting learning difficulties to those deserving of only the very best!
Cathy Cook
Cathy Cook is licensed and certified by the Davis Dyslexia Association International and licensed by the State of Missouri. She is president of OnPoint Learning Center, LLC.
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