Hi, I'm Cathy Cook
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and dyslexia has always been a part of my life; I just didn't always know it. As a young child I loved to read and it came easily to me. The spelling, grammar and punctuation part of language didn't come so easily. Truthfully, I could have cared less about it (they each made little sense to me). Math became more and more confusing the older I got; I just figured, on those days when facts like 8+5 and 7+5 were taught in my classes, I must have been at home sick that day! But as I worked on a master's degree in special education years later, that's when I began realizing that something was happening to the way that I read. As I studied I discovered that I had to read lines and paragraphs over and over and over. But even after reading, and rereading, I still lacked comprehension. I felt stupid!
Cathy Cook
As I raised my four children I saw firsthand their differences in learning styles, looking again and again for ways to help them learn to read. 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. What I noticed most was tremendous talent and potential co-existing with 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
Sitting in my classroom late that night I read the IQ results; the scores placed several students in the superior intelligence range. Above average results for children who were barely able to read? How could it be that gifted children could not read in the way you would expect? Despite interventions, strategies, and accommodations [from what I thought had been the best learning approaches] students still struggled. They struggled not only academically but socially and emotionally as well.
Cathy Cook
My thought, if I can't teach these children how to read, the problem is mine. I had to find a better way to give 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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Years ago I first went to college to study horticulture-applied science. 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 back then 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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