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Jessica (Penguinpowa)
| | Posted on Saturday, October 13, 2001 - 12:27 am: | 
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Larry,
Hm... maybe I should becoem a faciliataor??
Do you need a special degree in soemthing?
Any info greatly appreciated!
Luv
Jess |
Abigail Marshall (Abigail)
| | Posted on Saturday, October 13, 2001 - 01:42 am: |
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Jess,
You can become a Facilitator, but I encourage you to get a degree first. We don't have a specific degree requirement, but we look for people who either have a degree in a field like education or psychology, or who have lots of experience in jobs where they worked with other people, especially if their job included training or teaching others. But we do have some Facilitators who are quite young. And people who are dyslexic themselves often turn out to be some of the best Facilitators.
Keep up with your school work now, and if you are still interested in becoming a Davis Facilitator in a few years, perhaps you will be able to take the training at the same time as you also pursue a college degree. I'd definitely recommend the degree, though.
Best wishes,
Abigail |
Jessica (Penguinpowa)
| | Posted on Saturday, October 13, 2001 - 01:56 am: |
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Abigail,
Thanks for your advice. I've (apparently) always been great around children, and I love to teach and help... my missions for the future are to help people with Laerning Differences and people in 3rd World Countries as volunteer work... equal rights for all (to learn) is what I believe, those disadvantaged because of where they liev shouldn't prevent them from learning! This popped into mind during a Sunday School Meeting when I was 12, and it wouldn't go away, its liek this incredibel urge to 'go out and do'... they said it was 'God calling you', maeks you wonder, doesn't it?
I definitely plan to get a degree, but I was just wondering if there were any specific requirements, saev psychology training and suchliek? A couple of my friends say that I should go into this field as they say I can 'read their emotions and understand them', although one also said I should be a philosopher. Hmm. Very interesting... and I wasn't even in one of my philosophical moods just then! (I soemtiems go all philosophical, much to my amuesment, hear myself whitering on, and my sister acting digusted at my display of idiocity as always... )
NE Way, GTG or it'll be lunchtiem b4 I've had my breakfast!!
Thanks for the adviec!
Luv
Jess |
Debbie Cannon (Debbiec)
| | Posted on Saturday, October 13, 2001 - 03:51 pm: |
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Larry,
Thanks for the encouragement. I'll keep trying to figure out how to fit the training into my life.
Debbie |
gisele vaughn (Gigiv)
| | Posted on Wednesday, November 13, 2002 - 06:50 pm: |
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I need some help. I just started with this board and I think that my 7 yr old daughter is dyslexic. Ever since she began the 2nd grade her social skills have dropped tremendously. She can't stop talking in class, she mixes her words up frequently, her spelling tests are very messy and the words are not legible. We study for them but when its time to write them down, she gets mistakes. For example: kick=kikc bake=pikc? I am very concerned about this. Can you give me any suggestions? |
DDAI Webmaster (Abigail)
| | Posted on Wednesday, November 13, 2002 - 10:07 pm: |
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Gisele, my son once told me that the toughest time in school for him was when he started second grade. In first grade, all the children were learning to read and he figured he was learning along with them, and didn't think to worry about how well he was reading. But in second grade when school started, he looked around and realized that all the other children had somehow figured out by then how to read -- and he was still trying to learn. He figured then that he must be really stupid, and became a very angry and sullen little boy, who quickly alienated his friends.
It sounds like something like that might be happening with your daughter. The spelling examples you give seem to indicate a child who is really struggling. So if you haven't done so already, you probably should request testing from the school. If your daughter is in a public school in the US, you are legally entitled to testing, but you must make the request in writing. (Ask for testing for "learning disabilities" - schools sometimes give parents the runaround if they merely ask for "dyslexia" testing).
If you want to work with your daughter at home, I'd recommend the book, The Gift of Dyslexia, in combination with our Davis Learning Strategies K-1 Kit. Both items are available at our online bookstore.
Good luck,
Abigail |
Danielle
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 30, 2003 - 11:16 am: |
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I just stumbled upon your website after looking for dyslexia/learning disabilities information. My 8 year old son has been diagnosed with a learning disability- although the testing from the psychologist didn't say he had dyslexia. This testing was done when he was 6, and he has continued to do worse, not better in terms of reading and reading comprehension. He consistently mixes up his d's and b's, and m's and w's. He guesses at words while reading, and seems to mix up small easy to read words like with and no (he says not), and mixes up then, there, they. He also mixes up numbers and writes 4's backwards. He has an IEP at school, and we have a tutor two days a week, and I work with him on phonics after school three days a week. Just wondering if you think this sounds like dyslexia - I am strongly considering doing the testing again and am looking for any information I can find.
Thanks,
Danielle |
Allie Velasco (Allie)
| | Posted on Monday, October 06, 2003 - 06:54 pm: |
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Danielle,
Yes, it sounds like dyslexia. All of those symptons sound exactly like my son. He made all those same mistakes. I recommend reading The Gift of Dyslexia. Good luck!
Allie |
Sharon Kalva
| | Posted on Tuesday, October 14, 2003 - 06:34 am: |
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I have two children. A boy that is 13 and girl that is 9. I am about to start homeschooling with both children but want to make sure I give them the right education at home. My son has dyslexia and my daughter has ADHD and speech problems. They have both been tested by doctors. My son was tested at the age of 8 and my daughter at the age of 6 for her ADHD and speech was tested when she was 4. My son had IEP at public school for reading only. My daughter had IEP for reading, lanuage arts, and math. My whole question here is what can I do at home for school to help them both with their needs so that they do not fall behind? My son is in a 5th grade level of reading cause the public schools messed up when he was in second grade with the testing. That is why I took him to a doctor to be tested. See when my son was 4 yrs of age, we lived in Illinois and I had him tested then cause I was already concern with the problem. They told me then that he had a major problem with his reading but in math he sorrows. What they had told me at the age of 4 on him came to be so true. The public schools try to tell me that it was impossible to tell at that age. Maybe with some kids it is but with mine it was right on the money. I would like to say to other parents that if you have your kids in public schools and they try to give your the run around like they gave me when my son started school, don't let them. I stood firm with what I believed and after I proved to them I was correct, they started to listen to me more often about my child's education. It was a long road to take but in the end the child benefits from it. Even if it takes you going to the school on a regular base with your kids, do it. That is what I had done. I was up at the school ever day to make sure my child was getting the proper education that all children deserve. When they first told me that my child didn't have a special need, then found out he did. I told the school that my child did not fail but the school failed as an institution of education. They had my son take summer school when he was in second grade for reading cause they choice to not listen to me. I should know if my child has a problem with education. When he comes home and I sit there with him and he can't read. You tell me if I would not know. Also in conclusion. Please watch your children with these problems, it could cause them to be depressed. My son suffers from mild depression cause of it.
Thank you
Sharon |
Suse (Suse)
| | Posted on Tuesday, October 14, 2003 - 02:46 pm: |
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Hullo Sharon
I am homeschooling my 12 year old boy at the moment (this is only our 2nd week and it is going really well). We have done the Davis programme with him using a facilitator and I do the trigger words and spelling words in clay as part of our daily programme.
My 10 year old daughter is ADHD and mildly dyslexic and has also benefitted from the Davis programme. She is at school and doing really well.
You should read The Gift of Dyslexia it will change the way you look at things.
Regards
Suse |
Liz Jolly
| | Posted on Thursday, October 16, 2003 - 02:39 pm: |
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Hi Sharon,
I also home school my 13 year old. We are into our second year now. He did the Davis Dyslexia programme when he was 11. We use the fact he is a picture thinker and clay, definitions of his studies. It took him 2 years to do all the trigger words but he is now reading for pleasure, it is a joy to watch. He used to complain that he was bored every day at school but he is a different child now, liberated interested in everything, sets his own goals, and I even found him reading The Financial Times while he was waiting for me to pick him up from swimming. I can't believe the transformation. If you want to e-mail me ...Liz@mountainpass.co.uk Liz |
Susan Meagher (Frances)
| | Posted on Friday, October 17, 2003 - 02:50 am: |
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For the past three years my son has struggled with school learning issues. I have always felt that he is dyslexic. I was never able to get any response from his therapists, tutors, etc. We started out with auditory processing, from there we were sent to occupational therapy. At the same time we did all of this my son also had psych testing. He scored very high in IQ but difinitely has his own style of learning and response time. During all of this, he was evaluated and found to have vision issues, tracking, decoding etc. Of course we were also being told by teachers that they felt he was ADD.
None of these people he was working with felt that he has it. But his behavior in a classroom shows otherwise. So after two and a half years of homeschooling he felt he was ready to go back to public school. By the way, we had tried private school but that didn't work either. Now we are back at square one. He is not meeting the requirements for classroom behavior, organization and written work. He has shut down now and cannot even spell his own name correctly on paper. We have had his eyes retested and found that his vision is far worse than we knew. There are severe visual problems with tracking, convergence, depth perception etc. So now we are back to vision therapy. Why won't anyone address the issue of dyslexia with me. My son has always had a different perspective on the world. What do we do? He meets most of your profile for dyslexia. The behavior issue has always gotten in the way, oddly though it is only in the classroom. He has a black belt in Tae Kwon Do, is a ski racer, does gymnastics tied into the Tae Kwon Do and has a good social life outside of school. He wants to learn and be in the classroom with other kids. His writing is filled with misspelled words, letters left out, reversals such as anwser, saw for was, etc.
I have no idea where to get testing in our area. We live outside Philadelphia, Pa. |
nick
| | Posted on Sunday, January 15, 2006 - 10:06 pm: |
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without reading this post for hours on end can someone be willing to summerize this long and archived post... PLEASE...... |
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