Imagine using your natural strengths to master:

Are you, or your child, creative and intelligent, but still struggle with traditional ways of learning?

Do you, or your child:
  • have interest in finding information from printed material, but would like what you read to take less time and to be easier to understand and remember?
  • have an excellent memory for things that interest you, but are frustrated by forgetting other information?
  • have lots of ideas, but have difficulty putting them in words, especially on paper? 
  • solve problems quickly, but have trouble communicating the answer to someone else?
  • have excitement for projects and activities, but have difficulty getting organized?
  • know lots of things, but don’t test well?
  • learn best from active participation?

Have you, or your child, ever been labeled as having Dyslexia, ADD/ADHD or a learning “disability”, but you haven’t yet found an effective way to resolve it?
​Let us show you how!

​Dyslexia and ADD Mastery is a proud provider of the Davis® Dyslexia Correction Program, based on Ronald D. Davis’ best-selling book,  The Gift of Dyslexia..  At the time of first publication, over 30 years ago, Dyslexia was defined as deficiency in brain function – a disability. Ron Davis’ pioneering work changed the paradigm of Dyslexia from the misunderstanding that it is a result of a genetic flaw- a brain, eye, or ear malfunction, to the understanding that it is a difference in thinking and learning styles. This difference brings with it inherent skills and talents, but can cause confusion when dealing with symbols. Although many associate Dyslexia only with letter reversals and reading difficulties, it encompasses a much larger umbrella of characteristics and symptoms.  

Skills and Talents of People With Dyslexia and ADD

  1. They can utilize the brain's ability to alter and create perceptions (the primary ability).
  2. They are highly aware of the environment.
  3. They are more curious than average.
  4. They think mainly in pictures instead of words.
  5. They are highly intuitive and insightful.
  6. They think and perceive multi-dimensionally (using all the senses).
  7. They can experience thought as reality.
  8. They have vivid imaginations.

From The Gift of Dyslexia, Chapter One, The Underlying Talent.
Read more: http://www.dyslexia.com/qagift.htm#980831#ixzz3oZCNxOF5
 
Dr. Linda Silverman, of The Gifted Development Center, has found that most very highly gifted children have a visual-spatial learning style, and that it is very common for these children to have learning problems commonly associated with dyslexia. Read more... 
 
However, even though dyslexics have many gifts and talents, the problems associated with dyslexia can be a very real disability to adults and children alike if they are unresolved, or if the individual encounters discrimination in education or employment because of them. Some skills, like basic literacy, are essential to get along in today's world. Other skills are not as important, but can be a barrier to dyslexic people because of societal and cultural expectations. We should not deny the reality of the problems that dyslexics face: they can not become better readers or spellers merely by 'working harder' or 'applying themselves' or 'paying attention'. (© Abigail Marshall)  Read more...
I had never sat down with a tutor or anyone else who was ever teaching me and had them tell me, “Here’s all the good things and the skills of being dyslexic. Here’s all the things that you can do that other people can’t necessarily do. We are going to use all these skills to be able to do better at reading and spelling.”

It’s always been the exact opposite. It’s always been, “You do all these things wrong, and you’re terrible at this, so we need to work on these things. The good things that you can do are secondary. They don’t have anything to do with what we are doing here."

Now that I’ve done this program, I can play my game that works for me, not have to try to use what works for everybody else. The ways I’ve had to learn before never had anything to do with any of my skills. Flash cards and phonics never did anything for me. They were just like seeing more words. They never used the things that I was good at.

This program changed how I thought about myself before I even started it, to have my skills listed as positive things about being dyslexic.

- Peter Hams, Age 34

How we can help

At Dyslexia and ADD Mastery, we tap into those innate gifts and talents and USE THEM to master the parts of dyslexia and ADD that cause difficulties. Clients are guided to use their gifts of creativity and spatial ability to achieve permanent gains in reading, writing, math, focus and coordination.  The Davis program enables children and adults to go beyond where traditional educational supports or use of medication may have helped, to independent control the unwanted aspects of Dyslexia and ADD.
 
It begins by providing dyslexics and people with ADD with an understanding of:
  1. How they think
  2. How they process words and/or concepts
  3. How they can learn words and concepts in a way that works WITH their learning style, rather than against it.
Dyslexia and ADD Mastery provides clients with one-on-one facilitation of the Davis program which includes:
  • Focusing techniques
  • Mastery of essential life concepts (ADD and Math programs)
  • Understanding how to resolve confusions with letters, words, and other symbols using their creativity and imagination
  • Reading exercises that eliminate guessing and promote comprehension
  • Improved balance and coordination

Unsure if you are dealing with dyslexia?