| Learning Difficulties mmm from disabilities back to your natural gifts |
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| Bonny Beuret |
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| How I "Really" Learned about Learning ... Difficulties You are on the Learning Difficulties pages of my website. It is here where I will be talking about a very special approach to learning difficulties and learning disabilities. it is called the 'Davis method' and it is very dear to my heart. You see, many years ago I learned most of what I know about learning - and not learning - from Ron Davis and my daughter. So I'd like to share that short story with you. (Jessica, my daughter has given permission to tell you this story.) I had been a professional trainer and coach for many years dealing with accelerated learning and information strategies, as well as stress management. I was successful at it, too. But at the same time, Jessica had reached the 4th grade and was a complete non-reader! The community where I lived seemed to be unable to offer any real solution at all. Diagnosis: “Low tolerance for frustration”. By the time I trooped my daughter down to the school-appointed psychologist for that testing, I had already tried all the tricks in my bag but without much success. (I realized that mothers should NOT be coaches to their children, they should simply be mothers- and all mothers intuitively know that!) Determined to find a solution for Jessica, I searched the Web - just as you are doing now - for a method that would work quickly during the summer break. She was after all about to enter 5th grade as a complete non-reader! In the Swiss school system that is a crucial time for all children: it is when a child has to decide in which track to continue in school - the academic one leading to university or a technical/vocational school. All that mattered to me was getting my daughter to read. To my mind Jessica needed A LOT of remediation, and these things would take A LOT of time. Indeed, I was very skeptical that a dyslexia treatment would help in such a short time (one week?!) I remember having several telephone conversations with Alice (wife of Ron Davis). I remember her being very, very patient with me. One part of me said this can’t work in just a week. But some other part of me kept saying Yes, it’s the right way. Eventually I took the leap of faith and Jessica and I were off to Burlingame, California, home of the Davis’. Jessica agreed to make the journey and do the program with Ron and Fatima. It was bumpy going at first. Jessica wasn’t used to structured time. And I recall I kept asking Ron from the third day into the program: “Shouldn’t we plan on staying an extra week? We have time, really, no problem.” He would look at me with those kind and loving eyes and say it would all be fine. And to my great surprise, we did not need to stay longer. One week was enough time. You see, my simple goal for entering this program with my daughter was to help her increase her reading level. However, the program accomplished so much more. As I observed my daughter’s behaviors during and after the program, astounding and important changes happened – changes that reached well beyond her remarkable gains in her reading skills.
I had received a gift so very much larger than what I had set out wanting. It became clear to me that the Davis method had so much more to offer than mere reading improvement. Davis teaches the very most basic lessons we ALL need to help us navigate in this stressed out and chaotic world we are living in. In a loving and playful way it installs strategies for competent living and tools for life-long learning - all within 5-10 short days! In a nutshell, these strategies are:
Davis promises robust solutions to tough learning problems. It is those promises and the proven results which led me to learning this method and becoming licensed as a Davis Dyslexia Correction® Facilitator, Davis Supervisor-Specialist and Davis Advanced Workshop Presenter. I continue to love doing programs with spunky children, and teens and struggling adult clients! Welcome to my website! I invite you to explore the Davis Programs in more detail and hope they capture your imagination as they did mine.  Bonny |
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Professional services described as Davis®, Davis Dyslexia Correction®, Davis Symbol Mastery®, Davis Orientation Counseling®, and Davis Math Mastery® 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. |