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DAVIS DYSLEXIA ASSOCIATION INTERNATIONAL (DDAI)

DDAI was established internationally since 1995. There are affiliate associations in England, Germany, Israel, Mexico, the Netherlands, and New Zealand, which conduct workshops in nations throughout the world.

Ronald D. Davis and Alice E. Davis are the founders of Davis Dyslexia Association International (DDAI) and the Reading Research Council. The headquarters are based in Burlingame, California. DDAI conducts workshops to train Facilitators, Specialists and Workshop Presenters. The Reading Research Council’s Dyslexia Correction Center for programs was established in 1982, with Dr. Fatima Ali.

There are 450 (as of AUG 2008) certified Davis Facilitators worldwide providing programs in 40 countries and 30 languages.

Mr. Davis wrote books to make the methods available for everyone:
The Gift of Dyslexia ©1994
The Gift of Learning ©2003

The Davis Dyslexia Association International (DDAI) maintains a free website where anyone interested in using these methods can obtain information and discuss their experiences using the techniques in discussion forums.

Ronald D. Davis and Sharon Pfeiffer created Davis Learning Strategies (DLS). Sharon is a teacher with more than 20 years of classroom experience, who supervised the research and development of DLS from 1994-1999. The DLS program provides Kindergarten through Third Grade classroom teachers unique strategies for providing more effective reading instruction and for giving their students life long skills in "how to learn." It is intended to be a supplement to a regular curriculum.

Davis Autism Approach® (DAA) is a new program geared to enabling autistic individuals to fully participate in life. The program was developed by Ronald Dell Davis and piloted with highly experienced Davis Dyslexia Correction Facilitators. Since FEB 2008, about fifty Davis Facilitators have received training and are working towards licensing as Davis Autism Approach providers.

Ron Davis:
Unlocking the Power of Dyslexia

Ron Davis is dyslexic. He was labeled “retarded” (a Kanner’s baby, what would today be called autistic) until his early teens. After completing technical courses, he became a successful engineer, artist, and businessman. He was functionally illiterate, until age 38 when he discovered a method in 1981 to help himself read by correcting his perceptual distortions by consciously shifting his mental viewpoint (the mind’s eye).


MORE THAN THEY EVER EXPECTED

The Dyslexic Reader © 2008 with permission.
Excerpts from article by Kim Ainis,
Davis Facilitator in Chicago, IL

One of the most exciting and moving aspects of being a Davis Facilitator is seeing the powerful changes the program causes in people’s lives, extending far beyond reading, writing, and math. Here is a selection of mini-stories of client successes and firsts in all areas of life. They’ve been gathered from Facilitators all around the world, and are just a small sample of the kinds of changes clients experience. Feel free to send your own story to The Dyslexic Reader!


OVERCOMING SENSORY OVERLOAD

  • Prior to his Davis program, a boy had difficulty going out to eat in noisy places. He could barely eat, became very anxious, and afterwards he’d vomit. One day, during the program week, for the first time in his life, he ate at a very noisy restaurant, gobbled up all his food, had fun, and didn’t throw up!

  • A man, age 48, discovered he was able to go on fast, exciting rides with his children at Disney World — something he had never before been able to do.

OVERCOMING PERCEPTUAL DISTORTION

  • A girl, age 11, tended to see the shine on polished linoleum floors in her school as holes filled with water. So she always hesitated before entering the rooms fearing she would sink into the floor. Through orientation, she was able to see these floors as they really are, and this problem disappeared.

  • After 15 hours of his Davis Program, an 8-year-old boy went on a day trip with his family. As they crossed a bridge he began to feel really dizzy. His mom reminded him to check his orientation. Once he did that, everything was OK!

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