Ron Davis didn’t know he was truly alive until he was a teenager when he finally learned how to speak and at the age of 38, he conquered severe dyslexia and went on to develop the Davis Dyslexia Theory of Correction.

On Sunday, the California-based author of “The Gift of Dyslexia: Why some of the smartest people can’t read and how they can learn” will speak about dyslexia and ADD (Attention Deficit Disorder) at the Yad Lebanim In Ra’anana. His lecture will be simultaneously translated into Hebrew and will mark the publication of the Hebrew translation of his book.

Ra’anana Mayor Zeev Bielski and Deputy Minister of Education, Shaul Yahalom, will be present at the lecture on Sunday, which has been organized by the Ezra (English Speaking Residents Association) Support Group for parents of Chikdren with Learning Disabilities and ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder).

Davis developed his theory of correction in 1980 after overcoming his own severe dyslexia by finding a way to eliminate common perceptual distortions. Davis was considered “mentally retarded” for many years – though today he would have been labeled autistic. He made the extremely rare step of developing out of the condition, learning to speak as a teen. He was left with severe dyslexia until he was 38. But in 1980, he discovered a rudimentary from of orientation. “I thought I had cured myself,” he told Anglo file this week, “I hadn’t, but I had found a piece of the Reading Research Council with a group of experts, he developed a correction program, the basis for the Davis Dyslexia Correction program, which operates worldwide today, Davis says dyslexia can never be cured, but the problems that prevent learning can be corrected, “by understanding me-chanically how it exists”.

The two key compoments of the program include “orientation counseling” – which teaches dyslexic students how to recognize and control the mental state that leads to distorted and confused perception of letters, words and numerals – and “symbol mastery” which gives dyslexic students the ability to think with symbols and words so they can learn more easily. Specialized methods to help children and adults with attention focus problems or hyperactivity are also integrated into the program.

Davis refers to dyslexia as a “gift” and says that people who think in pictures rather than words are creative and imaginative.

Judith Schwarcz, chairperson of Support Group for Parents of Children with Learning Disabilities and ADHD, and currently the only Davis instructor based in Israel, says that there are many different methods to treat dyslexia and “I never say that her participation in a Davis Dyslexia Correction program “changed my whole life”.
Originally she had planned to send her son, who like Schwartz has both dyslexia and ADD, on a program myself”. She says her son’s reading improved four grades in the space of a week and now she is able to “read for pleasure”.

With regard to immigrants to Israel, Schwarcz says that those people who have dyslexia will experience it in both English and Hebrew, or learn, She says dyslexics will definitely “have difficulty in attaining a second language”.

C. of Herzeliya, whose 8 year old son, A., has dyslexia, moved to Israel from the united states in June. A., who arrived with no knowledge of Hebrew, spent a week with Schwarcz and now knows the whole alphabet, its sounds and can read slowly – particularly notable as he cannot put whole words together in English Here the emphasis is on the prevention of dyslexia, rather than the correction.

The ESRA Support Group for Parents of Children with Learning Disabilities and ADHD has a current membership of 320 families. Every month the group hosts lectures on relevant topics in English, offers a mobile lending library, a listening ear service )a help-line for parents) and provides topic-related articles translated into Hebrew to pass on to educators and other services in the Sharon area.

A workshop to train facilitators in the Davis Dyslexia Theory of Correction is set for early January of next tear. Those interested in attending the lecture should call Judith Schwarcz at
(09)772-9888/052 488-288.

  Click to listen highlighted text! U.S. BASED DYSLEXIA PROGRAM GETS POSITIVE RESULTS IN ISRAEL English Edition “Ha’aretz” 15/9/2000 By Charlotte Halle’ Ron Davis didn’t know he was truly alive until he was a teenager when he finally learned how to speak and at the age of 38, he conquered severe dyslexia and went on to develop the Davis Dyslexia Theory of Correction. On Sunday, the California-based author of “The Gift of Dyslexia: Why some of the smartest people can’t read and how they can learn” will speak about dyslexia and ADD (Attention Deficit Disorder) at the Yad Lebanim In Ra’anana. His lecture will be simultaneously translated into Hebrew and will mark the publication of the Hebrew translation of his book. Ra’anana Mayor Zeev Bielski and Deputy Minister of Education, Shaul Yahalom, will be present at the lecture on Sunday, which has been organized by the Ezra (English Speaking Residents Association) Support Group for parents of Chikdren with Learning Disabilities and ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder). Davis developed his theory of correction in 1980 after overcoming his own severe dyslexia by finding a way to eliminate common perceptual distortions. Davis was considered “mentally retarded” for many years – though today he would have been labeled autistic. He made the extremely rare step of developing out of the condition, learning to speak as a teen. He was left with severe dyslexia until he was 38. But in 1980, he discovered a rudimentary from of orientation. “I thought I had cured myself,” he told Anglo file this week, “I hadn’t, but I had found a piece of the Reading Research Council with a group of experts, he developed a correction program, the basis for the Davis Dyslexia Correction program, which operates worldwide today, Davis says dyslexia can never be cured, but the problems that prevent learning can be corrected, “by understanding me-chanically how it exists”. The two key compoments of the program include “orientation counseling” – which teaches dyslexic students how to recognize and control the mental state that leads to distorted and confused perception of letters, words and numerals – and “symbol mastery” which gives dyslexic students the ability to think with symbols and words so they can learn more easily. Specialized methods to help children and adults with attention focus problems or hyperactivity are also integrated into the program. Davis refers to dyslexia as a “gift” and says that people who think in pictures rather than words are creative and imaginative. Judith Schwarcz, chairperson of Support Group for Parents of Children with Learning Disabilities and ADHD, and currently the only Davis instructor based in Israel, says that there are many different methods to treat dyslexia and “I never say that her participation in a Davis Dyslexia Correction program “changed my whole life”. Originally she had planned to send her son, who like Schwartz has both dyslexia and ADD, on a program myself”. She says her son’s reading improved four grades in the space of a week and now she is able to “read for pleasure”. With regard to immigrants to Israel, Schwarcz says that those people who have dyslexia will experience it in both English and Hebrew, or learn, She says dyslexics will definitely “have difficulty in attaining a second language”. C. of Herzeliya, whose 8 year old son, A., has dyslexia, moved to Israel from the united states in June. A., who arrived with no knowledge of Hebrew, spent a week with Schwarcz and now knows the whole alphabet, its sounds and can read slowly – particularly notable as he cannot put whole words together in English Here the emphasis is on the prevention of dyslexia, rather than the correction. The ESRA Support Group for Parents of Children with Learning Disabilities and ADHD has a current membership of 320 families. Every month the group hosts lectures on relevant topics in English, offers a mobile lending library, a listening ear service )a help-line for parents) and provides topic-related articles translated into Hebrew to pass on to educators and other services in the Sharon area. A workshop to train facilitators in the Davis Dyslexia Theory of Correction is set for early January of next tear. Those interested in attending the lecture should call Judith Schwarcz at (09)772-9888/052 488-288. Powered By GSpeech