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Summary: An Uplifting Book for Parents of Dyslexic Children
Review: The most gripping part of this book to me is the encouragementit provides in knowing that a child with dyslexia is often gifted.They are differently enabled instead of disabled, so they are often mislabeled.Any parent with a child they suspect or know has dyslexia will find this book uplifting and encouraging. This is however, one of many books on how to teach dyslexic children the skills they need. I have found some success in using the described methods (but not the leaps forward that others have seen) and have wondered how much of it is 'just another program's hype' versus 'the answer to the problem'. Still, this book is a good starting point for any parent. It will help parents encourage their children by empowering them with the knowledge that the dyslexic child is very special indeed.
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Summary: Perceptually "Impaired" May Be Perceptually Gifted
Review: What is convincing about this book is that the author is writing from personal experience and that what he writes conforms to the experience of many who have taught or had children of their own with dyslexia or with some identified "learning disability." As a successful adult, he brings hope and a technique for helping those like him to use their abilities and to meet the demands of the more linear, verbal-oriented world of education and business. This book also gave me an appreciation of the pictorial thinker and the benefits he/she brings to the world. As a teacher and trainer, I believe every teacher, trainer, and parent should read this--regardless of whether they work with or have a child in this category. It gives us another view--an important view--of learning.
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Summary: Never too old to learn
Review: I am a professional with 22 years of experience working with dyslexic students. I wept when reading this book. Throughout the description of how these students TRY so hard to read, I kept shouting, "YES!" I've seen and heard in my students for YEARS what Davis describes so eloquently. This is a must-read for anyone interested in the field of learning disabilities.
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Summary: New Age Hocus Pocus
Review: I am an adult dyslexic looking for ways to help increase my reading ability. Though the first part of this book has some interesting insights, it is completely useless for helping dyslexia.
The author makes all his claims based on personal observations. There is NO scientific basis for anything he says. He doesn't mention any previous studies on dyslexia, nor does he present any clinical evidence for his theories. This book is a just curiosity.
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Summary: So Simple - Yet it Works!
Review: I'm a volunteer in a local school and have been working for 20 minutes a day with two girls, 10 and 12 for almost a year. When I started, they were reading at mid second grade level and having trouble. I began researching to see if I could find other methods to help the girls. As I read about dyslexia I became certain this was the issue for one of them. The school purchased the book and the materials for me to utililze with her. We taped her reading before and after my week with her. It is totally unbelievable that this is the same child doing the reading. She is now saying she likes to read, she feels better about herself, and is doing better in other areas. Her current book is about a 6th grade girl with dyslexia, someone she can relate to. We decided to try the program with the ten year old "just in case it might work" and I just completed my five days with her. The results are phenominal. She is reading a fifth grade book and loves it. She has three more books checked out to read when she finishes this one. Before this week, one page tired her. The girls went into the visualization so easily that I doubted my abilities. But they see their dots and know exactly where they are and how to use the technique. We've got a long way to go on the word definitions and time will tell how well it continues to work for each of them. I wonder if this technique would work with other learning gifts! I will be trying it with others, it certainly can't hurt them, providing we make it clear that it might not work. The school, the parents, and I are overwhelmed.
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Summary: The Gift Of Dyslexia
Review: I found this book to be the best explanation of dyslexia and How to Correct it. It was better than all the other dyslexia books combined. I was amazed at Ron Davis's insights. I would reccomend the book to anyone with Dyslexia or if you want to understand someone who has it.
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Summary: A Revealing, Inspiring Book for Parents
Review: I found this book very informative as I was wondering whether my daughter was dyslexic or not. And even if she is not, the book gave me insight as to how different people learn and process. It's a very clear book and gives hope, insight, and a means of learning for those who do have dyslexia. The book revealed that dyslexic people learn visually and are usually very creative. I have only read a few other articles on dyslexia and Ronald Davis' philosophies are very fascinating. Since he has dyslexia also, I think the information and methods in his book come from knowing it internally. People overcoming the greatest difficulties usually become the best teachers. This book is worth reading for those with dyslexia, parents and definitely teachers!
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Summary: It was like finding an owner's manual for myself
Review: After years of being told that I was strangley talented in visual and mechanical fields (I'm not autistic by the way), but really not smart enough to go to college, finding this book was like finally finding myself. I joined the military because I was "not smart enough" to go to college. About a month after its initial publication, this book crossed my path quite by chance. My life has changed drastically since finding this book and putting the theories into practice. The first college class I took after working with this book was completed with the first 'A' of my life. I recently received my first college degree and am continuing on for another. While this book gave me the tools to work through college, it also gave me the appreciation of my gift- my strange lifelong ability to use tools and create things with my hands and mind. It finally explained it all. Thank you Mr. Davis, you have altered my life in immeasurable ways. This is a must read for anybody who is dyslexic.
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Summary: Good Tests and Interesting Premise
Review: This little book offers some basic testing to determine whether you (or your child) are dyslexic. It suggests that dyslexia can be made into a blessing or a curse, depending on whether it is recognized and exploited, or ignored and criticized.
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Summary: NOT FOR LEARNING DISABLED
Review: The Gift of Dyslexia was written by a man who is autistic not learning desabled. Autistics often have incredible visual abilities. Ronald Davis is such an autistic person. To help him over come his problem, he created a method to control his extreme visual abilities. His method may work on a student who has extreme visual skills but will not be effective on learning disabled students. Most students with learning disabilities lack sufficient visual abilities. Futhermore, he uses no research to support his theories and argues against researched and proven theories. He consistantly blames the current education system for creating learning diabilities. Ronald was born with autism, it was not created when he began school. In addition, his treatment gives verbal directions that are complex and difficult to understand. Many learning diabled students struggle with verbal directions. If a learning disabled student has any communication problems they will be lost and confused by the treatment. His assessment tries to determine if the program will work for the student and is impossible to score accurately. An examiner asks the student to imagine and then state if she of he sees what is asked. There is no way to know if the student can actually do this or not. A more accuate evaluation would be given by a specialist to determine the level of visual spatial skills of the student. A student with normal to below normal visual spatial skill would not benefit from his treatment. L.S. Special Education Teacher, Masters of Education
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