I’m married with three children and live in the bayside suburb of Aspendale Gardens, Victoria, Australia. My background is in teaching and working with disadvantaged young people.
My journey into becoming a Davis Dyslexia facilitator began when my middle child was diagnosed with severe dyslexia.
He was seven at the time and I remember the school saying that he was fine and that kids develop at different rates but I had internal warning bells going off in me.
He would ‘read’ through memorization or by using the pictures and if you pointed to a word in the sentence, he would count what number word it was in the sentence and then use that to work out what the word was, but if you isolated the word on a flash card, he had no idea what it was. He was clever, motivated and had amazing strategies to overcome this learning problem, however I could see the negative self-talk beginning as he compared himself to others.
After his diagnosis, I began researching many programs and was quite overwhelmed by it all. I revisited the lady who assessed him and she told me about the Davis program. At the same time, I had come across the book by Ron Davis- The Gift of Dyslexia. After meeting with the facilitator, I was impressed with the program as it worked with the strengths of the dyslexic learning style and showed them personal strategies to use to correct dyslexia. I found many other programs used strategies such as phonics, repetition and drills that I knew didn’t work for my son.
My son did the Davis Reading Program for Young Learners and the change was incredible. I had not realized that he actually didn’t know his alphabet. There was no certainty in what the letters were or meant or the sound attached to each one. He had been seeing them as just lines and curves. After his program, I could see such an increase in self-esteem and confidence as he had certainty for the first time. He had strategies that he could use to help him with how he learnt. This allowed him to learn to read, improve his listening and to control his focus. I learnt so much as well.
I decided to become a facilitator myself because of this and remain very passionate about helping individuals discover solutions and become empowered with knowledge, skills and personal tools to take control of their learning style and achieve their goals.
Licensed to provide:
Licensed since: March 6, 2013
Travel: I am willing to travel to clients
Online services: I coach online or in person
Delivery Languages: EnglishEnglish
Janette is very professional but at the same time made us feel 100% at ease. I would absolutely recommend the Ron Davis program to anyone, especially those who have a child struggling in the mainstream education system. It unlocks and opens a completely different way of understanding the basics, which a visual learner often misses in the classroom. A very delighted child can now tell the time! Thank you Janette for giving the 'tools' to help for the rest of a lifetime!
Miriam Gooden (Mum to 16 yr old Curtis)
I have learnt some amazing techniques from Janette that will be tools I'll use forever, she's so lovely and easy to talk to, making the experience and learning so amazing.
Malia (18 yr old Yr 12 student)
Janette and the Davis Method program is fabulous. My son's behaviour can be challenging but Janette handled him very patiently. He was taught lots of tools to take back to school and utilis which he's been trying to implement. I've seen great improvement in Nick's reading.
Michelle Edwards (Mum of Nick 10)
Excellent program. My son and I had a wonderful experience with Janette. She addressed all my concerns regarding my son's learning difficulties with so much empathy and patience. I can see massive improvement in only a few days! She was also very patient in explaining everything to me. For the first time in so many years I feel empowered, she gave me the tools and strategies to help my son, and I have never seen him more confident.
Liezl Bongers (Mum of 10 year old son)
“The program has increased our son’s self-awareness and confidence. He has an increased ability to focus on tasks including reading, school work, sport and household tasks. His self-esteem and confidence are now at a high level. Thanks Janette”
Justin Balsillie (Angus’s Dad)
“I’ve learnt a lot of new stuff that can help me at school. Like using my tools and I’m getting better at reading.”
Angus (age 8)
