I started my teaching career more than thirty years ago at a secondary school in Balham, South London where I taught math and physics for a year and a half.After that, I taught maths for more than nine years at a secondary school in North West London. I must admit that I did not know anything about dyslexia, ADD/ADHD and other related learning differences before they entered my personal life. I remember feeling very confused about some of my students who were labelled as "learning disabled " and yet who were very articulate and could easily remember various information about their favourite football team, pop group, computer games, cars, films and so on; but no matter how hard they tried to learn simple maths concepts, they could not retain even the simplest of formulas or math concepts.
I also remember how frustrated some of their parents were, not knowing how to help their children.
What I love about the Davis® methods is that they fully explain what dyslexia is and how parents and teachers can work together to help any dyslexic child achieve their full potential.
I've been working with both children and adults since 2000 and I am certain that, if the client is motivated, any problems associated with dyslexia can be resolved.
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Licensed since: December 17, 2002
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Travel: I am willing to travel to clients
Online services: I coach online or in person
Delivery Languages: EnglishEnglish
My son has followed both the English and the Math Davis Programmes with Nina. The results have been amazing !
The major result of the English Programme is that Kaylan has recovered his self esteem, his trust and hope in his own abilities and chance of success.
The maths programme unlocked a lot of issues he was blocked with for years: chronology, time reading, sequencing, learning time tables...
These two weeks have been the best and most efficient investment I have ever done into my son's schooling. They have unlocked his potential.
Of course, it isn't all solved yet, we are still working on the trigger words at home, but since he did these 2 weeks with Nina, he constantly improves at school. (Carole, Kaylan's mum, six weeks after the Programmes)
"I've been following K's work since last year and am astonished with her focus and the amount of work she is producing now. Please carry on with whatever you are doing at home" ( SENCO's feedback to the mother of a seven year old who has been following the Young Learners Programme for the past three months)
"Thanks for all you are doing with R. It has been a good and stable pillar for his learning and progress in all sorts of ways" (the father of a twelve year old boy who managed to gain 10 A* in his GCSEs)
"It has helped me a lot because I could not concentrate, read and spell before. I was bored. Now I can read and do not feel bad for being dyslexic any more."( S, aged 9, three months later)
"The Programme has helped me control my temper.I don't get as angry as I did in the past" ( G, aged 10 and suffering with ADHD)
