I help young people and adults with dyslexia and related conditions, such as dyscalculia (maths issues), ADHD (focus and behavioural issues) and dyspraxia (co-ordination and balance challenges) develop mastery with their amazing brains. I have been on my own journey with dyspraxia (the ‘clumsy’ version of dyslexia) and have seen many people benefit greatly from the Davis methods.
In my 30 years in adult and youth education, I have met highly intelligent and motivated learners with clever neurodiverse brains, who often struggled with reading, spelling, writing, comprehension, focus or mathematics. At the heart of each of these struggles was dyslexia or a related condition.
It is my privilege and joy to work with neurodivergent people to master the various challenges their brains present, and to succeed and thrive in school, study, work and life.
Licensed to provide:
Licensed since: February 13, 2020
Certifications:
Travel: I am willing to travel to clients
Online services: I coach online or in person
Delivery Languages: EnglishEnglish
My 10 year old son, Lachie, completed the Davis Dyslexia Mastery course with Rachel in September 2022. We noticed a positive change in his behaviour and interactions with others from day one, and knew that this was going to be different to everything else we’d tried.
When Lachie started his course, he had an 8-8.5yr reading level and was at risk, was told that he would need continuous support to meet the curriculum level of Stage 6 in Mathematics by the end of the year, and was at a Year 1 (1B, beginning) writing level. Now, just four months on, Lachie is meeting the curriculum levels for his age in reading – 10.5-11.5yrs – has reached Stage 6 in mathematics and has increased his writing by five levels (2A, Advanced), so that he can now write at the same level of those starting at Yr 5!
After years of seeing little to no improvement with other programs, this is absolutely incredible! Lachie is so much calmer and happier in himself, he can control his energy levels, his balance is better, he is so much easier to communicate with, and his connections with his peers, friends and family have improved. This course, and the follow up work has not been easy for Lachie but he is now seeing that his perseverance is paying off and creating the best version of himself is fully within his control.
Sarah, mother of 10-year-old boy
We have been lucky to have Rachel spend time with our daughter on the Davis Attention Mastery Programme. I learned so much as a parent, it has helped me to understand some of what goes on for my daughter.
The concepts and tools that we’ve learned have been illuminating, and I have found myself referring to them in my own life too. I experienced Rachel as kind, patient, and extremely knowledgeable. We are so fortunate to have her in our town.
Mother of a 10 year-old daughter
We have worked with Rachel for almost a year now to help our daughter master her dyslexia. Over that time, we have witnessed incredible leaps and bounds in her reading, writing, and confidence.
Rachel is patient, calm, and caring. Her passion for helping people of all ages with dyslexia is an inspiration.
Simon, father of 8 y.o. girl
Wow that’s all I can say about Rachel, her caring made me feel humble. She never once got upset with me, which is important. The way she made me feel was “You can do this.” Even now, not completely finished, it amazes me how my writing style has improved immensely. Much better than I could’ve imagined “giggle” and I’m not finished.
It feels like my consciousness has really been changed by the training, I’m typing my file notes as I want them to be read, without changing them to find easier words.
I had an incident at work this week…without too much stress I wrote what I thought was an excellent incident note, the Davis Dyslexia method takes out the worry of spelling.
David, Digital Print Tutor, 55
