{"id":15820,"date":"2026-06-17T00:47:29","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T23:47:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/davismethod.com\/?p=15820"},"modified":"2026-06-17T01:29:42","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T00:29:42","slug":"davis-dyslexia-margots-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davismethod.com\/nl\/davis-dyslexia-margots-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Nikki Palamountain Interviews Margot Young &#8211; How the Book the Gift of Dyslexia changed the lives of a mother and son"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Davis Facilitator and Radio Hawkes Bay &#8211; Dyslexia Unpuzzled Podcast host, <a href=\"https:\/\/davismethod.com\/facilitator\/nikki-palamountain\/\">Nikki Palamountain<\/a> interviews <a href=\"https:\/\/davismethod.com\/facilitator\/margot-young\/\">Margot Young<\/a>, recently retired Davis Pacific Hub Director, about her journey with Davis. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"How the book, The Gift of Dyslexia, changed the lives of a mother and son\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ssxT6TZGLXU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>When Margot Young&#8217;s son was struggling at school, the system told her he just wasn&#8217;t motivated. No teacher flagged dyslexia. No support was offered. By Year 5, he&#8217;d given up entirely, on reading, writing, spelling, and even maths, which he was good at.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Margot went looking for dyslexia help herself. What she found was the book <em>The Gift of Dyslexia<\/em> by Ron Davis, which led to the a Davis Mastery for Dyslexia program. That program turned her son&#8217;s learning around completely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That experience didn&#8217;t just change her son&#8217;s life. It changed her career. Margot went on to become a licensed Davis facilitator, then a facilitator trainer, spending 18 years supporting neurodivergent learners and mentoring the next generation of Davis practitioners across New Zealand and the Pacific.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this conversation with Hawke&#8217;s Bay facilitator Nikki, Margot talks about:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Why so many families feel exhausted and dismissed by the school system<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>How the Davis Method works \u2014 and why clay-based, multi-sensory learning sticks<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What it means to train others, and the ripple effect that creates<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>If you&#8217;ve been searching for dyslexia help and wondering whether anything can really make a difference, this conversation is worth your time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"http:\/\/www.davismethod.com\/facilitator\">Find a Facilitator<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"http:\/\/www.davismethod.com\/contact\">Contact us<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"http:\/\/events.davismethod.com\">Find a Gift of Dyslexia Workshop<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After the school system failed her son, Margot Young spent 18 years providing dyslexia help for struggling learners. 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