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Q4: How much will reading improve after the one-week Davis
Dyslexia Correction® Program?
A: The Davis® methods do not lend themselves very well to
quantifiable studies, because we provide an individualized
program to clients with varied backgrounds and levels of difficulty.
Our success rate is largely based on the Results Assessment
interview done at the end of the program and anecdotal reports.
Many of the most significant changes experienced by our clients
are impossible to measure, especially their increased or renewed
self-confidence.
Because of the individualized nature of our program, the
results vary dramatically from person to person. Some people
come to us with coordination difficulties, some with speech
deficits, and some with attention focus problems. We've worked
with adults who can't read at all but come up to a fifth grade
level or more within a week. There have been both adults and
children who cannot catch a ball and do so by the end of the
week. Some people experience improvement in handwriting immediately,
some within six months. Some who cannot hear or pronounce
speech sounds suddenly are able to - some need to continue
speech therapy but with increased rate of improvement. Some
clients with no depth perception suddenly develop it.
The long term results of our program with regard to reading
largely depend on how much follow-through the client does
mastering the small words. This can take up to about a year.
The 3% that we could not help were for various reasons. These
include prior psychological conditions such as schizophrenia,
manic depression and drug dependency. A hostile unsupportive
environment filled with emotional, physical or verbal abuse
can sometimes be a factor.
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