Frequently Asked Questions about Licensing

What is the Davis Facilitator Licensing Program?

What are the advantages and benefits of becoming trained and licensed as a Davis Facilitator?

• Listing on this website. "Dyslexia, the Gift" is the world's most popular site for the keyword dyslexia. Our site receives approximately 10,000 unique visitors each week. The facilitator listings are one of three most-heavily visited areas on our site.
• An annually renewable license granting the right to use internationally registered trademarks and service marks in advertising and promotional materials. These marks assure the public of the quality standards attained and maintained by the Facilitator. Licensing also protects the Facilitator from unlicensed competition and use of these marks by other businesses.

Other benefits enjoyed by a Davis Facilitator include:

• Technical updates and bulletins only available to Licensed members of DDAI
• Referrals of clients from regional Davis Dyslexia Associations
• Listing in DDAI directories and on the DDAI Internet web site
• Materials, books and supplies at 20% or more discounts
• Exclusive right to purchase certain Davis Program materials such as Student Kits
• Professional fellowship and networking opportunities with other Davis Facilitators around the world.

Who can apply for the Facilitator Licensing Program?

What skills and qualities are required to be able to begin training as a Davis Facilitator?

• Empathy,
• Good listening ability,
• Patience,
• Good observation skills,
• Resonance with the Davis approach to dyslexia correction,
• Willingness to use the Davis methods as a self-sufficient body of principles and techniques without needing to add additional techniques brought from other approaches to treating dyslexia,
• Ability to provide professional presentations both in written and verbal forms.

What skills and knowledge will be gained during a the Facilitator Licensing Program?

1. Understanding of how dyslexics think, feel and react to confusion based on the Davis principles.
2. Ability to observe and assess what a particular dyslexic client needs.
3. Ability to use and adapt the full range of Davis techniques for dyslexia correction in the form of a standard 5-day Davis Dyslexia Correction Program.
4. Knowledge and skill in helping clients with conditions such as difficulties with handwriting, maths, dyspraxia, auditory disorientation, and Attention Deficit Disorder.
5. Skill in helping a client master the use of the Orientation techniques and Symbol Mastery to the point where the client can become responsible for the correction of his or her own symptoms of dyslexia.
6. Support training skills for parents and tutors.
7. Methods for organizing the setting up and administration of a Davis Program.

What criteria are used to determine completion of the Facilitator Licensing Program?

• articulating and applying the fundamental concepts and principles of the Davis approach to dyslexia correction;
• interviewing and assessing a potential client to determine if the person is able to benefit from the Davis Dyslexia Correction Program;
• providing a client with the tools of Orientation and Symbol Mastery to a satisfactory degree in the context of a 30-hour Davis Dyslexia Correction Program;
• being able to do support training for parents or tutors of a client for the follow-up to a Davis Dyslexia Correction program;
• presenting themselves in their promotional materials with adequate facilities for providing a Davis Dyslexia Correction Program.