My daughter Hannah, 11, started to
have learning difficulties as soon as grade 1.
After several years of extra support, even though it looked like she
could read, she still couldn’t understand the meaning of the texts.
She had a lot of trouble to express herself orally, continuously changing
ideas. For the same reason, her
writing was really poor, words were missing and there was no punctuation.
She had no short-term memory and learning the multiplication tables was a
nightmare.
She was lacking coordination and
physically, it looked like she was preventing herself from growing.
Very skinny, she was always complaining that her belly ached and she was
a very anxious little girl who did not have any self confidence.
Several “specialists” assured me that she
was not dyslexic. However, when I
read “The Gift of Dyslexia,” by Ron Davis, I knew right away that was the cause
of her problems.
In September, she spent a week at Rocky
Point Academy. The following
Monday, as soon as she went back to school, her teachers started to notice a
difference in her. By November,
when the time of the report cards came, they wanted to know what could have lead
to such a dramatic change in her way of learning.
Her grades were amazing.
She still has to work hard but she is
able to understand, learn and memorize.
Thanks to your tools and ‘tips’, there is
no more ‘panic’. She knows how to
manage her time and behaviour.
Her coordination has improved
tremendously (she can play basketball, ping-pong…) and she even has started to
gain some weight.
I am grateful to the facilitators at
Rocky Point Academy for their kindness, patience, great support and
professionalism. And for the fact
that they are always ready to answer our questions, whenever we need help.
(Although Hannah’s first language is
French and she goes to a French school the training in English did not confuse
her. We only do the French
exercises at home but both languages are improving at the same time).
Christine
