UNLOCKING LEARNING - Key Persons
My name is Angela Canning. I worked for many years in the NHS clinically and in management before pausing my career to bring up my son. I have an MBA and I am now a school governor at a local primary school.
Anne originally trained as a teacher in 1985, although her specific interest in helping children with reading difficulties began when she realised that the three or four children in every class who had some difficulty learning to read or write needed a different way of learning
With a college degree in arts, Axel has a wide background in human development and creative industries, including graphic design, TV, and motion pictures.
In his early twenties shortly after graduation, he set up his first company, Mannraektin (Human Potential) in his native Iceland, offering
Candace has a degree in Maths and Physics from Canada and started her professional career as a computer programmer, which included training users on the databases she designed and built. Her passion for teaching led to working as an English as a Second Language (ESL) teacher, for more than a decade throughout South Korea, Turkey, and Saudi Arabia.
During this time, she encountered students with learning challenges which lead to her interest in neurodiversity. While in Saudi, she met a girl who completed the Davis Dyslexia program. Seeing her reading ability and confidence grow so rapidly, Candace was inspired to explore the Davis program. She worked for five years as an educational consultant in Saudi Arabia specialising in SEND.
She became a licensed Davis dyslexia facilitator in 2018, then went on to become a Davis autism facilitator in 2021. Currently, she is completing her Master's in Cognitive and Clinical Neuroscience in Cambridge and doing her dissertation on auditory orientation to support SEND individuals. Her motivation to study neuroscience comes from her innate curiosity to better understand neurodiversity from a neurological point-of-view.
Gilda Westermann Contact Gilda at: g.westermann@freeuk.com Gilda initially trained as a potter becoming well known in the world of British Studio Ceramics for Fine White Porcelain. She demonstrated, lectured and exhibited widely across the UK and abroad. An interest in personal development led her to train as a life coach, business coach Favourite Pinpoint Caroline Smith Contact Caroline at: dial.dyslexia@gmail.com My centre is in Moggerhanger - a small village in Bedfordshire, approximately 2 miles from the A1 and Sandy Mainline Railway Station. I am a qualified teacher and hold a Diploma in teaching students with Specific Learning Difficulties (Dyslexia). For 16 years I worked full time Favourite Pinpoint
My name is Graham Wright and I am a lecturer in science at a further education college.
I am a qualified teacher (B.Ed) & have worked with all ages in varying capacities, including as a Dance and Drama specialist in my early days. Since 2011, I have specialized in teaching Literacy and Numeracy to those with Specific Learning Difficulties (SpLD) (I have OCR certificate
I am a qualified teacher (Primary and Secondary) and live on the east coast of Norfolk where my office and workplace is located. Married with three sons, of whom two are dyslexic, I have witnessed the ups and downs that life with dyslexia brings and feel
Jane completed her training at DDAI in San Francisco. Since then Jane has also become a presenter for the Davis Learning Strategies and gives training to teachers to take the Davis methods into the classsroom. She is also very excited to
Janice has more than 30 years experience in teaching, including 12 years as a Special Educational Needs Coordinator. She became interested in the Davis methods in her search for a truly multi-sensory approach to dyslexia, in order to help those who struggle to read,
Hi, my name is Kim Crawford and I am a licensed Davis Facilitator, joining the amazing Davis team! I am based in Scotland, where there is a growing need for the Davis Service and wisdom!
I am myself dyslexic and the parent of a dyslexic. I have spent 15 years working in schools as a specialist behaviour teaching assistant. This has given me a vast range of skills and experiences to draw upon as a facilitator, along with a good insight
Livia Wong Contact Livia at livia.amazelearning@gmail.com Livia Wong: Amaze Learning Solutions Favourite Pinpoint Sue Bernarde Contact Sue at fearlesstoachieve@gmail.com __ I have experience of supporting persons with Dyslexia both as a Lecturer in Early Years and Childhood Studies and as a parent of two dyslexic boys. My dyslexic sons were being supported the phonic route, but this wasn't working for them. However, coming across the Favourite Pinpoint
Hello, my name is Lucie and I'm a part-time facilitator based in London and Guernsey with a background in design. As a dyslexic designer myself, I'm surrounded by neurodiverse individuals and am intimately familiar with creative thinking and learning styles. I understand the challenges that come with thinking differently, and
Maxine is a qualified District Nurse and the mother of three children, two of them dyslexic. After seeing the amazing change in her eldest son, following the completion of a Davis Dyslexia Correction Programme, she decided to take a closer look.
She has now been licensed as a
I started my teaching career more than 20 years ago, at an independent secondary school in Balham, South London where I taught maths and physics for a year and a half. After that, I taught maths for more than nine years at an inner-city school in north-west
Richard has been a Davis Programme Facilitator since 2002. Having been a classroom teacher for several years, he originally discovered the Davis methods when looking for a solution for the son of some friends.
His extensive background in education includes time spent teaching in both the adult
I was a non reader until the age of 15. I would probably now have been described as a non-responder -meaning unable to learn using phonics. Then I completed my first Davis Programme. I now have a degree in music and have a strong background
Sara has a degree in Economics with Politics and a background in business but became interested in literacy difficulties when her son was diagnosed as dyslexic.
She trained as a Davis Facilitator in 2001 and has worked in London, South Africa and Zimbabawe.
She works privately
Selena came to the Davis Dyslexia community from a corporate career in management. She began her formal Davis® training in 2012.
Selena's interest in Dyslexia was related to learning differences in her own family and an increasing awareness of those around her being affected by some of the difficulties associated
Tania Blackmore-Squires Hi, I am a Davis facilitator. If you struggle to read, understand what you have read, make and keep relationships, dys/acalculia, I can help you Contact me at wizworddyslexia@outlook.com or on Instagram I will travel to deliver programme Language spoken: English Favourite Pinpoint Elizabeth Shepherd Contact Elizabeth at: elizabeth-shepherd@outlook.com Hello, I trained as a Davis® Facilitator after my youngest son had received a Davis programme. He had been struggling at school, particularly with maths, and seemed to be overlooked because he could read and was not ‘bad enough' in either his academic achievement or Favourite Pinpoint
I have a Finance Degree and worked in Investment Banking for thirteen years in London, South Africa and Germany. I owned a well-known Reading Correction and Maths Assistance Centre in South Africa for ten years. I am also