"The Davis method involves two parts: The first (1) -- Orientation Counseling -- establishes a stabilizing focal point for "the mind's eye" the vantage point from which the mind perceives the senses (except for taste).

It is a point from which vision, the dominant sense, establishes a viewpoint, like a camera in the mind when one is reading or imagining something. A dyslexic's mind, does not have a stationary focal point. Looking at a letter or word, Davis says, "is like a helicopter buzzing around, doing surveillance on a building. This is the disorientation function hard at work, trying to recognize the object."

The optimum location for this mental viewpoint or mind's eye is a few inches to a foot above and behind the head on the centerline of the body. Focusing the mind from this orientation spot (which is part of what clients are taught to do) shuts off the distorted perceptions of dyslexia, he says."

The second (2) component of the Davis Method is called Symbol Mastery, a multi-sensory approach to learning letters, words, numbers, punctuation marks and math symbols. It involves creating the letters, in 3-D, from clay. "To a dyslexic, a word has three parts -- what it means, what it looks like and what it sounds like. The clay model is for the meaning in picture form,"

Source: Living with Dyslexia, The Davis Method claims a high rate of success in teaching dyslexics to read. (Mia Stainsby) Southam Newspapers; Vancouver Sun Link

Info: Davis Dyslexia Association International - http://www.dyslexia.com/

Fax: 1-650-692-7075 / Local Phone: 1-650-692-7141

Book: The Gift of Dyslexia (Ronald D. Davis & Eldon M. Braun) Amazon

Reflection of "The Alpha-Channel" on this Theory / Method:

When Davis says:

- "A dyslexic's mind, does not have a stationary focal point. Looking at a letter or word, Davis says, "is like a helicopter buzzing around, doing surveillance on a building." We can compare this to point 3 - Cross-over III of Dyslexics with Blur (Db) , the search around for the right connection.

- "This mental viewpoint or mind's eye is a few inches to a foot above and behind the head on the centreline of the body." When we look at "Step 9" of the Masking Alpha Channel -topic we see that the different separations of the Alpha-Channel makes our visual input go from blurry -> normal -> gap, as would by adjusting our Focus Point. Davis has found a way to program our brain to change this Focus Point.

- "It involves creating the letters, in 3-D, from clay." at point 5 - Conclusion of Dyslexics with Blur (Db) we see that these Dyslexics need a volumetric way to process information, by using Clay he has found an alternative way to teach kids this approach.