The Gift of Dyslexia Workshop – online, fast-track version January 2026

Daily timings: 9:00 a.m. — 4:30 p.m. (GMT)

This  5-day workshop is an introduction to the basic theories, principles and  application of all the procedures described in Ronald Davis's  internationally best-selling book, The Gift of Dyslexia, and more.

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Training  is done with a combination of lectures, demonstrations, group practice,  and question and answer sessions. Attendance is limited to ensure the  highest quality of training.

Who Should Attend

Parents • Home educators • Teachers • SENCOs • Special Needs Support Staff • Tutors •

Psychologists • Counsellors • Speech therapists • Occupational Therapists • Trainers • Researchers • Career Guidance Counsellors • Anyone interested in helping others correct their dyslexia

Participants will learn:

• How the Davis procedures were developed.

• How to screen for the “gift of dyslexia” and establish a symptoms profile.

• How to help dyslexics eliminate perceptual disorientation and focus their attention.

• Special techniques for working with people who do not visualise well.

• How to incorporate and use proven methods for reducing confusion and mistakes in a classroom, home-schooling, tutoring or therapeutic setting.

• How to structure a Davis Dyslexia Programme.

  
  

Detailed course outline

Face-To-Face, Online...

To keep you safe during the Covid-19 pandemic, we moved our professional training online. In doing so, we were determined to continue providing richly experiential training. So we explored and implemented numerous ways of ensuring this continued, even across a digital screen. The feedback from our trainees has been so overwhelmingly positive that we decided to stay with the online model even when the risks from the pandemic started to wane.

The Gift of Dyslexia online is still the Gift of Dyslexia. This is no dry webinar. We employ a host of creative innovations to ensure the same dynamic, convivial, hands-on experience that you would expect from any Davis methods workshop.

Features of the online workshop experience include:

• "camera-on, mic-on" interactive instruction

• short video demonstrations of key procedures in a face-to-face setting

• animated walk-throughs of our main procedures

• adapted pair work practice in "breakout rooms"

• content review and Q&A sessions to reinforce your learning as you go along

• in-session use of plasticine clay, so you can experience Davis Symbol Mastery hands-on.

We strongly recommend connecting to the sessions from a computer or large tablet. During the clay modelling sessions, a second device (such as a smartphone) will be needed so that the Presenter and fellow-participants can see your face and your clay models at the same time.

Your Workshop Presenter

Axel Gudmundsson

Axel Gudmundsson is a seasoned professional with over 20 years of experience as a Davis Programme Facilitator and trainer. His diverse background includes a degree in arts, extensive psychotherapy training, and a wide range of experience in human development, publishing, and self-help initiatives.

Axel began his career by founding Mannraektin (Human Potential) in Iceland, where he developed courses on eating disorders. He later co-founded the publishing company Vöxtur, introducing Icelandic audiences to transformational books like Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus.

Certified as a Davis dyslexia facilitator in 2002, Axel founded Gifted Dyslexic, now operating internationally, and established Davis Dyslexia Association Africa to train and support facilitators across the continent. As a Davis workshop presenter, he has impacted educators, parents, and specialists worldwide through his public lectures and training programmes.

Axel has successfully piloted a number of initiatives for young learners and homeschooling families within the Davis model.

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Read more about The Gift of Dyslexia Workshop here............