December News
PREVENTION:
Davis Learning Strategies 2021
We are beyond excited to announce that DDAI is able to offer the 2 day Davis Learning Strategies Workshop for Primary Teachers, ONLINE, April 15/16, 2021. See Flyer below for details. Please do tell your children’s teachers, principals, homeschooling organisations… we have to ensure these challenges don’t have the chance to arise ! Attendees have to register directly with DDAI as the flyer shows, but any Canadians requiring financial assistance should email us at info@thewds.org. We are delighted that we can assist.
Dear All;
Laura and Sue here with the December Newsletter.
We hope you are staying warm and well – loving the snow on the mountains and very much looking forward to a brighter 2021!
We all wish you the happiest Christmas and New Year holidays – probably different – but just as full of joy.
DONATE:
Holiday Giving:
We would love to reach our goal of $8,000 this year, and are still $2,000 shy… see how donations can result in tax credits by reading the article below.
Read MOre…Tax Benefits of Charitable Donations
We have Christmas Cards for sale at The Card Project.
Visit The Card Project Here
Partial proceeds go to The WDS from sales and rentals of Ed Roman’s highly acclaimed “Red Omen” video.
For more information on renting or buying Red Omen click here
OUTREACH:
Series 3 of our Podcast coming soon !
Laura and Sue are re-vamping some of the website pages – Our Approach, Outreach and Resources – there will be videos on our YouTube Channel and information to assist with Homeschooling and Online learning.
With the emphasis on Giving our 3rd series of podcasts goes out on December 21 – very talented dyslexics who use their ‘gift’ to its full potential. You can find us on Podbean, Spotify and our YouTube Channel
Sue is keeping all fingers and toes crossed that her application to TedXBearCreekPark will make it to the last 12. She is delighted to have made from 60 entries to the last 23, just one more step!
Her presentation is entitled “Do Schools create Learning Disabilities?” All positive thoughts appreciated!
As Sue was researching Ted talks, she came across Terri Goldstein’s interesting talk – which focusses on the way she uses her ‘gift’ in her career.
Nadine Schumont is a Davis Facilitator in Ontario, Picture Perfect Learning, and every month she posts a short interview on Facebook – entitled "You’ve got One Minute”. She asks a facilitator a question, and they have one minute to respond. Sue will be interviewed for the December episode on the 14th. The video will be posted on Nadine's Facebook page on December 17th. Her question is “what would the world be like if there were no dyslexics?” Easy answer – dull ! We'll publish the video on the Positive Dyslexia and The Whole Dyslexic Society Facebook pages also.
COMMUNITY:
Tax Credits, Summer Camp and Fun !
Disability Tax Credits - TJ Firenze of Firenze Financial donates her services to anyone wishing to complete an application for Disability Tax Credits. You can call her any time 604.312.8642.
On Wednesday January 13 7PM – she is giving us a free Zoom call on this subject. Please email info@thewds.org to register and we will send you the Zoom link.
*Read More about Firenze Financial Here*
Family Summer Camp weekend is booked for May 28-30, 2021 and details will be sent out in January. Save the date ! We all need COVID-safe fun !
Thinking of Fun – some ways to have creative fun! Looking forward to the New Year how about:
Rube Goldberg’s TinkerLab - to visit click here
Destination Imagination - to visit click here
Odyssey of the Mind - to visit click here
WOULD BE AUTHORS COLLABORATIVE BOOK PROJECT
The Flip Side of Dyslexia
Sue received this email below from Julie Salisbury of Influence Publishing. Sue went to one of her workshops when she was planning her book Fish Don’t Climb Trees.
Visit Fish Don’t Climb Trees Here
If you are a dyslexic author read on to learn more about Julie’s collaborative book project.
“I am reaching out to you as a member of the Dyslexia community to see if you are interested in being part of a ground breaking book about the "Gift of Dyslexia".
This was the name of my TEDx talk 3 years ago where I shared with the world that I am probably the world's only Dyslexic Book Publisher. For many years I have wanted to put a book together to encourage others that Dyslexia is a gift and I believe the time has come. We want you to share your inspiring story of how you have recognized the unique gifts Dyslexia brings. We will publish a collaborative book with 20 authors' stories to encourage others with Dyslexia to find THEIR gift. All royalties raised through this book will be donated to a foundation to create a scholarship fund to help more Dyslexic authors publish their story.
As a dyslexic book publisher I have discovered how much the gifts of dyslexia have helped me with the big picture and story development of manuscripts. Many famous entrepreneurs have used their "problem solving" skills of Dyslexia to forge new paradigms of business, and this is what I have done for the publishing industry. It is time to recognize that it is good 'stories" that make great books and leave the editors to take care of grammar, spelling and sentence structure. You don't have to be a great writer to be a great author, but you do have to tell a good story!
* To represent the values and knowledge of your organization/business venture and the influencers of your community.
* To create an opportunity for the community to collectively showcase their own brand/business/cause. (each author can also use the book as their own branding) To make it available for worldwide distribution in print and e-book format.
* To brand and create credibility for your cause with a #1 Amazon Best selling book.
* To share your personal story of how Dyslexia has become a gift for you and to educate and encourage others in their journey.
Influence Publishing will provide step by step guidance to each author in their writing process. This includes 1 on 1 coaching for each author and several zoom calls as a group to meet each other and understand the process as well as marketing ideas. As a dyslexic book publisher Julie has developed a unique “talk-a-book” process giving you the option to write your chapter through a zoom interview that results in a transcript which is then utilized to write the chapter. This eliminates the fear for those who feel their writing may not be good enough. This will be included in the package for this unique book.
The Influence Publishing Inc. track record for creating Amazon best selling books has a 100% success rate (when the instructions are followed exactly). Their reputation for books that “influence” the way we see the world has given them over 100 Best sellers in the last ten years. To learn more about this book project, please contact Julie at founder@influencepublishing.com. If you would like to watch Julie’s TEDX talk entitled “The Gift of Dyslexia”, click the TEDX logo at the bottom of the page in that link.
Please take a look at http://www.influencepublishing.com/collaborative-book/ to view our other best selling collaborative books. You can also listen to my recent podcast about publishing with Dyslexia by going to: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dyslexia-is-our-superpower-podcast/id1273576736. I know you must have questions.
I look forward to hearing from you and to welcoming you into “The Flip Side of Dyslexia” Collaborative book!
Julie Salisbury, Founder, Influencepublishing.com”