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Facilitator Marianne Mullally

“While completing my training in the US I watched a lot of baseball.  Life is like a ball game.  To enjoy playing the game of baseball, there are many skills that need to be learned. When kids start learning to play the game, lots of time is spent fielding, throwing, catching, batting, base-running and more.  Learning these skills is essential so that kids can get the most possible enjoyment out of the game, and if they do it better than the other team, they win.  But for those kids that can’t field a ball or can’t bat a ball, they spend a lot of time on the bench watching everyone else playing, and wishing they could join in.

What’s even worse, they might decide they want to give up the game altogether.  That’s the part that is really scary to me.

My son was like that.  He spent a lot of time on the bench wondering why he couldn’t field the ball, or in his case – read. As his mother, I felt enormous guilt that I hadn’t nurtured his development properly. I felt hopeless, knowing my kid had talent, but not being able to realise it… then all that changed.

He met a coach who took him back to the beginning and started again with learning the skills of “fielding” or in his case - reading.  Now, he’s back in the game, laughing, playing, winning and enjoying the experience.  In fact, he has the potential to be the best in the team because his coach taught him how to do things in a way he understood.

That’s what has inspired me to become a coach like that, helping not only kids, but adults who have spent their life on the bench, make the most of their talent and get into the game.  I’ve seen my son go from loser to winner and I’d like to be able to see that happen in others.”

Marianne is a licensed Davis Dyslexia Correction® facilitator, and also holds TAFE qualifications in Workplace Training, Small Business Management and Human Resource Management.

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Free two-hour council parking is available at the Holtermann St and Hume Lane parking stations.