Spellers Center Tampa - Trinity, Florida

Angie Day

I am so grateful for the incredible help Dana Johnson provided during an intensive Spellers session for my daughter. Lily is 8 years old and non speaking and has been working on her spelling for about six months. Dana took the time to really assess Lily's needs and quickly identified that she required a different board to best support her spelling. Since making this adjustment, Lily has made tremendous progress and is now flying through her lessons! She’s one step closer to being open, and I couldn’t be happier with the results. Dana's expertise and dedication made all the difference, and we are so thankful for her support!

I also want to give a huge shout-out to Melanie Conway, the occupational therapist at Spellers in Tampa, who conducted an intentional motor assessment for Lily. Melanie took the time to show me various workouts and exercises that I can do with Lily at home to help strengthen her core and motor skills. I’m looking forward to following up with her on a Zoom meeting to continue supporting Lily’s progress. Thank you, Melanie, for your thoughtful guidance and support!

If you are on the fence about trying out Spellers please take that leap you will not regret it!

Angie

Marissa Wimbish Knowles

Our 15-year-old son has limited and, at times, unreliable speech. Over the years, we’ve tried countless interventions, always knowing deep down that he is intelligent, he just needed a reliable way to communicate. None of those efforts however have brought the immediate results we experienced within just 10 minutes with Dana. Through her work, our son was finally able to prove what we’ve always believed: he is bright, capable, eager to learn and eager to communicate. Dana, thank you for recognizing the possibilities within our child, for understanding the unique challenges faced by those who love and care for him, and for dedicating your career to helping not only our family but others like us. We are deeply grateful for your impact on our son’s life.

Deb Barnett

Love, kindness, patience, and assumption of intelligence….this is what every new speller and their family will find at Spellers Tampa. Dana and her staff are highly trained and skilled to find what works to get your child spelling. They are the experts! They turn disbelief into confidence in knowing that your child is capable of so much more than was previously thought possible. Seeing is believing. If you want to see this for yourself, then I’d highly recommend that you make your next vacation in the Tampa area and that you schedule an intensive with her and her staff. You won’t regret it!

Katrina Arion

From start to current this has been an amazing experience and invaluable to our family. Taryn and Dana take time to explain and answer any and all questions. We feel supported, educated and challenged. I am so glad that we found this center and took the leap. My son is learning at 21. It is never too late.

Karen Steinberg

We saw Dana for an intensive, because my son has been doing the Spellers Method for a year and a half but has been having trouble finding the letters on the board. Dana found that holding the board higher and slowing him down would allow his eyes to catch up with his brain. She has a good understanding of how posture, muscle strength, vision, etc. combine to determine success or failure in using the letter boards, and she gave advice on exercises that could achieve our goals. Her advice was very helpful!

Carris Crawford

My daughter and I traveled from out of state to attend a 2 day intensive at Tampa Spellers with Dana Johnson. Overall it was a good experience and we learned a lot in a short time period. My daughter needed to adjust during the first session, I appreciated Dana's patience during that time. My daughter did very well during the follow-up sessions and is still doing well with spelling at home. It was worth the investment and trip. I look forward to learning as much as I can from Dana and the rest of the Spellers community. I think we finally found our tribe!

Pamela High

We had a 5 star experience doing an intensive with Dana Johnson. Her expertise, knowledge, and understanding provided us with such insight into our son's abilities, and gave us so much hope for his future.

Jessica Elsing

Spellers center is by far the best place we have received services for our daughter. Dana and her team are knowledgeable and passionate about what they do. Not only did Dana get us started on our spelling journey, she taught us the importance of building ocular motor strength, creating a brain-body connection, and presuming competence every step of the way. Our daughter loves coming in for her sessions, and we always walk away feeling a little more confident. We've been through a lot of different services, and nothing has compared to spellers center