Stacey Smith

Stacey Smith is a presenter, trainer, facilitator, and co-director of Rocky Point Academy in Calgary, Alberta.

While pursuing her Education Degree, Stacey volunteered in elementary schools, coached the local Special Olympics Swim Team, and worked as a job coach and life skills facilitator, where she designed and implemented one-on-one programs and taught life-skills classes for individuals with neurodiversity and physical challenges.
 

Inspired by her own experiences with dyslexia, Stacey explored innovative, multisensory teaching methods in her elementary classroom. She observed that despite various strategies, some bright students struggled with learning or behaviors. The introduction of the Davis procedures significantly improved these students' learning experiences, enhancing their progress, self-esteem, and behaviour. Motivated by these outcomes, Stacey left the public school system and shifted her focus to children who didn’t thrive with traditional methods.
 

In 2001, she became a licensed Davis Facilitator and co-founded Rocky Point Academy. Since 2008, Stacey has been a trainer for Davis Dyslexia International, conducting numerous workshops to emphasize the positive aspects of neurodiversity and to deliver impactful strategies.
 

Today, she takes pleasure in mentoring facilitators-in-training and working with individual clients each week. She currently resides in Priddis, Alberta, with her husband of over 30 years, and enjoys working on their hobby farm, travelling, and spending time with family.