Rebecca first came into contact with Davis Facilitator Jacqui Flisher as part of Jacqui's work as Student Support Tutor within a police force.

Jacqui and Rebecca quickly became friends and would meet up over a cup of coffee. It was during one of these 'coffee breaks' that it came to light that Rebecca had always wanted to seek promotion to a Police Sergeant, but did not feel confident in her abilities to prepare for and sit the necessary examination.

Jacqui devised a study plan for Rebecca to prepare her for her exam and she was also given the Davis® 'tools' of Dial, Release, Orientation and Reading for Meaning, together with using Concept Mastery which enabled her to remember the varying definitions used in law.

By using these techniques, Rebecca is now able:

-     to relax when confronted by stressful situations

-     to regulate her sleep patterns

-     to study effectively for her forthcoming promotion exams

-     to immediately comprehend written text in detail, and to recall much of the information weeks later

-     to retain information needed for her exams

Rebecca sat the exam in March and passed, coming 410^th out of a total of 9,062 candidates who sat the exam on the same day. Not only that, but she scored nearly 71%, putting her in the top 5% of all candidates.

When asked if she would have contemplated undertaking her exam if she had not worked with Jacqui, Rebecca replied that she would have certainly shied away from the thought of even attempting the exam as she has done so often in the past.

As a result Rebecca can now not only look forward to a bonus for passing her exam, plus she could now be in line for a substantial pay rise as well. Fired up by her success, Rebecca is now looking forward to the time in the near future when she will start studying for her Inspector's exam, confident that she will be able to achieve and surpass the 60% that she will need to pass, together with the further rise in salary that this would bring.