If your child failed the 3rd grade FCAT or will be taking the 3rd grade FCAT next year, summer is an excellent time to intervene
For those failing the 3rd grade FCAT, school districts are offering a chance to pass a test at the end of the summer
At least in Broward County, they are offering a 3rd Summer FCAT Program and they are also allowing parents to enroll their child in a private Summer FCAT Program and then take a test at the end of the summer for promotion.
Many parents have complained that the district programs do more of the same, and wish they had the option of enrolling in our 3D Learner Summer FCAT Program,
At least in Broward County, they are offering parents the right to take a private program and then take the end of summer test.
We have found that most smart students who failed the FCAT have a combination of two or more of the following:
It is critical to sign your child up ASAP for the test.
- Learning differently
- A visual perception issue
- An attention problem
- Test anxiety
Half the students we see have all four.
We can design a program for your child that assesses their strengths and challenges, and maximizes their chances for success
Click here for more information on the 3D Learner 3rd Grade Summer FCAT Program
2010 3rd Grade FCAT Scores are out.
If your child failed the 3rd grade FCAT, you may have gotten a letter about mandatory retention if your child failed the 3rd grade FCAT.
The best option by far, is to help your child to improve their reading comprehension and to pass the test school districts will give later -- in Broward County the retest will be on July 27th.
To help you to understand your options, we are offering three ways to learn more:
- Call us at 561-361-7495 after watching our 3rd Grade Stress to Success Video
- Join us on Monday evening June 7th at our Boca Raton office at 7 pm for a Free Parent Briefing
- We will be holding a Free Conference Call on Tuesday June 8th -- call us at 561-361-7495 for details.
At both briefings, we will go over the 5 major reasons a smart child failed the FCAT and how you can make the difference -- we encourage you to visit our Stress to Success Page
We had a mom who called today. She was frustrated by the money she had spent on Dyslexia Tests, Dyslexia Programs and Dyslexia Specialists.
She had looked at the following three questions:
Does your smart struggling child:
- Remember places visited, even from years ago?
- Remember details from movies, even if they missed the plot?
- Learn best when they see and experience information?
Her comment was, "Why don't schools test for right-brained learners, and why are there not more right-brained specialists like you?"
"That is my kid -- he is a right-brained learner", she added
We do not know, but being a right-brained programs and being known as right-brained specialists fits who we are because:
- Our focus is on the child who learns best when they see and experience information -- the right-brained learner
- We focus on transforming right-brained learners from smart struggling kids to successful right-brained learners
If you have questions on right-brained learners, either check out our blog or send us a question to success@3dlearner.com
Beating Dyslexia can best be done by focusing on what your child is good at, neutralizing their challenges and engaging your child in learning.
Let's take Matthew and Jennifer.
Both moms looked at the word Dyslexia, noticed a number of Dyslexia Symptoms. They showed the Symptoms of Dyslexia to their child's school. who told them they do not test for Dyslexia.
They went to psychologists and:
- Matthew was found to have Dyslexia
- Jennifer was found to have a Learning Disability
Both parents were baffled by the terms Dyslexia Dyslexia Symptoms, Dyslexia Testing and Dyslexia Programs. They both looked at the signs of a right-brained learner and discovered that was their child.
The three questions that got their attention were:
- Does your child remember places visited, even from years ago?
- Does your child remember details from movies, even if they missed the plot?
- Does your child learn best when they see and experience information?
If this resonates with you, go to our Learning Survey and call us at 561-361-7495
Her son had failed the FCAT. Dyslexia had been discussed and tracking issues had never been mentioned. Her son had failed the 10th Grade FCAT 3 times, and he needed to pass it to earn a high school degree.
She had a Dyslexia Test done that had proven negative, but when she explored our list of 37 Dyslexia Symptoms, her son appeared to have most of them.
She asked why when he had most of the Symptoms of Dyslexia, did the psychologist not confirm dyslexia.
Dyslexia Tests can vary widely -- there is no clear definition of dyslexia.
Children with Dyslexia are often missed. From our perspective there are five key questions to ask when a child has problems with the 10th grade FCAT:
1- Does your child learn best when they see and experience information?
2- Does your child have dififculty paying attention to that which is boring?
3- Does your child skip words and lines when reading?
4- Does your child suffer from test anxiety, where their performance on tests does not match their skills?
5- Does your child get extra time on tests, which they may be entitled to?
These will give you insight into:
1- Does your child learn best with a hands-on approach
2- Does your child have an attention issue
3- Does your child have a visual tracking issue
4- Does your child have test anxiety
5- Does your child get the accommodations that might help them
Mom said this fit her child to a T and she wanted to do everything she could to help him succeed.
Read the next posting on "Assessing for Success for the 10th Grade FCAT Where Dyslexia, Tracking Issues, and Attention issues May Be in Play".
Click here for our On-Line Assessment for Teenagers"
Dyslexia, Learning Disabilities, ADHD and Physical Disabilities may just require greater creativity and commitment.
Consider what Aimee Mullins who has overcome something far more challenging than Dyslexia, a Learning Disability or ADHDsays about the challenge:
People are not born disabled. "It's society that disables an individual by not investing in enough creativity to allow for someone to show us the quality that makes them rare and valuable and capable."
As we look at our children and students with Dyslexia, a Learning Disability, ADHD or a more challenging disability may we have the creativity and commitment to help that child to be all they can be
Famous dyslexics like Einstein, Disney and Edision are often mentioned.
What is equally good is to see kids and adult dyslexics do well
Read this story about a girl with Severe Dyslexia who decided to go around the world
If your child has Dyslexia and has done something special -- we encourage you to share your story about Dyslexia Successes
Is Dyslexia Primarily a Visual or Auditory Deficit -- the authors contend that Dyslexia Symptoms often focus on phonological challenges, but they think the Symptoms of Dyslexia should focus on the visual deficit.
We have found that:
- Most Dyslexic children are right-brained learners -- and for the right-brained learner -- they are best taught in a hands-on way. These are the children who can remember places they have visited, details from movies they have seen, and once they see and experience it, they get it.
- Most dyslexic children who are right-brained learners have visual challenges -- 3 to 5 times more frequently than their left-brained peers
- Many dyslexic children have ADHD or an attention issue
- Some dyslexic children who are right-brained learners have a phonological challenge -- but it is important to address how they learn, their visual and attention challenges and then move on to phonics
At 3D Learner, we focus on right-brained assessments and right-brained programs that focus on identifying the right-brained learner, and developing their word recognition, sight word vocabulary, visual skills and attention skills and self-esteem -- and then shifting to phonics.
A mom called the other day with a challenge -- the psychologist had identified her child with Dyslexia and ADHD. The Behavioral Optometrist had discounted Dyslexia and ADHD and said it was all a vision issue.
Dyslexia and ADHD are often seen in the dyslexic child
Dyslexia and Vision Challenges are also seen in the dyslexic child
What is rarely acknowledged is that many dyslexic children have Dyslexia and ADHD and Vision Challenges
What is even more important is to recognize that for most dyslexic children they:
- Are right-brained learners -- who will do far better with a right-brained program
- Have visual perception issues -- that need to be identified and addressed
- Have attention issues -- whether or they have or do not have ADHD
What makes 3D Learner so unique:
- We offer right-brained assessments on-line and right-brained assessments on site that identify these issues
- We offer Home-based right-brained programs that can be done anywhere in the world, and right-brained programs for students from all over the world. and right-brained programs for those in the Boca Raton - Florida area.
For more information go to Introduction to the Right-Brained Learner Video
Dyslexia or vision problems?
This article describes how dyslexia or a learning disability are often not real and how vision therapy might be the answer
Too often parents go to either:
- A behavioral optometrist who correctly identifies a vision problem - and the recommended vision therapy helps, but does not solve the issue
- A dyslexia specialist who recommends a dyslexia program that focuses on phonics -- it helps, but does not solve the problem
Three challenges we have seen with these scenarios:
1- Most students we see with dyslexia have both dyslexia and a vision problem
2- Most students with dyslexia learn best when they see and experience information and are what we call right-brained learners -- for these students a right-brained program that plays to their strengths might work
3- Right-brained learners with dyslexia and a vision problem will do even better with both a right-brained program and a vision program that integrates the left and right sides of their brains
What you might want to consider are:
- A right-brained assessment and a vision assessment
- Right-brained programs
- Vision programs that also work on brain integration and other movement exercises
At 3D Learner - we offer 5 solutions:
- An on-line right-brained assessment and vision screening
- An on-site right-brained assessment and vision test
- A right-brained program you can do at home that has an optional vision training component
- A 5-day intensive right-brained program you can do at our Boca Raton Facility -- where students come from all over the country and the world
- A right-brained program for local students that incorporates the assessment and the appropriate training
If dyslexia and vision might be the problems, we can help you to sort it out.
Call us at 561-361-7495 for a Free Consult