3D Learner Helps Neurodivergent Learners Nation & Worldwide

3D Learner Helps Neurodivergent Learners Nation & Worldwide

3D Learner offers a tailored, integrated, engaging and effective option that has helped thousands of neurodivergent, right brain and kinesthetic learners from 46 states and 13 other countries.

As Dr. Linda Silverman, the Director of the Gifted Development Center in Denver Colorado said,

”Your program is what many gifted students who learn differently need.  I recommend many of the components you use, but you are the first professionals who have so effectively integrated them with your very unique and effective learning system.”

Many smart struggling students get identified with dyslexia, a learning disability, ADHD, and/or Executive Function challenges.

What is often missed is that a large number of these students are neurodivergent, right brain or kinesthetic learners.  These students have a sea of strengths and challenges that may include:

  • A neurodivergent, right brain or kinesthetic learner who learns best when they see and experience information
  • Struggling with phonics, phonemic awareness and/or reading fluency – -may be dyslexia
  • Able to focus on that which is interesting and have difficulty paying attention to that which is boring – they may or may not have ADHD.
  • Able to remember what they see and experience and have a working memory challenge for what they hear or read
  • Slow processors.  Processing speed is often a problem that hampers their standardized test scores and frustrated parents and teachers, who expect your child to respond quicker
  • Anxiety and frustration
  • Suffering from intervention fatigue.  They need something different

We recognize that our parents live in many different places and want a program that will work for both their child and them.  In this blog post, we share:

 

3D Learner Options

3D Learner offers parents several unique options including:

  • Coming for a one-week intensive program followed up with 10 hours via zoom.  We have had students come from California, New York, Texas and many other states — as well as hosting students from 13 other countries.
  • For students who live closer, but not close to our office (e.g. elsewhere in Florida, Maryland, New Jersey), students have come for 3 days of intensive training, followed up with 2 days of intensive training 4 to 8 weeks later.  We then can do the appropriate follow-up via zoom.
  • We have traveled to other places to do training for multiple clients – with Singapore being the place we traveled the furthest.
  • We have also helped students solely via zoom – -which works well for some students – although we do prefer a live option.  Note, for the very busy parents where travel is not an option, our program may be far better than local options.

If you have a neurodivergent, right brain or kinesthetic learner and want to discuss the options, call us at 561-361-7495 or click here to schedule a Let’s Discuss Creating a Pathway to Success for Your Child.

Here is a screening tool you can use to see if your child is probably a neurodivergent, right brain or kinesthetic learner.  We recommend doing this with your child – -their answers may surprise you. 

Note, we have had students make dramatic gains including:

  • A rising 5th grader from Texas who improved her reading comprehension by 4 grade levels in 6 months, while doubling her reading speed and cutting homework time in half.
  • A 7th grader from the State of Washington improved his reading comprehension by 3 grade levels in 5 months and made great strides in all his subjects.
  • A student from St Petersburg, FL, went from a C- student to an A student and her ulcer disappeared.

If you have a neurodivergent, right brain or kinesthetic learner and want to discuss the options, call us at 561-361-7495 or click here to schedule a Let’s Discuss Creating a Pathway to Success for Your Child.

 

3D Learner — Helping Neurodivergent, Right Brain and Kinesthetic Learners Go From Stress to Success in Months

How to improve reading comprehension by a significant amount within 4 to 6 months

How to improve reading comprehension by a significant amount within 4 to 6 months

Reading comprehension issues have become even more pressing since the pandemic started.

  • As always, we are seeing students with dyslexia and learning disabilities who are far behind.  With the pandemic, the reading comprehension gap has widened for many of these kids
  • For the first time, we are seeing many smart kids with no disabilities, who go to excellent schools, but who still are 2, 3 and even 4 years below grade level in reading comprehension
  • Schools have done what they can this year, but it has not been enough 

5 Keys to Reading Comprehension Success

1 – If your child is a lot smarter than present results indicate, and you want to significantly improve your child’s  reading comprehension , you must take action now.
2 – Reject the status quo and consider the mantra that “Reading Comprehension Success is the Only Option”
3 – Identify your child’s strengths and challenges.

Most smart struggling students:

  • Learn differently.  They are often a right-brain, visual or kinesthetic learner.  They learn best when they see and experience information
  • Have a combination of challenges that might include – working memory, processing speed, visual processing, attention and/or anxiety.  
  • Struggle with traditional interventions that don’t capitalize on their visualization skills or identify and address the related challenges
  • Can do far better with an approach that:
    • Plays to their strengths and interests
    • Identifies and addresses their challenges
    • Ignites a love for learning that is often missing
    • Helps you to be the coach and advocate your child needs
Download our strengths and challenges inventory with
10 common strengths and 10 common challenges our students have
We offer a no cost conversation on 
“How to Improve My Child’s Reading Comprehension “
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4 – Goals matter.  If your child is much smarter than present results would indicate, set a BOLD Goal (e.g. Mary’s son was 2 years below grade level.  His reading comprehension was at the 2nd grade level.  She set the goal for him to improve his reading comprehension 3 grade levels in 6 months and to love reading. This was a BOLD Goal, but it led to him doing just that).

Important points to consider when setting goals and choosing a program:

  • Significant negative news on reading comprehension can be a catalyst for taking action.  That is exactly how the 3D Learner Program ® came to be.  We never doubt the ability of a committed mom or dad to make the difference
  • Parents are often shocked to hear that it may take 2, 3 or even 4 years to get your child’s reading back to grade level.  These programs are often phonics-based programs that can take a long time.  
  • The 3D Learner approach is to significantly improve comprehension in 4 to 6 months.  Most of our students are either right-brain, visual or  kinesthetic learners who have struggled for years with traditional interventions.
  • Three things that make these students different are:
    • They learn best when they see and experience information
    • They can often struggle with working memory, processing speed, attention, visual processing and/or anxiety issues
    • When one capitalizes on their strengths, identifies, and addresses their challenges, they can make significant gains in months not years

5 – Partner with the right professional (s) to help your child succeed.  You also want to work with professionals who will help you to be the coach and advocate your child needs.

The Difference between Reading and Reading Comprehension

Reading and Reading Comprehension are two very different skills.

Reading is often defined as how efficiently and effectively a student reads, while reading comprehension is understanding what one reads. Reading level and reading comprehension levels can differ by years.

Many parents  are told that their child’s reading is not that bad.  When we assess their child, the parents are often surprised to discover how far below grade level their child’s reading comprehension is.  

The challenge is that schools often use reading levels and not reading comprehension levels. A 5th grade parent was told her child was reading on grade level, and that was true.

What the teacher did not mention was the student’s reading comprehension was at the 1st grade level
 

Ask your child’s teacher to clarify your child’s present level of reading and reading comprehension!!

“From her I-Ready score I knew my child had a reading problem.”  I-Ready is a computerized program used by many schools.  “When you tested my daughter’s reading comprehension and discovered it was 3 years below grade level, I was ready to act”. M James, Boca Raton.

Other catalysts can be:

  • Grade retention risks.  A parent called us almost at the end of last year’s school year when their child’s teacher recommended grade retention.   The issue was primarily reading comprehension. When asked if it was too late to help, we responded, “No, if you act quickly”.  The parents did.   With our help, within 4 weeks the teacher commented “He is making so much progress I can’t possibly hold him back,”.  By the end of the summer the young man’s comprehension was ahead of grade level
  • Pressure from private schools is higher than ever.  One young man was 2 years below grade level in third grade.  The private school recommended the parents find another school, even though the young man had an above average IQ.  He appeared to be a right-brain or visual learner, and he had parents committed to make the difference.  With our help, over the next year, he improved his reading comprehension 3 grade levels. His teacher commented:

“Jack made more progress in a year than any student I have had in 27 years of teaching”.

One mom knew her child was a lot smarter than present results would indicate.  She asked the principal what she could do to improve her daughter’s reading comprehension.  He responded, “There is no need to do anything different.  Her comprehension is at the 48th percentile and someone needs to be average”.

Mom joined our community of “Make the Difference Moms”.  Within a year her daughter’s reading comprehension had gone from the 48th to the 95th percentile.  Even better, her grades improved, even though she was taking harder classes. 

To Improve Reading Comprehension

First download our Strengths and Challenges Inventory.  It will give you valuable insights into your child’s strengths and challenges.  If the need is urgent, we recommend you contact us immediately to discuss your situation.

Click here to download our  strengths and challenges inventory
We offer a no cost conversation on 
“How to Improve My Child’s Reading Comprehension “
Call us at 561-361-7495 or click here to schedule a conversation  
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