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Archives for July 2017

Can Visual Learners Survive and Thrive in Public School?

July 24, 2017 by Mira and Mark Halpert

“Why IEPs Are so Expensive and Frustrating for Schools and Special Education Students” is the title of an article from the Atlantic Magazine.

While the first part of the article focuses on kids with significant disabilities, the second part  focus on the challenges facing twice-exceptional students – students who are gifted with dyslexia, learning disabilities or a related condition.  The segment begins with …

“But stigma hardly compares to the problems faced by twice-exceptional kids in today’s increasingly regimented and test-driven public-school classrooms. Some teachers recognize their differences but lack the training or the time to alter their teaching methods; others just assume that a child who is smart in one area is simply being lazy or obstructionist by not being smart in another. The emotional toll exacted on a child who is told that his repeated failures are his own fault can be high”.

Later in the story, the parents say that after considerable effort and frustration, they pulled their child out of public school and put their child in a $32000 a year private school.

At 3D Learner, this is the exact problem we faced.

After we were told our daughter was not college material at an IEP meeting, we considered our options:

  • Private school
  • Existing programs
  • Developing a program that taught to her strengths

In the Coral Spring and surrounding area, we could not find either a private school or a program that utilized a visual hands-on approach that would work for her.

We found some good pieces of a program, but my wife Mira wound up developing the 3D Learner Program® that taught to our daughter’s strengths while identifying and addressing underlying issues that were holding her back. The program helped our daughter improve her reading comprehension 4.2 grade levels in 7 months.

Since then we have helped thousands of visual learners to succeed.  Some go to public schools, some to charter schools and others go to private schools.

By helping students to significantly improve their reading comprehension, writing and math skills, along with supporting the way the learn, the visual learners can succeed anywhere – and it is not necessary to leave public schools.

These kids are smart and deserve to be taught in a way that recognizes their abilities and respects their emotional roller coaster.

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Frustrated Parents – Reject the Status Quo

July 21, 2017 by Mira and Mark Halpert

As frustrated parents, we were told our daughter was not college material – and we were told to accept the status quo.  We rejected the status quo and Mira Halpert went on to develop the 3D Learner Program (R) that helped our daughter to improve her reading comprehension 4.2 grade levels in 7 months.  Over the last 20 years, we have helped thousands of frustrated parents to help their child go from Stress to Success.

As summer is almost over, you may be anxiously looking towards the beginning of the next school year, and start to wonder what this year will bring for your child.

If Your Child Struggled in School Last Year

This Next School Year is Likely to Be Worse

The standards are much higher than they used to be, and far more is expected of students in every grade.

3 Frustrated Parents Called Us Within 1 Hour

This past Monday started with a call from a mom, then a dad, and then another mom.  Their messages were consistent:

  • Their child has struggled in school for the last few years.
  • Their child’s school told them to work more with their child and to consider a tutor in one case.
  • That things would get better, just trust them.

They were all frustrated parents and wanted help.  Despite the tutoring and their significant investments of time helping their children, these kids were still struggling.

Our experience of working with students has shown:

Student’s reading comprehension is below where frustrated parents thought it was and will not improve without significant help. For example,we often see:

  1. Rising 3rd graders whose comprehension is 1 to 2 years below grade level
  2. Rising 6th graders whose comprehension is 2 – 4 years below grade level
  3. Rising 9th graders, the comprehension issue has been 2 -7 years below grade level

                    The gaps often get wider as students get older.

There are three things parents recognize after a personal consultation

  1. Frustrated parents have often gone the extra mile with their child — and too often have been told that the school and/or tutors can address the problems.  They realize, like us, that accepting the status quo will not work
  2. Their child learns best when he or she sees and experiences information – they are what we call 3D Learners.  For the first time they realize there is a different way to help their child that plays to their child’s strengths –and is both engaging and effective
  3. Attention, anxiety and/or eye-teaming issues (i.e. where a child skips words and/or lines when reading) are often present.

There are three things frustrated parents like to hear:

1-   With our hands-on program, their child can often dramatically improve their comprehension over a period of months not years,and they enjoy learning

2-   There are natural and effective ways to improve attention and reduce anxiety

3-   One can identify and often address the eye-teaming issues

We offer a no cost Success Assessment that screens for a learning difference and attention, anxiety and eye-teaming challenges.  If you have not done this assessment or have not done it recently, do it with your child, you will get immediate feedback and call us at 561-361-7495 for a complimentary Stress to Success Strategy Session.

Click here to access the Success Assessment

We also offer an in office Focus Assessment that assesses your child’s reading comprehension and assesses for attention, anxiety and eye-teaming challenges.  For more information and videos that show what we do, visit Focus Assessment and/or call us at 561-361-7495

No Cost Strategies You Might Want to Try

Try the following action when interacting with your child and notice the difference.

Alter your language to more clearly describe what you want your child to do, and ask them to repeat what they heard.

Notice what they understood and what they didn’t. Model what you want your child to do. They need the visual cue.

As you are preparing for the start of the new school year:

If you have an IEP (Individualized Education Plan), 504 Plan, usually provided for students with ADHD, or have a written plan for your private school child – examine it to see if improvements are needed.  The key recommendations we often make include:

  • Get a present level of performance for reading comprehension on passages equal in length to what your child will be tested on
  • Change the IEP, 504 Plan or school plan to help your child be far more successful this next school year
  • Assess for a learning difference, attention and eye-teaming issues
  • Set goals for the next school year
  • Find the right partner to help your child be all he or she can be

Waiting is not an option and expecting the schools to take the initiative to get your child to where she or he can be, is not realistic.

Call us at 561-361-7495 if you have any questions or need guidance.

For Frustrated Parents Who Reject the Status Quo

We offer a Focus Assessment that assesses your child’s reading comprehension and assesses for attention, anxiety and eye-teaming challenges.  For more information visit Focus Assessment and/or call us at 561-361-7495

 

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