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Your Visual Learner With Dyslexia Can Be Far More Successful

October 7, 2018 by Mira and Mark Halpert

For Your Visual Learner with Dyslexia – Not All Dyslexia Truths Are True

Is your child a visual learner with dyslexia?  Our daughter struggled for years, because we relied on one traditional dyslexia treatment after another.  Once we realized our daughter with dyslexia was a visual learner with dyslexia, this changed our perspective.  We suspect somewhere between 75 and 85% of the students with dyslexia are visual learners with dyslexia.

the visual learner with dyslexia is different than a child with dyslexia

For the visual learner with dyslexia, their lives can change with the right dyslexia treatment

With what has become known as the 3D Learner Program (R), our daughter:

  • Improved her reading comprehension 4.2 grade levels in 7 months
  • Her spelling improved and
  • She earned her Master’s in Education from the University of Florida

One of our focuses is on the visual learner with dyslexia.  Does your child

  • Remember places visited even from years ago?
  • Learn best when he or she sees and experiences information?
  • Struggle with reading comprehension and/or math word problems, despite being quite smart?

If this sounds like your child,. they may be a visual learner with dyslexia and we …

come at dyslexia from a very different perspective than most.  In this article on 10 Truths About Teaching Students with Dyslexia the author says:

  • Your kids will learn to read
  • They may never be good spellers
  • The school years are hard

This is exactly what we believe before we discovered a different way to teach the visual learner with dyslexia — now we realize:

  • Some students with dyslexia often stay far below grade level, but with the right training, they can often get back to grade level in months not years — this is often true for younger students
  • Spelling can often get a lot easier
  • School may never be as easy as it was for a sibling or for you, but with the right training and support, school can be far easier for your visual learner with dyslexia

We offer a no cost assessment and stress to success strategy session.  We recommend doing the Success Assessment with your child or call us directly at 561-361-7495.

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Dyslexia Treatment Option for the Parkland Student with Dyslexia

September 23, 2018 by Mira and Mark Halpert

Dyslexia Treatment For Your Parkland Child

Many Parkland FL Parents who had a child with Dyslexia consider both a Dyslexia Tutor, a Dyslexia Treatment like Lindamood Bell (R) and the 3D Learner Program (R) – a Targeted, Integrated, Engaging and Effective Dyslexia Treatment that address the whole child.

We have had

-Many parents try to find a way to Beat Dyslexia, but are frustrated by the lack of success.  After a number of failed dyslexia treatments, we discovered our child was really a right-brain learner — who learns best when he or she sees and experiences information – teaching to a right-brain learner’s strength can often yield quicker, more significant and longer lasting gains. That gave birth to the 3D Learner Program (R) – that helps smart students who learn differently and is a Boca Raton Dyslexia Treatment — where we do help students from all over the country,

Mom’s Pathway from Dyslexia Stress to Right-Brain Success in Months Not Years

Sarah, a Boca Raton mom,  looked for a Boca Raton Dyslexia Treatment and found two very different solutions – one, the Bright-Solutions option and our 3D Learner Program. 

–  Bright-Solutions where they said:

IMPORTANT: There is no quick fix or silver bullet for dyslexia. It can take from 1 to 3 years to get a dyslexic child reading and spelling at grade level, depending upon their level of severity, the frequency of their tutoring or intervention, and other issues.

We have heard this – and we think there is some truth to this.  If you have your child go for dyslexia testing and then you pursue a traditional dyslexia treatment it could take 1 to 3 years to get your child back to grade level.  This program requires a dyslexic child to master each skill before the students can move on.

–  3D Learner — where we say, most students with dyslexia can achieve Success in Months Not Years with strength-based training.  Note, we are careful to say this is not true for every student.  The vast majority of our students can get back to grade level in months, but for the low IQ student or where compliance is poor, the results will not be as quick or as significant.

Now let’s look at Matthew

Matthew’s mother pursued Dyslexia Testing which confirmed the dyslexia and the recommendations were for three dyslexia Boca Raton Dyslexia Treatments.

Progress was slow with the first two dyslexia treatments and then two different friends told her about 3D Learner.

Mom did our Success Assessment,  that showed her child learned different and had attention and eye-teaming issues.  She called and …

Mom asked us, “I have heard  that dyslexia is not caused by vision problems, but your assessment and my new perspective is that my child has a vision problem

We would embrace the old definition of dyslexia — a problem with reading, writing or math for a child with average or above average intelligence.  The first two things we would test for are:

–  Is the child a right-brain learner, who learns best when he or she sees and experiences information.  If this is the case, you want to at least consider a right-brain program that plays to your child’s strengths

–  Does your child have an attention, eye-teaming and/or an anxiety challenge that might be holding your child back.

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A right-brain learner with an attention and eye-teaming issues is often diagnosed with dyslexia — and their learning strength and eye-teaming issues are often missed.

Dyslexia testing is the norm, but if your child learns best when he or she sees and experiences information, you may want to take our Success Assessment that screens for both a learning difference and attention, eye-teaming and related issues.  If your child is a right-brain learner, then consider a right-brain program that engages your child, teaches the way your child learns best and often delivers better results in less time.

For more information visit 3D Learner

 

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Smart Struggling Child — Is a Tutor The Right Investment?

August 19, 2018 by Mira and Mark Halpert

What Your Smart Struggling Child Needs

Jennifer was your classic smart struggling child.  She had problems with language arts, with spelling words, writing, math word problems and just paying attention.  Three years of tutoring had helped.  Rather than getting Cs and Ds, Jennifer was now getting As and Bs.  These grades were based on getting As for getting homework and projects done well, but her test scores were not as good.  Her standardized test scores were still below grade level.

Her mother was about to hire her tutor for yet another year, when a friend shared her experiences.  She too had spent $200 a week for 3 years – or about $18000.  Her son had been on the A/B grade level, but he was still dependent on the tutor, his reading comprehension and test scores were below grade level, and she knew there had to be a better way.

She had asked a friend for advise.  Her friend had previously tried two tutors and a nationally known learning center without improving the reading comprehension or standardized test scores.  Then a friend had shared some information about 3D Learner.  Her friend told her:

  • The no cost online success assessment she had done with her daughter opened her eyes to her daughter’s strengths and challenges
  • The no cost stress to success strategy session had opened her eyes to how common a learning difference and the related challenges were.  It also made her aware there waa a way to make the difference
  • The Focus Assessment she had done at our office was a game changer.  She had previously seen a before and after Visagraph (R) (i.e. a system that shows how a student’s eyes track when reading), and the in office assessment confirmed her daughter had the eye-teaming, attention and anxiety challenge
  • She had been pleasantly surprised by the results of our training, where
    • Her daughter’s confidence was better almost immediately
    • Her daughter’s reading comprehension went up 3 grade levels in 6 months
    • Her daughter’s standardized test scores went from below grade level to well above grade level
    • Homework time and stress went down, without ongoing tutoring
    • Her daughter now had time to enjoy extracurricular activities and her friends

Then her mother got a card from her friend that asked:

Does your smart struggling child:

  • Remember places visited even from years ago?
  • Learn best when he or she sees and experiences information?
  • Have difficulty paying attention to that which is boring?
  • Skip words and lines when reading?
  • Get anxious when taking tests or bring asked to read aloud in class?

She recognized her daughter had a great visual memory, had an attention and anxiety challenge, but she had no idea if her daughter skipped words and lines when reading

Mom than went to our website with her daughter and took our Success Assessment.  The assessment confirmed her daughter learned differently and had attention and anxiety challenges, and it also indicated she probably had an eye-teaming issue — where her daughter’s eyes got tired when reading and she did skip words and lines when reading.  Mom asked Jennifer why she had never mentioned this before – and Jennifer said what many students have said, “I thought everyone had this problem!”

Smart Struggling Child

Does your smart struggling child learn differently and have eye-teaming, attention and/or anxiety challenges

When mom called our office she asked, “What do you do that makes the difference”

7 Ways 3D Learner is Different for Your Smart Struggling Child

The first key difference is we focus on helping your child to make significant gains

We capitalize on your child’s gifts and interests

We target our effort to what your smart struggling child needs — each child is different

We integrate our efforts – we use well proven tools to improve attention, visual processing, reduce anxiety and to improve reading speed and comprehension

Our clay based approach to mastering words and visualizing what your child needs is both engaging and effective

We help parents to be the coach and advocate your child needs with a collaborative approach

We have the experience with four of our own children and thousands of others to make significant gains in months not years

If You Have a Smart Struggling Child, You Can Either

Take our Success Assessment with your child and then call us — we will have the results of your assessment immediately.

Call us at 561-361-7495 and put your child on his or her Pathway from Stress to Success in Months Not Years

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Smart Struggling Child? Develop a Success MAP

August 9, 2018 by Mira and Mark Halpert

To build the 3D Learner Success MAP we help parents create a plan that includes:

  • Mindset that Success is the Only Option
  • Assessment for Success that may include school-based testing and includes assessing how your child learns best, where your child is strong and where he or she struggles and the present level of performance for critical items (e.g. Reading Comprehension
  • Plan to go from Stress to Success in Months Not Years — where possible

Success MAP for a Child Who Struggles with Reading Comprehension

Lisa’s reading comprehension was well below grade level.  Specifically, Lisa’s parents were frustrated with what had happened at a public school and at a very expensive Dyslexia Treatment.  When Lisa”s parents did our online Success Assessment with Lisa the results showed that Lisa was a visual learner (i.e. she learned best when she saw and experienced information) and she appeared to have attention, eye-teaming and anxiety challenges.

The first thing that changed was Lisa’s parents

  • Mindset.  The school plan was not ambitious.  Lisa’s parents mindset changed when we discussed the possibilities if Lisa was taught to her strengths and her challenges were addressed
  • Assessing for Success is important – it may include a traditional assessment, but also looks at the following questions:
    • How far below grade level is the child’s reading comprehension?  In Lisa’s case her reading comprehension was 3.5 years below grade level – -this was further below grade level than her reading fluency — a measurement of how well a student reads out loud.  Too often reading fluency is used to measure reading, when one must assess reading comprehension to understand how well a student understands what he or she reads.  Reading speed is often critical to look at.  We have seen middle schoolers reading 67 words per minute — which is too slow to sustain attention.  Lisa was reading at 115 words per minute — well below grade level
    • Is the child a visual learner, who learns best when he or she sees and experiences information? Lisa was
    • Does the child lose focus in school, or when taking tests or doing homework?  Lisa did
    • Does the child skip words and/or lines when reading? A Visagraph (R) Test showed that Lisa skipped words and lines when reading.  Lisa did
    • Is there an anxiety issue?  Lisa got really anxiety when we even discussed reading
    • Are there other challenges (e.g. working memory, processing speed, auditory processing etc.)?  Lisa had some challenges in each area
Successa MAP

A Success MAP should include an assessment for the visual learner, eye-teaming, attention, anxiety and related challenges

  • A Success MAP should include:
    • Goals for what is important — in Lisa’s case the goal was to improve reading comprehension by 3 grade levels and to improve reading speed by 50% over the next 6 months
    • An action plan to achieve the goals — with our training and a concerted effort by Lisa and her parents Lisa:
      • Improved her reading comprehension by 4 grade levels after 6 months
      • Doubled her reading speed from 115 to 230 words per minute
    • Another goal was to reduce homework time from 2.5 to 1.5 hours
    • The plan included:
      • Improving Lisa’s attention and eye-teaming
      • Improving her reading speed and comprehension
      • Working collaboratively with her teachers — without reducing the workload
      • Having Lisa’s parents keep calm during homework sessions
      • Using a visual schedule
    • Lisa did reduce her homework time from 2.5 to 1.25 hours per night

If You Have a Smart Struggling Child — Develop a Success MAP

  • Consider the Mindset that Success is the Only Option
  • Start the Assessment for Success with our online Success Assessment — do it with your child.  You can access this at Success Assessment
  • Call us at 561-361-7495 to develop a Success MAP

 

 

 

 

 

 

Filed Under: Smart Struggling Child, Success MAP, Uncategorized

Homeschooling Benefits for the Visual Learner

August 2, 2018 by Mira and Mark Halpert

Key Homeschooling Benefits — You Can Capitalize on Strengths and Address the Challenges

Homeschooling benefits are significant, but what about the challenges.

Does your homeschool child struggle with:

  • Avoiding reading
  • Reading comprehension challenges
  • Having work take far longer than it does with your other children or friends
  • Skipping words and lines when reading
  • Self-esteem challenges

and does the same child:

  • Remember places visited, even from years ago
  • Learn best when he or she sees and experiences information

This describes the visual learner with attention and visual processing challenges

Homeschooling Benefits

Homeschooling Benefits – You Can Capitalize on the Strengths and Address the Challenges

3 Homeschooling Benefits for the Visual Learner With Processing Challenges

  • Mindset — as the parent, you can teach the way your child learns best, you can address processing challenges and you can cultivate positive self-esteem
  • Assessing for Success — schools are required to assess for a disability.  One of the key homeschooling benefits is that you can asses for what your child is good at, you can identify their strengths and you can tailor your methods to what works for your child — we offer a no cost Success Assessment that screens for th visual learner and for attention and visual processing challenges.  We strongly recommend you do this with your child or children — you will get immediate feedback and you can then call us for a Stress to Success Strategy Session at 561-361-7495.   You can access this anytime at Success Assessment
  • By definition, one of the biggest homeschooling benefits is that you can tailor a program to build the foundational skills needed for success and have your child make more dramatic gains in a short time – versus when they are tied to a specific timetable

Below is a parent testimonial, where a mom shares the benefits of working with 3D Learner — as an update, her daughter has read 25 books since April — not bad for a formerly reluctant reader

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As a next step, either take our Success Assessment with your child &/or call us at 561-361-7495

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3 Keys to Success for Your Visual Learner with Dyslexia

July 15, 2018 by Mira and Mark Halpert

The Visual Learner with Dyslexia Has Different Needs

NPR had an interesting article on “Raising a Child with Dyslexia, 3 Things Parents Can Do”  From our perspective, for the Visual Learner with Dyslexia — the recommendations might be different.

The NPR article recommends:

  • Intervening early
  • Find something your child is good at
  • Develop a financial plan — addressing dyslexia could cost tens of thousands of dollars and in some cases hundreds of thousands of dollars — when a student with dyslexia is sent to a school that specializes in dyslexia

We did all of the above and it was expensive and frustrating.

Why The Visual Learner with Dyslexia Needs a Tailored, Integrated, Engaging and Effective Approach

A visual learner is a child who learns best when he or she sees and experiences information.  We have found that over 80% of the students we have met with dyslexia are a visual learner with dyslexia.

the visual learner with dyslexia is different than a child with dyslexia

Is your child a visual learner with dyslexia?

Our 3 Recommendations for Your Visual Learner With Dyslexia

Five things have experience with students who are a  visual learner with dyslexia:

  •  The student often struggles for years — despite a massive investment of time, money and effort
  • These students often have a combination of visual processing, attention, auditory processing and/or related challenges
  • The visual learner with dyslexia is often able to be far more successful in months not years —
  • These students respond best to a tailored, integrated, engaging and effective approach that capitalizes on their visual skills, identifies and addresses their processing challenges, and addresses their dyslexia
  • It is up to parents to make the difference for their child

We recommend you consider:

  • AMindset change that you want to help your child succeed in months not years
  • Assessing for success — in addition to assessing for dyslexia – you want to know if your child is a visual learner and what processing challenges are holding your child back
  • Partnering with professionals who can tailor a program for your child that is tailored, integrated, engaging and effective

If you have not already done so — we offer a no cost Success Assessment that screens for whether your child is a visual learner and if your child might have an attention or visual processing challenge.  We recommend you do this with your child — your child’s answers may provide valuable insights.  You can access the assessment at Success Assessment

We have created a Facebook page for Parents and Professionals Helping the Visual Learner Succeed.  We encourage you to join our group.

 

Filed Under: Uncategorized, visual learner with dyslexia

Does Your Smart Struggling Child have a Disability or Different Abilities

July 11, 2018 by Mira and Mark Halpert

Does Your Smart Struggling Child Remember Places Visited, Even From Years Ago?

When a smart struggling child like Matthew walks into our lives, the first three questions we ask his parents are:

  • Does your child remember places visited, even from years ago?
  • Does your child learn best when he sees and experiences information?
  • Is your smart struggling child a lot smarter than present results would indicate?

There are at least three very different ways to look at a smart struggling child

  • Is it a child with dyslexia, learning disabilities, reading disability or a related challenge
  • Is the child a visual learner, whose crime is he or she does not learn the way schools teach students how to read
  • Are both true — and could dyslexia be defined as difficulty learning to read the way your child is taught and the child learns best when he or she sees and experiences information

What Do You See in this picture:

Smart struggling child

Does your smart struggling child have dyslexia or is he or she have an incredible visual memory —   or both

Half the people I give this to see a wine glass and the other half see two faces.  In fact, both are true.

Your Smart Struggling Child May Be Able to Go From Stress to Success in Months Not Years

Matthew was a classic case — this smart struggling child was a visual learner, he skipped words and lines when reading and he often lost focus.  The private school he attended suggested to his parents that they find another school for 4th grade.  He would just not be able to keep up with their tough curriculum.  This is a problem facing many smart struggling children, as the demand for private school rises every year.

The good news is that with the right help:

  • Being taught to his strengths
  • Having his attention and visual processing improved and
  • Having his parents learn how to be the coach and advocate he needed

Matthew was able to improve his reading comprehension 3 grade levels within a year and stay at the same school and do very well

 

 

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3 Keys to Success for Your Smart Struggling Child

July 11, 2018 by Mira and Mark Halpert

A Success MAP for Your Smart Struggling Child

A mom called and asked, “You help my friend’s smart struggling child make dramatic gains within months, can you do the same for my child?”

She continued, “You helped my friend’s smart struggling child go from the worst reader in her class to the best.  You also helped her improve her attention and self-esteem, while reducing her anxiety.  Best of all her daughter blossomed as a student and as a person.  My friend asked me to call you to better understand your Mindset, how you Assess for Success, and the Process you use to help kids succeed in months not years.

After helping thousands of students since 1997 and two of our own children, we have found there are three keys to success for a smart struggling child.

Smart Struggling Child

Help Your Smart Struggling Child Achieve Success in Months Not Year

They include

  • Mindset — every child is different, but it is often the parents who make the difference.  You want to start with a success mindset that starts with the belief that your child can and will be successful.  Most of our students are visual learners, we do better with a hands-on approac

 

  • Assessing for Success — one psychologist described his problem – most parents wanted him to find out what is wrong with their child.  We flip the discussion and focus on assessing for success.  Most of our students have a combination of strengths and challenges.  They often
    • Learn best when they see and experience information
    • Have some combination of attention, visual processing, anxiety and related challenges
    • Can do far better when they are taught to their strengths, their challenges are identified and addressed, and their parents learn how to be the coach and advocate their child needed

 

  • A Process that is tailored, integrated, engaging and effective.  Every child is different so:
    • Tailoring the effort to meet your child’s unique needs is really helpful.  For the visual learner — a hands-on program can be much more effective
    • Integrated programs can address multiple issues and allows the child to benefit from consistent approaches.  Too often we see a child go from one program to the other — with the focus on one or two skills.  Our approach is to teach to the child’s strengths, identify and address their challenges, where possible, and to refer to other professionals where needed
    • Engaging — many programs are boring and work on skills that are not engaging.  We believe engaging a child is critical
    • Effective — we believe the key is to set external goals that the student works for.  There can be goals that are part of a program, but the critical goals to set and achieve are the external goals

After we assess for success, we lay out your key concerns, determine where your child is at, set specific goals with you and discuss how we can achieve them.

The mom said, I think my child is a visual learner with attention challenges, but I am not sure and I have no idea if my son has visual processing challenges.  How do I check to see whether my child is a visual learner and whether he has attention, visual processing and/or related challenges?  She added that she was not sure what her child’s present level of reading comprehension was.

We offer three ways:

  • We offer an online Success Assessment that screens for a Learning Difference, Attention, Visual Processing and Anxiety Challenges.  You will get immediate feedback, and you can call us for a no cost Stress to Success Strategy Session.  You should do the assessment with your child — their answers may surprise you.  You can access the assessment at Success Assessment.

 

  • You can call us at 561-361-7495

 

  • For local clients we offer our Focus Assessment that assesses your child’s reading comprehension, attention and visual processing.  This helps both parents to see us in action and to get on the same page.  It also helps us to tailor a solution to meet your child’s needs.

 

 

Filed Under: Smart Struggling Child, Smart Struggling Kid

Parents, How Your Smart Struggling Kid Can Improve Comprehension and Attention

July 10, 2018 by Mira and Mark Halpert

Does Your Smart Struggling Kid Have Comprehension, Attention and/or Anxiety Challenges?

If you have a smart struggling kid, there is a good chance your child has reading comprehension, attention and/or anxiety challenges.  In our 3D Learner Practice, over 60% of our students have all three.

This Mom with a Smart Struggling Kid is a Classic Case of Intervention Exhaustion and Frustration

Her smart struggling kid had been through 3 different reading programs and 2 different ADHD medications, without making great progress,

Now her smart struggling kid was in counseling for anxiety challenges.

We asked mom if the following issues were impacting her child:

  •  Was her child in remedial reading and wanted out?

Mom’s response was Yes and she hated it, and wanted to be able to take an elective

  • Did her child skip words and lines when reading?

Again the answer was yes

  • Were standardized tests a concern?

Mom said third grade retention was now a HUGE risk

  • Did homework take far longer than it should?

In 3rd grade homework was supposed to take 30 to 45 minutes and it was now taking 1.5 to 2 hours

  • Did her child get stressed when doing homework?

Mom commented that both her child and her got stressed and sometimes it felt like world war three

  • Did her child get anxious before tests?

Yes was the answer, even before minor tests, and it got really bad before big tests

  • Did her child remember events, even from years ago?

Mom was astounded — yes, she has this incredible visual memory, how do you know that

Smart struggling kid with multiple gifts and challenges

Does your smart struggling kid learn differently and have attention, visual processing and/or anxiety challenges?

Why is my Smart Struggling Kid Not Making the Desired Progress?

That was mom’s question.  We asked a few questions.

  •  Was the reading intervention either tailored to teach the way your child learns best or to improve comprehension?  No was the answer.  Mom commented that both programs worked on reading fluency, how well her child read out loud, but did precious little to address comprehension.   She also commented that the program did not teach to her child’s strengths

 

  • Was the program integrated to address comprehension, attention and anxiety challenges?  Again the answer was no.  Each educator, doctor and therapist worked on one skill and did not integrate the other issues

 

  • Did the program engage your child?  Again the answer was no — in fact her child disliked virtually all the interventions

 

  • The last question would have been “Were the programs effective?’, but mom had already addressed that

Mom asked, “What does my child need?’  Our response was …

A Tailored, Integrated, Engaging and Effective Program For Their Smart Struggling Kid

Mom then asked, what are a few ways that you can help parents can learn more about their child.  There are several including:

  • We offer a Success Assessment that screens for a learning difference, attention, visual processing and anxiety challenges.  We recommend a parent do this with their child.  They can find it at Success Assessment.

 

  • Parents then get immediate feedback and they can then call for a no cost Stress to Success Strategy Session by calling 561-361-7495 or

 

  • They can call us at 561-361-7495

Mom asked, “My friend has a child like this — is there any chance you have written a book on this subject.  Yes, we have written “The 3D Learner – From Stress to Outrageous Success for Your Child”.  “The 3D Learner” is available on Amazon.

 

 

 

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Third Grade Retention can often be beaten with Proactive Parenting

July 8, 2018 by Mira and Mark Halpert

Third Grade Retention Should Lead to Action

Third Grade Retention is often a concern for Florida third grader’s in charter and public schools.  13 other states have third grade retention laws and 8 others states allow schools to utilize third grade retention, where appropriate.  There are four different scenarios we have seen:

  • Parents who were blindsided late in the school year when they were told their child failed the third grade reading FSA (Florida Standards Assessment) – below we will provide tools to help every parent to get a better handle on where your child is at
  • Parents who correctly worked with their child’s school and relied on the school to address their child’s reading comprehension issues – this is not likely to work if your child learns differently and has attention, eye-teaming and/or anxiety challenge
  • Parents who tried traditionally tutoring or learning centers and too often their child has:
    • Faced third grade retention or
    • Just passed onto fourth grade, but their child was still below grade level
    • Gotten to grade level, but their child could have done better
  • Parents who tried a dyslexia program, vision therapy or other programs that focus on an issue — and often take a long time to yield the desired results

Parents who contact us about avoiding third grade retention are often surprised to realize their child:

  • May learn differently — and is often a visual learner
  • Has some combination of attention, eye-teaming and/or anxiety challenges
  • Can make dramatic gains in months not years

We have had third grade parents call us early in the school year and we have been able to help some of these students to:

  • Score well above grade level on the third grade reading FSA — even when their teacher told them to accept the fact that third grade retention — and years later be well ahead of grade level
  • Go from the worst reader in their class and a reluctant reader to the best reader in her 4th grade class — and then finish in the top 10% of her high school class
  • Do far better than their teachers or parents initially thought they could

Three examples of how parents and 3D Learner have helped students beat third grade retention:

1- By far the best way to beat third grade retention is early on — for a parent who called us in October, we were able to help her child go from certain retention to well above grade level

2-  For the parent who calls us later  in the year we can help a child to pass the test — but better to intervene earlier rather than later

3-  For the parent who calls us during the summer after failing the third grade test — we have helped some to pass and be promoted to 4th grade — but this is not always possible

Beat Third Grade Retention — Start with a Success MAP

  • Mindset matters — if your child is struggling in third grade and is at risk for third grade retention, take massive action to help your child reach his or her potential
  • Assess for Success.  We have found that many students facing  are visual learners (i.e. students who learn best when they see and experience information), and who often have a combination of attention, eye-teaming, anxiety and related issues.

Third Grade Retention

                                         Students facing third grade retention are often visual learners                                                            with attention, eye-teaming and related challenges

                 Make sure you know what your child’s present level of reading comprehension is.  Too often schools      use reading fluency (i.e. how well your child reads out loud) as a surrogate for reading comprehension.

  • Develop a Parent Driven Plan for Success.  This may include:
    • A program with your child’s school
    • Working with an outside professional to develop a success map for your child

At 3D Learner, we can help you to develop a powerful Success MAP that includes a:

  • Mindset that sets success as the only option — in collaboration with your child’s school
  • Assesses for Success — we offer 3 assessment options
    • An online Success Assessment you should do with your child that screens for the visual learner and for attention, visual processing and related challenges.  You can access this at Success Assessment
    • An in office Focus Assessment where we can assess your child’s present level of reading comprehension,  and whether there is an attention, eye-teaming and./or anxiety challenge.
Third Grade Retention

Avoid third grade retention by assessing for reading comprehension and attention, visual processing and anxiety challenges

An online or in office assessment that incorporates all aspects of the Focus Assessment and adds the Structure of Intellect Assessment that identifies how your child learners best, and their strengths and challenges

  • A Parent Driven Plan to help your child go from Stress to Success in Months Not Years

For more information, call us at 561-361-7495

 

 

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