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Grade Retention, Promote or Intensive Remediation

March 31, 2020 by Mira and Mark Halpert

Grade Retention has been a contentious item. Parents sometimes have asked schools to retain their child and schools have often decline.

Now with schools closed, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has told parents they now have the right to keep their child in the same grade. The logic being, without remedial reading help for 3 months, many students may not be ready to be promoted.

This makes sense given three major factors:

With prevailing standards, there is a significant increase in difficulty from one grade to the next – especially between third and fourth grades where there is a shift from learning to read to learning to read
Next year, teachers will be required to cover what was not covered this year and next year’s curriculum. Therefore, the pace will be faster than ever
It is now possible and probably likely that schools will be closed from March through August. A student that was below grade level in March is likely to find the curriculum even more difficult. For those who were further behind the challenge will even greater

Beat Grade Retention By Focusing on Reading

Most parents will reject grade retention, and we understand that. We recommend that at the very least you:

– Read with your child 30 minutes every day

– Turn the text on TV and slowly lower the sound on your TV — this will encourage word recognition skills and build language- Have more discussions with your child and help them build their language skills.=

– Use tools like Learning Ally and Audible for kids – which is free for kids as of April 1st. Audible provides many stories.

Learning Ally is a very comprehensive set of books. Call us at 561-361-7495 for a subscription at a very reasonable price. Learning Ally allows your child to both hear the book and follow the text.

These actions will help, but the far better option is intensive remediation.

As the chart below shows, a third grade who is a year and a half behind may be:

– Two years below grade level by the time the next school year starts

– A year and a half behind with a concerted effort

– Able to get back to grade level with the right intensive remediation

Avoid Third Grade Retention — Avoid *Grade Retention* with Intensive Remediation

3D Learner Offers Intensive Remediation to Beat Grade Retention

Grade retention is a legitimate option and it might be right when you child is:

Well below grade level and/or
Among the youngest in his or her class is struggling

At the 3D Learner Learning Center, we see this time period as an unprecedented amount of students to catch up. With an hour a day effort 5 day a week effort, a student can make dramatic gains with the right help.

Based on our 23 years of experience, we know that many students can:

Improve their visual processing, working memory and processing speed
Dramatically improve their vocabulary, math skills and reading comprehension – often by 2, 3 or 4 grade levels
Be better prepared for next year and beyond with the right help

But, the challenge is with social distancing and “stay-at-home” orders, how does a student accomplish this?

The 3D Learner Learning Center, we have temporarily closed our physical location, and we are offering:

Assessments that can be done:
- Initially on line using our Success Assessment that screens for a learning difference, attention and visual processing challenges
- Online with more comprehensive assessments
One on one services using Zoom software. We have used this for several years with out of state clients, and recently we started using it with local clients. The response has been very promising
Brain training to improve working memory, visual processing and/or processing speed
A Reading Comprehension and/or Visual Processing program
Based on demand, we may offer small group training via zoom
We will be providing Facebook Live conversations each day at no cost — for more information visit our 3D Learner Facebook page

The 3D Learner Difference

Our program was developed when we were given some negative use. We find that highly motivated parents often make great clients
We work on the foundational skills required to succeed. We help students to:
- Improve their word recognition and sight word vocabulary
- Attention and visual processing
- Reducing anxiety
- Improving
  - Working memory
  - Reading speed and comprehension
  - Self-esteem
- Helping parents to be the coach and advocate their child needs
We have been helping students go from Stress to Success in Months Not Years

If your child is either facing a grade retention risk and/or has significant upside potential either

– Take our no cost Success Assessment with your child. You will get immediate feedback and you can then call us at 561-361-7495 for a no cost Stress to Success Strategy Session

– Call us at 561-361-7495

Reading Plus (R) and Gemstone Vision Software (R) Improve Reading Comprehension +++

March 21, 2020 by Mira and Mark Halpert

Reading Plus (R) and/or Gemstone Vision Software (R) program to improve your child’s Reading Speed and Comprehension and/or Visual Processing at Home.

With the CoronaVirus scare — it is likely that schools will be closed until the next school year.

Reading Plus and Gemstone Vision Software can be used by students in grades 3 through college to make 2, 3, 4 and in a few cases 5 years gains in their reading comprehension over 4 to 6 months. This can :

For the smart struggling child who has dyslexia, a reading disability, a learning disability or is just way behind in school. As shown below, a struggling third grader, who is 1.5 years below grade level is likely to enter school next school year 1.5 to 2 years below grade level. With these programs, there is a good chance they could get back to grade level.

Reading Plus and Gemstone Can Help Students Make Big Gains

For the student-athlete, the reading improvements would be similar and they would see improvement in their sport skills

These programs can be used for enrichment. We helped a high school student who could not get accommodations to improve his reading speed from 125 to 300 words per minute, to improve his comprehension by 2 grade levels and to increase his SAT scores by close to 200 points

For more information

Call 3D Learner at 561-361-7495

As shown below, on the 2019 NAEP (National Assessment of Educational, close to 2/3 of our 4th graders and our 8th graders were reading below grade level. Far too many of these students are reading below basic reading levels

4th Graders Reading Below Grade Level 65%

8th Graders Reading Below Grade Level 66%

We have tested thousands of these students and find some alarming and encouraging information.

Many of these students are 2, 3, 4 and even 7 years below grade level in their reading comprehension.

Reading Plus and Gemstone Can Improve Reading Comprehension

At 3D Learner, we have been using Reading Plus successfully for over 15 years, with many students 2, 3 and even 4 year gains in their comprehension within 4 months – with some of our best gains coming when Reading Plus is used with the Gemstone Vision Software.

3D Learner is a Boca Raton Learning Center, that has helped students to dramatically improve their reading comprehension, test scores, attention, visual processing, self-esteem and more since 1997. Two excellent software packages we use are Reading Plus and Gemstone Vision Software.

Reading Plus and/or Gemstone Vision Software for Home Use

3D Learner is offering multiple solutions, including a combination of programs that include:

The Reading Plus Program to improve improve reading speed and comprehension and vocabulary level and/or
Gemstone Visual Processing Program to improve visual tracking and to address the convergence insufficiency problem that research shows is quite common. In a 2018 study, a Boston Children’s Hospital team found that 79% of the students with dyslexia had a vision related challenge — this was using a Visagraph — which is the same tool we use in our office to diagnose a vision related challenge. Below is a video that shows a student who had a significant tracking issue before treatment and his improvement after 5 weeks of training.

Reading Plus and Gemstone Vision can significantly improve
reading speed and comprehension and a student’s vocabulary

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Florida Third Grade Retention – 2020 Parent’s Guide

March 2, 2020 by Mira and Mark Halpert

Florida Third grade retention policies were first put in place in 2002. Governor DeSantis has now given parents the option on both third grade retention and grade retention in any grade. Mandatory third grade retention based on test scores will not apply in 2020, as there is no testing.

When parents ask us about either third grade retention or grade retention in earlier or later grades, our advice has changed

1- Grade retention is an option to consider if your child is way below grade level and/or has ADHD or other challenges. Students with ADHD often have the maturity of a student 70% of their child’s age (i.e. a 9 year old with ADHD may behave more like a 6 year old). If this child also has reading problems, and the parents do not take action, grade retention may be the best option

2- When a child is not ready for middle school, grade retention may be the right choice. This often works best if one changes school.

3- The best option is to improve your child’s reading comprehension, attention and other skills.

Here is what some students may be facing. Matthew was 1.5 years below grade level in the middle of third grade. Given what is now called the Coronavirus Reading Slide, there is a good chance Matthew will be two years below grade level by August, without a major push.

*Third Grade Retention* May Be Right with the Coronavirus Reading Slide

The good news is that this gap can often be closed. Below is a case of where a student improved his reading comprehension from the 2nd to the 4th grade level over the summer.

Coronavirus Reading Surge — *Third Grade Retention* can often be beaten by improve reading comprehension

At 3D Learner, we have focused on Success by Third Grade for the last 10 years.

If you have any questions or would like help – call us at 561-361-7495.

We have helped many parents to understand their risks, to then avoid Florida third retention and to help get their child’s reading comprehension back to grade level or above.

Senate Bill 1008.25 is the Florida law that covers Florida third grade retention and what a parent must be informed of.

At the bottom of this post is the specific wording from the portion on “Reading Deficiency and Parental Notification that covers third grade retention and what a parent must be informed of.

Given this is written in early March, the last point in the post is especially important — the wording is:

A parent of a student in grade 3 who is identified anytime during the year as being at risk of retention may request that the school immediately begin collecting evidence for a portfolio.

We encourage parents whose child is identified at risk for retention immediately request the school immediately begin collecting evidence for a portfolio.

Note, to be promoted a third grade student must either:

Score a Level 2 or higher on the third grade English Language Assessment
Meet one of the Good Cause Exemptions

Note, all the Good Cause Exemptions are harder to achieve than getting a Level 2 on the Third Grade English Language Assessment. The good news is that a student may be able to:

Achieve Level 2 with intensive short term help
Improve his or her reading comprehension to grade level with a concerted effort over the next 4 to 6 months

3 Keys to Beat Florida Third Grade Retention

1- Have your child do well on the third grade English Language Assessment. Some people recommend parents opt out of the testing. We respect their opinion, but all the good cause exemptions are much harder to achieve. Opting out does reduce the short term anxiety but it also increases the chances for grade retention.

2- If you have received notice that third grade retention is a risk, put a request in writing for a portfolio to be initiated ASAP.

3- By far the best choice is to:

Immediately request a portfolio
Have your child take the test
Find the right help to get your child to grade level or above

Most students at risk for Florida Third Grade Retention:

Learn differently than the way schools teach — that is, they learn best when he or she sees and experiences information
Have some combination of attention, eye-teaming, anxiety and/or related issues
Can do far better when he or she is taught to their strengths and when their challenges are identified and addressed.

Achieve Success by Third Grade

If this sounds like your child, take our no cost Success Assessment with your child. You will get immediate feedback and then you can call us for a no cost Stress to Success Strategy Session at 561-361-7495.

If you would prefer, just call 3D Learner at 561-361–7495

Beat Third Grade Retention and Early Grade Retention

February 25, 2020 by Mira and Mark Halpert

Third Grade Retention has been a cornerstone of Education Policy in Florida since 2002.

Third grade retention and other student grade retention is driven by Senate Bill 1008.25.

Facing the risk of third grade retention, many parents choose to either opt-out of the test, send their child to a private school or homeschool their child. We encourage parents to consider our approach …

At 3D Learner, rather than trying to fight this law, we focus on Success by Third Grade or Sooner.

We offer an Integrated, Engaging and Effective Process that has helped the vast majority of our students to:

1- Get a Level 2 on the third grade English Language Assessment — the level required to avoid third grade retention

2- Improve his or her reading comprehension to grade level or above by August, when they start fourth grade

3- If students start too late to get a Level 2 on the test, we shift the focus to meet one of the Good Cause Exemptions that Florida offers to allow a student to be promoted to 4th grade

Third Grade Retention Can Be Beaten with The Right Program

For students facing third grade retention or retention in the earlier grades, reading comprehension is the issue that many people focus on. What is often missed is that students often learn differently and have some combination of attention, eye-teaming, working memory and/or anxiety challenges.

Beat Third Grade Retention with an Integrated Approach

The good news is that it is not too late. As one mom wrote,

Mira, Mark and Victoria truly care about and love their students. My daughter came to them just about a month before the FSA and they helped her PASS!! What a huge accomplishment for a student that was told she was going to be retained and was not “reading on grade level” which was a contradiction to what I know, she has been “reading” with me since she was 4 years old. Sherica Newson, Florida

If you would like help you can either:

1- Call us at 561-361-7495 to discuss how to put your child on his or her Pathway to Success by Third Grade or Sooner or

2- Take our no cost Success Assessment that screens for a learning difference and attention and eye-teaming issues. Then you can call us at 561-361-7495 to discuss how to put your child on his or her Pathway to Success by Third Grade or Sooner or

Executive Function and Processing Skills are Common Issues

February 25, 2020 by Mira and Mark Halpert

Executive Functi on issues are common. These may include:

Focus
Working Memory
Organization & Planning
Prospective Memory
Problem Solving
Mental Flexibility
Self-Awareness

Visual processing and auditory processing skills are often left out of this discussion. Can you imagine how difficult it is if your child:

Does not hear correctly what a teacher says
Loses focus in class during tests or while doing homework
Skips words and/or lines when reading and
They are being asked why they make so many mistakes – when they have an unidentified auditory or visual processing challenge

Identify the Critical Executive Function and Processing Issues

To have your child reach his or her full potential it is critical to identify and address the relevant issues.

By identifying and addressing the key issues, we have seen:

Homework time cut by 25 and sometimes 50%
Projects done much more efficiently and effectively
Standardized test scores improved
Relationships with friends and family improved
Self-esteem soar

1- The 3D Learner Program® addresses the relevant reading, math, and writing issues as well as Executive Function and Processing Skills Issues.

2- The 3D Learner Executive Function and Brain Training Program identifies and addresses attention, visual and auditory processing issues and other relevant challenges that hold back many students who are academically strong, but who can be more efficient and effective with improved skill training.

Both are explained on our 3D Learner Programs page.

To discover how you can identify and address the relevant Executive Function and Brain Training challenges, you can either:

Take our Success Assessment with your child and get immediate feedback.
Call us at 561-361-7495

Note, identifying and addressing the relevant issues will impact academic and athletic performance. It often leads to much high self-esteem and lower anxiety levels, too.

Smart Struggling Child?

February 25, 2020 by Mira Halpert

What would my and my family’s life be like if I could just get help for my smart struggling child?

“Intermittent fits of crying are a daily occurrence in my life! I dread putting my 3-year-old into her car seat every afternoon in order to go pick up my 2^nd grader. I fear what emotions await me when I pick up my son.

Did he have a good day?

Did he eat his lunch that I put food in that I thought he would like?

Was he excited about what he learned today or was he frustrated because he didn’t understand or follow his teacher’s directions?

…Or the ultimate ANXIOUS MOMENT—

HOW MUCH HOMEWORK DOES HE(WE) HAVE TO DO TONIGHT?

This daily stress is taking its’ toll on MY LIFE, MY FAMILY’S life and mostly, MY SON’S LIFE.”

If this sounds familiar, you are not alone- and we are here to help you sort things out.

For over 20 years we have helped parents understand what issues are affecting their smart struggling child and holding them back from being HAPPY and SUCCESSFUL in school, and life.

Reading Comprehension, writing and math skills are all important for success in school, but ALL of these skills are dependent on

FOUNDATIONAL MOTOR AND COGNITIVE ABILITIES- that need implicit instructions.

They also need help to master reading comprehension, math and writing in a way that works for them.

Make TODAY the day you decide to make the CHANGE that will bring back family harmony— your life and YOUR CHILD’S emotional wellbeing.

We have a no cost Success Assessment you can take with your child. It will help you to far better understand your child’s strengths and challenges. Then you will get immediate feedback. You can then call us for a Stress to Success Strategy Session focused on How to Help Your Smart Struggling Child Succeed.

YOU CAN CALL US NOW AT 561-361-7495

WE ARE HERE TO HELP YOU AND YOUR CHILD!

Online Reading Comprehension Program

January 23, 2020 by Mira and Mark Halpert

The right Online Reading Comprehension Program can help your child to significantly improve his or her reading comprehension over the next few months. Reading comprehension at grade level or above is vitally important with the new and much higher standards. Not only are standardized tests much harder than ever before, but now …

math, science and social studies require higher comprehension skills

If reading comprehension is an issue for your child, our goal is to help your child to significantly improve his or her comprehension in months not years.

With schools now going online, we are hearing from many parents that there their child is exhausted after being online and doing countless worksheets. You have options. Some parents are choosing to ignore academics during this period. We believe this has significant risks – unless you focus on improving skills like reading comprehension.

Others are doing what schools require – both in terms of online schooling and completing as much of the homework as they can. We believe this has several risks including:

Your child may be frustrated and exhausted each school day
You too may find yourself frustrated and exhausted — because if your you have a smart struggling child, they may be more require massive help
There is precious little time to improve comprehension and to do fun stuff

There is what we call the Survive and Thrive Approach

Prioritize reading comprehension
Leverage an right online reading comprehension program that is designed to improve results in months not years
Follow through and discover how you can:
- Improve your child’s reading comprehension by 1, 2 or even 3 grade levels over the next 4 months
- Get your child excited about learning
- Prepare your child for success in the future
- Get the required school work done in less time and with less stress

What we know is that most students who are struggling with reading comprehension:

Learn differently — they are often a visual learner, who learns best when he or she sees and experiences information
Often skip words and lines when reading — this is an invisible disability — that can be discovered with the right questions
Have a working memory challenge — especially for information that is not of great interest to them

OnLine Reading Comprehension Program — The right *online reading comprehension program* can lead to significant gains within months

Two ways to learn more about whether your child learns differently and whether there is a visual processing and/or related issues:

Take our no cost Success Assessment that screens for a learning difference and attention, visual processing and anxiety challenges and/or
You can call us for a no cost Stress to Reading Success Strategy Session at 561-361-7495

Online Reading Comprehension Program vs Reading Fluency Program

Over the last few years, we have had hundreds of clients who invested thousands or tens of thousands of dollars with programs that focused on reading fluency — how well their child read the words.

The challenge is that …

Programs like Orton Gillingham (R) focus on teaching kids to read at the word level. In an article on Orton-Gillingham on Understood.org, they say that …

While it can help develop reading comprehension, that’s not the primary goal.

At 3D Learner, our we improve reading fluency, but our two key academic goals are to improve comprehension and the love for learning.

One young lady came to us after spending two years trying to improve her reading with Orton-Gillingham and the Wilson Reading Program (R), but …

Her reading comprehension was still at the kindergarten level.

Mom asked a friend for a recommendation and the answer was “The 3D Learner Learning Center”.

With our help, her daughter, who had been stuck at the Kindergarten level her her comprehension improved two grade levels within 3 months.

Learning Centers — 3D Learner *Learning Center* Improves Comprehension and Love for Learning

The key advantages of the 3D Learner approach is, we:

We offer an online reading comprehension program that can lead to significant results in months not year – recognizing that results are dependent on the child’s abilities and parental follow through
With our approach, students often become much more excited about learning
Use an integrated, engaging and effective program that uses a visual and hands-on approach and identifies and addresses the common challenges (i.e. visual and auditory processing, attention, working memory and processing speed)
We help parents to understand their child’s learning style, strengths and challenges and how you can most effectively coach and advocate for your child
We can help you to get the required school work done in less time and with less stress
We provide a no cost Success Assessment that screens for a learning difference and attention, visual processing and anxiety challenges
You can then call us for a no cost Stress to Reading Success Strategy Session at 561-361-7495

We have seen growth like this in other students. These include:

A struggling first grader who later excelled in gifted classes and whose parents made the following comment
A third grader, whose parents were told to find a different private school, but with our help he improved his reading comprehension 3 grade levels in a year. His teacher said, “Tyler made more progress in a year than any student I have had in 27 years of teaching, Mrs Walker, MD
A 9th grader whose reading speed improved by 80% and his comprehension improved by 4 grade levels within 3 months.

Two steps we recommend are:

Take our no cost Success Assessment that screens for a learning difference and attention, visual processing and anxiety challenges &/or
You can then call us for a no cost Stress to Reading Success Strategy Session at 561-361-7495

Homework Help to Reduce Time and Stress

January 14, 2020 by Mira and Mark Halpert

Homework help is easy to ask for and difficult to get.

Mary was really frustrated. Homework was taking 2.5 to 3 hours for her daughter. The assignment was often not written down in her planner, despite an agreement with the school. The IEP, or Individualized Education Program, stated that the teacher would insure the assignment was written correctly.

That happened for a week and then it stopped

We met with the school. We proposed a similar goal, but with a twist

The teacher would sign-off daily
The parent would then countersign that the assignment was done
The parent would then make sure the assignment was then put in the same spot every day

The Law of Reciprocity is what made this Homework Help tip work. It reduced her daughter’s homework time down a half hour, but Mary wanted more.

Homework Help with a Visual Schedule, Exercise & a Calmer Parent

Mary then asked, are there other no cost Homework Tips you can offer. We discussed three that can help in virtually every case:

Use a visual schedule. Make sure to include brain breaks, and a positive consequence when the work is done on time
Add some cross mid-line exercises before and during homework time
Stay calm. Your child might get frustrated and lose it for many reasons. It might be a tough assignment, a poorly worded question or something that happened at school. If you escalate the situation, it often gets worse. Sometimes much worse. When you stay calm, your child is likely to calm down. Then it would be good time to do some cross mid-line exercises

We are always looking for better ways of providing Homework Help. If you have a good idea, share it with us by email at parents@3dlearner.com, comment below or call us at 561-361-7495.

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Dyslexia and Vision Issues – The Path Less Traveled

December 30, 2019 by Mira and Mark Halpert

This article on Vision Therapy and Dyslexia: What You Need to Know correctly says that vision therapy does not cure dyslexia. We have met dozens of professionals who provide vision therapy, and none who said vision therapy cures dyslexia.

The article also says that vision therapy can be expensive and may not be covered by insurance. That is true, but one must recognize that …

we have seen dyslexia treatments that cost over $30000 that provided no real gains — far more than the cost of vision therapy.

At 3D Learner we have seen four conditions that often exist in students with dyslexia. These include:

Many are visual learners, who need certain skills before phonics will work. As described in her book Upside Down Brilliance, Dr. Linda Silverman wrote:

“Phonics instruction does not need to be eliminated altogether, but sight word vocabulary needs to be built first. Then whole words or syllables can be compared and the pattern recognition capacities of the visual-spatial learner can be brought to bear”.

Many of these students also have some combination of attention, eye-teaming and/or anxiety challenges

Dyslexia and Visiion — Students often have multiple challenges

Dyslexia, Vision, Attention and Learning Difference Often Co-Exist

We have found there are many students who are visual learners with dyslexia. These students often have a combination of eye-teaming, attention and/or anxiety challenges.

At 3D Learner, we offer a Success Assessment that screens for a learning difference , eye-teaming and attention challenges. You should do this assessment with your child — their answers may surprise you.

Then you can call us for a no cost Stress to Success Strategy Session at 561-361-7495.

SLOW PROCESSING SPEED? ARE YOU READY TO CHANGE YOUR CHILD’S LIFE?

December 30, 2019 by Eva

Our education system IS creating SLOW PROCESSING speed in our kids! I’ve been teaching students for over 40 years. I’ve seen education practices come and go more often than I want to admit. We seem to have gone DATA CRAZY in the name of helping children learn to read— and quite honestly, I’ve HAD IT!!!

TOO MANY KIDS ARE NOT LIKING TO READ and therefore are Not reading. Struggling readers are made to repeat exercises and read out loud making it a difficult and frustrating process.

“ …using those strategies takes more time than just being able to recognize words automatically”. Bob Cunningham, EdM

AND we are seeing many more kids with SLOW PROCESSING SPEED. It’s no wonder they don’t want to read.

WHAT ARE WE DOING?????

We are spending so much time trying to figure out what is WRONG with our kids – that we are not focusing on what is RIGHT and what ACTIONS and ACTIVITIES we should be doing with ALL of them that will have huge benefits for positive learning, and less emotional stress.

We are changing our educational model to match the medical model; assuming that all children learn the same way. Don’t get me wrong, data is a good thing, but spending so much time creating tests to get information that doesn’t have anything to do with creativity, or individualism, or real life is just that – data!!!

There is so much talk about kids being pressured to succeed in school and thousands of studies to prove what works and what doesn’t, using MRIs to show how brains change. I fear we are losing the whole point of childhood.

Kids learn by doing. The best things we as parents can do for our kids is :

EXPERIENCES…. PLAY…

EXPERIENCES… LANGUAGE…

EXPERIENCES… SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT…

EXPERIENCES… POSITIVE SELF WORTH AND MOVEMENT

EXPERIENCES… LAUGHTER

Take a step back and look at the BIG PICTURE of your child’s life. What experiences are filling their days? What are the words they are hearing? How are we reading to our kids? Are we helping them engage in the meanings of words- not just the sounds! What can you do today to ensure positive learning experiences?

The effects of slow processing speed for students can lead to a number of problems– Anxiety and NOT READING leading the list!

The very kids that are having difficulty learning the mechanics of reading are often our most creative kids! Words make pictures in their heads! For them it is vital those pictures MAKE SENSE. Learning rules about what sounds various letter patterns make, is not something they often relate to…unless THEY SEE the visual patterns of letters. “Downloading” these images can take time- if rushed, confusion and anxiety can run rampant! If this constant repetition continues, our students just give up or blow up!

We need to stop this CHAOS and help these creative kids succeed!

Too many different processing skills must be mastered for reading to be an easy activity. It is often not just one issue. As a parent and an experienced educator, I have been where most of you parents have been. It is not a pleasant place– even less pleasant for your child– who only wants to please-and be successful and happy!!