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Strength-based Learning Center For Results in Months Not Years

December 15, 2019 by Mira and Mark Halpert

3D Learner is a strength-based learning center. In this article, they ask the question “Is Strength-based learning a magic bullet?” While there is no magic bullet, we believe that …

a strength-based training is the closest thing to it. We do not agree with one of our competitors who said that …

“We do not believe in strength-based teaching, we focus on turning weaknesses into strengths”.

At the 3D Learner Learning Center, many of our students are visual learners. These students learn best when they see and experience information.

At the 3D Learner Learning Center we combine:

Strength

Let’s focus on the problems our students and parents face:

Programs that are focused on weaknesses take a long time and are often far more expensive
Parents have challenges getting their child to go to these challenges
Homework time and stress get worse each year
Attention and anxiety issues are more challenging than ever — there are more distractions and the pressure on your child may be intense
Reading comprehension challenges are significant. There is a clear line to lower standardized test scores.
Reading comprehension challenges are now directly impacting science, social studies and math — where the reading demands are much higher than ever before
Few programs address all these challenges or the causes
Even fewer programs are engaging and effective

3D Learner Learning Center Philosophy

We have helped thousands of students and assessed tens of thousands students. We believe that:

Our 3D Learner Learning Center program should provide strength-based training that is both more engaging and effective
We need to make the process enjoyable for our students – as one mom said, “3D Learner is the first place I have ever taken my child to where he wants to go”
Our students both learn differently and have a combination of attention, eye-teaming and/or related issues

Boca Raton *Learning Center* for Results in Months Not Years

Our Learning Center students can do far better with strengths-based training that also identifies and addresses the relevant challenges
With this approach, significant gains in months not years can be made

Can Your Child Make Significant Gains in Months Not Years

For most students the answer is yes. We have seen students:

Make 2, 3 and even 4 year reading comprehension gains within 6 months
Reduce homework time by 25 to 50%, with much less time required from parents
Standardized test scores go from well below average to well above average and
For students with higher or even gifted IQs, standardized test scores go as high as the 90th, 95th and 99th percentile

The three keys our Learning Center Successes are:

We know that by combining strength-based training using our patented approach and addressing the relevant challenges our students can do very well
We assess for success — we want to know how your child learns best, what is holding your child back and what your child’s present level of performance is
Our process is designed to be tailored to your child’s needs and to deliver … significant gains in months not years

For more information:

Take our Success Assessment with your child that assesses for a learning difference and eye-teaming and attention challenges. You will get immediate feedback and then you can call us at 561-361-7495 for a no cost Stress to Success Strategy Session

Call us at 561-361-7495

Learning Center Helps Smart and Gifted Students Succeed

December 14, 2019 by Mira and Mark Halpert

The 3D Learner Learning Center has helped smart and gifted students reach their potential since 1997. We have learned a great deal from Dr. Linda Silverman. The artice “How I Struggled in School: There is a Solution“

The last line from this article is: ” How amazing would it be for all learners to be allowed to experience education this way? ”

The 3D Learner Learning Center provides such an opportunity for your child.

Some of these successes include helping:

A struggling 2nd grader improve from the 18th percentile to the 84th percentile in reading comprehension. Equally important, homework time was cut in half and he blossomed as a student.
Helping a third grader go from the lowest reader in her class to the top reader. She also become the most avid reader. When her father asked her how this happened she said, “3D Learner taught me to create videos for what I read, do you know how cool that is”
One student was at the 48th percentile in reading comprehension. She knew her daughter could do better. The principal’s commented, “Someone needs to be average”. Mom refused to accept this. With our help her daughter improved to the 95th percentile. Even better, her shy daughter blossomed into an outgoing and happy young adult.
A mom was told to put her boys into a specialized school for students with dyslexia — despite their gifted IQs. With our help, they were able to improve to the 99th percentile and later go to MIT and Harvard

3D Learner Learning Center Addresses Many Problems Smart and Gifted Students Have

Many people assume to child cannot do significantly better than they are presently doing. We had two children like this and realize there is considerable upside potential. These students often learn differently, have some combination of challenges and have the potential to excel.

The three reasons these students can do so well include at the 3D Learner Learning Center include:

There are many parents who refuse to accept the limitations others might see for their smart or gifted child. We provide parents with the tools they need to help their child succeed
We see these students as rocket ships ready to take off
Our experienced staff and integrated program is what these students need to make dramatic gains in months not years

To find out more, we offer two options:

Take our no cost Success Assessment that screens for a learning difference and attention, eye-teaming and related challenges. Then you can call us for a Stress to Success Strategy session at 561-361-7495
Call us at 561-361-7495 and find out how to put your child on his or her Pathway to Success

Learning Center for Success for 2nd and 3rd Graders

December 10, 2019 by Mira and Mark Halpert

The 3D Learner Learning Center has helped hundreds of second and third graders to go from Stress to Success in months not years.

3 of the second graders we helped at our Learning Center had the following results:

A public school student went from the 18th percentile in comprehension to the 83rd percentile. A year later he was well above great level in the English Language Assessment. He later graduated from NYU
A private school student went from a very expensive academy school to the gifted program in public school. The potential was there and our approach helped him to blossom
A homeschool student went from reading at the Kindergarten Level to reading at the 2nd grade level in 3 months and she was at the 3rd grade level in 9 months
One of our key focuses is on Success by Third Grade or Sooner. Our intensive and effective program has help many students from Parkland, Coral Springs, Delray, Jupiter, Aventura etc. We have also helped students from 38 states and 12 foreign countries with our week long program.

Almost everyone agrees that Success by Third Grade is important. Often people will say that kids learn to read up to 3rd grade. Then they read to learn. Here is a Success by Third Grade presentation we did for the Learning Disabilities Association of America.

With third grade retention risks for public and charter school students in Florida, the risks are really high for 2nd and 3rd graders. At the 3D Learner Learning Center, we take a far different approach that most.

We realize that reading comprehension and test scores are important, but we also recognize that:

Homework time and stress are key issues
Anxiety is impacting more students than ever before
Many smart struggling students learn differently. They learn best when the child sees and experiences information
Attention, working memory, processing speed and/or eye-teaming challenges are quite common
Parents really want a program that can be tailored to their child’s needs
Parents really want time freed up for their child to enjoy being a kid

5 examples of our successes with 2nd and 3rd graders:

One 2nd grader’s parents were told he was likely to be retained in 3rd grade. With our help, he improved from the 18th to the 83rd percentile in reading comprehension.
A 2nd grader at a private school was in an expensive academy program. With our program he was able to qualify for a public school gifted program — saving his family over $250,000 over ten years
A third grade parent was told in the fall that her daughter would certainly face third grade retention. Her 3rd grade test was well above grade level, She now has a 4.2 GPA in high school and has blossomed as a person
A parent of a 3rd grader was told to find another school for her 3rd grader — despite the fact that mom was on the Board of Directors at the school. With our help, he improved 3 grade levels in his reading comprehension in a year. His teacher said, “I have never seen a student make such dramatic gains in a year in 27 years of teaching”

We offer two ways to learn more:

1- A no cost Success Assessment you can do 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. We recommend doing the assessment with your child — their answers may surprise you. You can access the assessment at Success Assessment

2- Call us at 561-361-7495

3D Learner is very different from others:

1- We teach in an engaging and effective way. Our approach is clay-based. We improve spelling, vocabulary, reading comprehension, mastery of math facts and more, by tapping into our student’s visual skills.

2- Our goal is for our students to make dramatic gains in months not years.

3- We focus on the whole child. Yes we want to improve a child’s reading comprehension and test scores. We also want to increase your child’s love for reading and their self-esteem

4- We identify and address attention and anxiety challenges. We use natural and effective tools like the Emwave Biofeedback (R), the Interactive Metronome (R), Brain Gym Exercises (R) and more.

5- We identify and address eye-teaming, working memory and processing speed issues. An Undetected Vision Problem is considered one of the Elephants in the Room in Education

6- We help you to be the Coach and Advocate your child needs

7- We partner with you to work with your child’s school

8- Our experienced and professional staff is focused on helping you to set and achieve goals that help your child Succeed by Third Grade or Sooner

3D Learner Learning Center Makes it Easy to Get Started

Some parents prefer to take our Success Assessment that screens for the child who learns differently. It also screens for an attention, eye-teaming and anxiety challenges. We recommend you do his with your child. It is a no cost assessment and you can find it at Success Assessment. Three things you can expect from our Success Assessment:

1- Real value from asking your child different questions that will surface their strengths and challenges

2- Instant feedback

3- Access to our no cost Stress to Success by Third Grade or Sooner Strategy Session

Some parents prefer to call our 3D Learner Learning Center first. You can reach us at 561-361-7495

Twice-Exceptional Child — 3D Learner Can Help

November 29, 2019 by Mira and Mark Halpert

Your Twice-exceptional child can be very frustrating, or …

your twice-exceptional child can make dramatic progress in months not years.

This article from Understood.org discusses the Challenges of Twice-Exceptional Students

Their three key takeaways are:

- Gifted children with undiagnosed learning and thinking differences may appear to be “underachievers” or “lazy.”
- Twice-exceptional children are often at risk for social and emotional challenges.
- Your child’s IEP can address his weaknesses and nurture his strengths.

These points are all correct, but there are so many other issues that often surface include the twice-exceptional student often has one or more of the following challenges:

- Processing speed
- Working memory
- Processing
- Putting their thoughts on paper
- Being able to solve tough math problems in their head, but difficulty putting their work on paper
- Reading comprehension
- Anxiety
- Visual processing

Parenting a Twice-Exceptional Student is Hard

Too often parents will get a psycho-educational test done, but …

the list of action items is overwhelming

At 3D Learner, we have two twice-exceptional children and have helped hundreds more. From Dr. Linda Silverman, from the Gifted Development Center, we first heard the term, “Yet to be motivated”.

We recognize these students are capable of being exceptional if one:

- Capitalizes on their strengths
- Identifies their challenges
- Improves their academic weaknesses
- Helps their parents to be the Coach and Advocate their child needs
- Partners with the parents and their child’s school

3 Keys to Success for your Twice-Exceptional Child

1- Adopt the Mindset that Success is the Only Option

2- Assess for Success – that includes identifying if your child is a visual learner and whether there is an underling attention, eye-teaming and/or related issue

3- Partner with the right professionals

We offer

A no cost Success Assessment that screens for a learning difference, attention and eye-teaming issues.

We then offer a no cost Strategy Session on how you can help your twice-exceptional student succeed, or

If you would like to speak with one of our team members, call 3D Learner at 561-361-7495

Visual Learner? Parents, You Can Make The Difference

November 27, 2019 by Mira and Mark Halpert

Is your child a visual learner?

Does your child remember places visited, even from years ago?

Does your child learn best when he or she sees and experiences information?

Is your child a lot smarter than present results would indicate?

If the answers are yes, the chances are your child is a visual learner. We do offer a more extensive no cost assessment at Success Assessment, It also includes a screening tool for both an attention and eye-teaming issue. We suggest you do the Success Assessment with your child. Their answers may surprise you.

Here is a good article from an adult on how she struggled in school as a visua;-spatial learner.

3 Things To Consider About Your Visual Learner

1- Understanding frequently used words and recognizing words your child has seen, are often challenges. They can master these skills if taught in a way that plays to their strengths

2- Your visual learner may also have attention and eye-teaming challenges. You want to identify and address the relevant issue

3- When you teach your child to their strengths and you identify and address their challenges, your child can be far more successful

Next Steps

Develop a Success Mindset — that is, you will help your child to be all he or she can be.

Assess for Success. Identify how your child learns best. Then identify what is holding your child back. For school purposes, it may help to assess for a disability — but that does not help a learning center like 3D Learner tailor a program for your child

Partner with the right professionals. If your child is a visual learner, you want to both capitalize on his or her strengths and …

identify and address their challenges …

and, find out how to be the coach and advocate your child needs

The Learning Center For Elementary School Success

November 25, 2019 by Mira and Mark Halpert

“Learning Center” is what mom had googled. She found an overwhelming number of choices. She found Score at the Top that appeared to focus on high school students. She also found Huntington Learning Center that helps students k to 12, and their focus is on better grades.

Mom wanted to improve her child’s reading comprehension and love for reading.

Then 2 friends told her to go to 3D Learner — both saying 3D Learner is far more than a learning center.

She visited our 3D Learner website, and it all made sense. She took our Success Assessment with her son. Some of his answers, especially on eye-tracking really surprised her. As she completed the test, she picked up the phone and called us. We do see the test results immediately.

Her first comment was, “From answering the questions on the assessment, it seems like you are talking about my son”.

We asked her what her biggest challenges were. She shared the following:

Reading comprehension was the biggest academic challenge
Her son, who had liked reading in 1st grade, was now a reluctant reader

Then we asked her about

Math word problems – and she said this was now a big problem too
Anxiety and self-esteem – -anxiety was a looming issue with the third grade English Language Assessment really scaring him
Homework time and stress – she indicated it was now taking 2 to 2.5 hours and sometimes longer — with stress levels increasing

We then asked about her previous experiences.

She had tried tutors and a couple of other learning centers – both helped with his grades, but not with his comprehension
She invested in psychological testing They had recommended phonics-based testing and ADHD medication — neither worked

3D Learner – The Learning Center for the Elementary School Students

We asked her a few more questions:

Does your child remember places visited, even from years ago? Yes was the answer
Does your child learn best when he sees and experiences information? Mom said, “When the work is engaging he does far better”.
Is your child a lot smarter than present results would indicate? Yes

When she brought her son in for our Focus Assessment, it revealed his reading comprehension was 1.5 years below grade level, his eyes skipped words and lines when reading and he did have an attention issue. When her son was on biofeedback, it also showed his stress level went way up when we even mentioned the third grade English Language Assessment.

Mom was delighted to find a Learning Center that addressed reading comprehension, attention, eye-teaming, and anxiety.

We were able to help her son get a Level 4 on the English Language Assessment. This indicated he was above grade level. We were also able to help him to go from a:

Reluctant reader to an avid reader
Student who took over 2 hours to do homework to get it done in less than an hour
Stressed student to one who was quite happy with who he was
Good baseball player to an excellent one – what we do improves academic and athletic skills

If you would like more information about 3D Learner — The Learning Center for Elementary School Students you can either:

Take our no cost Assessment with your child that assesses for a learning difference and attention and eye-teaming challenges.
Then call us at 561-361-7495 for a no cost Stress to Success Strategy Session

Call us today at 561-361-7495

High School Reading Comprehension Program

November 3, 2019 by Mira and Mark Halpert

High School Reading Comprehension Program was what mom googled. Most of the programs she found were phonics-based programs. Here is why a number of parents look for a high school reading comprehension program that is not phonics-based:

One of our student had been doing phonics-based tutoring for 6 years. The parents had spent over $70,000 on these tutors. The student’s reading comprehension was at the 3rd grade level as he entered 9th grade. His reading speed was 94 words per minute. Needless to say, he disliked reading
Another student had a reading comprehension level at the 6th grade level and her reading speed was 73 words minute.
These programs are not engaging, and are often not effective at this age

What are the challenges facing high school students today:

Students are taking more advanced courses and many of them are both working long hours and are physically exhausted
Student’s reading comprehension is often a few years below grade level, making it very difficult to understand the material
Reading speed means the reading assignments take far longer
The reading speed and comprehension issues have a significant impact on Standardized Tests. With the more challenging college application process and higher Bright Futures Requirements, improving reading speed and comprehension are far more important than ever

If you would like to talk with us, give us a call at 561-361-7495

3D Learner — a High School Reading Comprehension Program

Here are three key ways to better understand your child and how you can make the difference:

1- Understand whether your child is a visual learner and what might be holding your child back. We offer a no cost Success Assessment we recommend you do this with your child. This assesses for a learning difference and attention and eye-teaming challenges

2- Call us at 561-361-7495 for a no cost Stress to Success Strategy Session

3- Read our book “The 3D Learner” Transform Stress to OutrageousSuccess for Your Child” Call our office to order a copy — or if you choose to do our in-office Focus Assessment or other 3D Learner Assessments, we will give you a copy of the book

Doing the Success Assessment is the most efficient first step. If you are action oriented and want to talk ASAP – call us at 561-361-7495

We Needed a High School Reading Comprehension Program

Our 3D Learner Program ® idea was conceived the day they told us our daughter’s reading comprehension level was 3 years below grade level & …

“there is nothing we can do to help!”

The 3D Learner Program her mother, Mira Halpert M.Ed., developed is much more than a reading comprehension program. We realized there were 7 major challenges:

1- Too many programs assume a child can learn the way the programs are taught. Everyone seems to agree with the quote below, but not when it comes to reading:

A High School Reading Comprehension Program Should Be Strength-Based

2- The program has to be both engaging and effective. Too often high school students zone out when the program or the teacher are not engaging

3- A High School Reading Comprehension Program for the visual learner needs to focus on building vocabulary, building on prior experience, and teaching the student to visualize what he or she reads. This is an excellent article from the Atlantic on Why We Have a Reading Comprehension Problem. One interesting comment focused on the need to shift from comprehension skills,

“whether or not readers understand a text depends far more on how much background knowledge and vocabulary they have relating to the topic than on how much they’ve practiced comprehension skills. “

4- Attention working memory and visual processing issues need to be identified and addressed. Many students who need a high school reading comprehension program are visual learners with attention, visual processing and/or anxiety challenges

The Right Reading Comprehension Program Should Meet the Student’s Needs

5- Reading speed is often a significant issue. The combination of the focus on decoding and visual processing challenges often slows the student down

6- The program must address these students’ very busy schedule. High school students are busier than ever. Even struggling readers are taking advanced placement courses, they are often involved in extracurricular activities and they cherish their free time

7- They have to be committed to doing the work and see the value in improving their reading speed and reading comprehension

Next Steps

Here are three key ways to better understand your child and how you can make the difference:

1- Understand whether your child is a visual learner and what might be holding your child back. We offer a no cost Success Assessment we recommend you do this with your child.

2- Call us at 561-361-7495 for a no cost Stress to Success Strategy Session

3- Read our book “The 3D Learner” Transform Stress to Success for Your Child” Call our office to order a copy — or if you choose to do our in-office Focus Assessment or other 3D Learner Assessments, we will give you a copy of the book

Reading Comprehension Program for 2nd and 3rd Graders

November 3, 2019 by Mira and Mark Halpert

The Right Reading Comprehension Program can be Far Different From a Reading Program

The right reading comprehension program for your child depends on how your child learns best, what is holding your child back and what you want to achieve. Reading comprehension is a critical skill needed for success in school, on standardized tests and in life.

At 3D Learner, Success by Third Grade or Sooner is one of our top priorities. The 3D Learner Program (R) is far more than a reading comprehension program, but improving reading comprehension and the love for reading our both key goals.

Three examples of our student’s successes:

A second grader was still at the early kindergarten level in mid-second grade. Within 3 months her reading comprehension level had gone up two grade levels and she had read more books in 3 months than she had read in her life
A parent of a third grader was told early November that third grade retention was a virtual certainty. Mom contacted a friend, she was looking for a reading comprehension program. With our help, she was able to score above grade level on the third grade test. Now in high school, she has a 4.4 GPA and has blossomed as a person
A parent of a third grader was told to find another private school, because her son’s reading comprehension was two years below grade level. With our help, he was able to improve his reading comprehension 3 grade levels in a year. His teacher said, “Tyler made more progress than any student I have had in 27 years of teaching”

These students succeeded because their parents did not accept the status quo. They joined our community of Make The Difference Parents

If you would like to talk with us, give 3D Learner a call at 561-361-7495

Reading Comprehension Program for the Visual Learner

By 2nd or 3rd grade, many smart struggling students fall well below grade level in reading comprehension. Schools and outside programs often focus on phonics, phonemic awareness and reading fluency – that is the sound symbol combination. 3D Learner recognizes that these are sensible approaches, but often frustrate the visual learner. When you break a word like consequence into 3 syllables you get:

con-se-quence

This is what is called a part to whole approach. To students who learn this way, they get it.

For the visual learner, who learns best from whole to part. they need to both see the whole word and know what it means.

They are far more likely to recognize the word if they know what it means …

the result of an action

Take the right action today and call us at 561-361-7495

Even the visual learner with an above average or gifted IQ (e.g. 110, 120, 130 and even 140) can be frustrated with an approach that does not play to their strengths.

We have seen a number of third graders who were 1.5 to 2 years below grade level in reading comprehension, despite having 120 and 130 IQs. What is even more amazing, is that their parents had made significant investments in phonics based programs.

Conversely, the visual learner can often make significant gains with a reading comprehension program that is engaging, effective, capitalizes on his or her strengths, and identifies and addresses their challenges.

One student was asked to leave a private school. His mom found us online. She did our Success Assessment. It indicated that he son was a visual learner with an attention issue and potentially a visual processing issue. The visual learner was a new concept to her, but it fit her son to a T. She answered yes to all three questions:

Does your child remember places visited, even from years ago?
Does your child learned best when he or she sees and experiences information?
Is your child a lot smarter than his or her present level of reading comprehension would indicate?

Beat Third Grade Retention — The Right *Reading Comprehension Program* Teaches the Way Your Child Learns Best and Identifies and Addresses His or Her Challenges

He also had a significant attention and anxiety challenge. Many visual learners also have an eye-teaming issue — where they skip words and lines when reading

With our help he was able to improve his reading comprehension by 3 grade levels in a year. What his teacher said was,

“Tyler made more gains in his comprehension than any student I have had in 27 years of teaching“

He was able to succeed in the same private school he was initially in. They saw measurable gains in the first few months and very significant gains in the first year.

Three key concepts changed what she was looking for in a reading comprehension program:

She knew her son would do far better with a strength-based approach that was both engaging and effective
She knew her son had an attention and anxiety issue. She was glad to learn there were natural and effective ways to address both issues
She knew she needed help to be the coach and advocate her child needed. She learned differently than her son, but was able to adapt.

Here are three key ways to better understand your child and how you can make the difference:

1- Find out if your child is a visual learner and what might be holding your child back. We offer a no cost Success Assessment we recommend you do with your child.

2- Call us at 561-361-7495 for a no cost Stress to Success Strategy Session

3- Read our book “The 3D Learner” Transform Stress to Success for Your Child“. Call our office to order a copy — or if you choose to do our in-office Focus Assessment or other 3D Learner Assessments, we will give you a copy of the book

Doing the Success Assessment is the most efficient first step. If you are action oriented and want to talk ASAP – call us at 561-361-7495.

Why Is Comprehension Such a Problem?

There is an excellent article from the Atlantic on “Why American Students Have Not Gotten Better at Reading in 20 Years”. One of their key arguments is:

whether or not readers understand a text depends far more on how much background knowledge and vocabulary they have relating to the topic than on how much they’ve practiced comprehension skills.

3D Learner is far more than a reading comprehension program. It is important to note that many programs focus on reading fluency, how well a student reads out loud. 5 significant differences with the 3D Learner Program:

Improving reading comprehension and making reading far more enjoyable is core to what we do
We recognize that most smart struggling students are visual learners who learn best when they see and experience information. It is critical to build their word recognition skills, their sight word vocabulary and their visualization skills when reading
Attention, visual processing and/or anxiety challenges are very common
By integrating efforts to improve reading comprehension, reading fluency and the love for readings students can often make gains in months. We had a student whose comprehension was at the kindergarten level despite two years of reading interventions. With our help, her reading comprehension improved 2 grade levels within 4 months. Within the next 6 months, her comprehension improved to the 3rd grade level and she was reading many chapter books
Our students often see significant gains in months not years

We see far too many students who:

Do not recognize words they have seen many times — they often just guess the words
Have memorized sight words and do not understand what they mean. This includes words like what, if, except, but, etc. These words are critical for comprehension, math, science and life
Do not have the background knowledge to understand what they are reading
Have spent many hours, sometimes years, on decoding — and are 1.5 to 2 years below grade level in reading comprehension
Skip words and lines when reading and no one is aware of it
Avoid reading – they may enjoy being read to
Are visual learners, who learn best when they see and experiences information. They often struggle with programs that are boring for them
Have been through a year or two of dyslexia training, without the expected gains. As one parent said, “I was not aware these programs worked on reading fluency and not on comprehension”. Note, a third of our students have dyslexia This means two thirds do not
Are a lot smarter than their present level of reading comprehension would indicate

3D Learner – a Reading Comprehension Program +++

Second and third graders are some of our most successful students. Some of their stories include:

A third grader who was at the bottom of her class in comprehension. She hated to read silently, anxiety was a challenge, and the parents were told to pursue a dyslexia program, ADHD Medication and counseling for anxiety. Mom called a friend who told her to hang up the phone, call a mutual friends whose daughter had been through our program, and to strongly consider our program. This young lady was a visual learner, with attention visual processing and anxiety challenges
With our help she was able to go from:
- The worst reader in her class to the best reader
- A reluctant reader to the most avid reader in her class
- Anxious and inattentive to calm, confident and focused
- A shy child to an outgoing and confident person and musician

Her mother was an integral part of the solution. She had:

Mindset that she wanted her daughter to be all she could be
Desire to assess for success. Mom was a visual learner, as was her daughter. She knew her daughter could do far better when taught to her strengths. When she did the Success Assessment with her daughter, she was surprised by some of her child’s answers. Visual processing issues are often hidden. When parents ask their child questions about eyes getting tired, words moving on the page or seeing double, they are surprised to hear this occurs. When asked why she did not share this her mother, the child said, “I thought this was normal”. Note, this is the most common issue that is missed
Interest in our identifying and addressing the underlying issues that were holding her daughter back
Committed to do the program and the follow-up with fidelity.

Here are three key ways to better understand your child and how you can make the difference:

1- Understand whether your child is a visual learner and what might be holding your child back. We offer a no cost Success Assessment we recommend you do with your child.

2- Call us at 561-361-7495 for a no cost Stress to Success Strategy Session

Doing the Success Assessment is the most efficient first step. If you are action oriented and want to talk ASAP – call us at 561-361-7495

Dyslexia and Visual Processing Issues Explained

October 30, 2019 by Mira and Mark Halpert

Dyslexia and Visual Processing issues occur in 72% of the students we see with dyslexia. We often see students who are visual learners with dyslexia and visual processing and/or attention challenges

We do not agree when the International Dyslexia Association says:

The problems associated with dyslexia are language-based, not visual and not related to cognitive skills or intelligence

Ignoring the visual processing issues in a student with dyslexia can make reading far more difficult. Some of the issues a student might face include:

Skipping words and/or lines when reading
Getting headaches when reading
Reading slowly
Not recognizing words previously seen and not mastered

Consider Stephen. He had dyslexia, but had read on the International Dyslexia sight that dyslexia was a language based problem and not related to visual processing. As part of our assessment, we discovered that he had a significant visual processing problem. The good news is we identified and improved his skills. The video below shows his tracking before and after treatment.

Dyslexia and Visual Processing Issues Often Exist in the Same Child
At 3D Learner, we use The Visagraph (R) to Identify Tracking Issues

The good news is that when we address both the learning and visual processing issues, the student can:

Better understand what he or she reads
Have far less eye strain
Read more efficiently and effectively
Start to love reading

Identifying and Addressing Visual Processing Issues

At 3D Learner, we believe it is critical to identify and address visual processing issues. We this this with an integrated approach that includes:

Our no cost Success Assessment screens for a learning difference, and for attention and visual processing issues. Make sure you do the assessment with your child

We incorporate the Visagraph shown above in both our Focus Assessment and our Comprehensive Assessment.

We address the visual processing issue using vision software, Brain Gym (R) Exercises and Reading Plus (R).

We have been told by an optometrist we respect, that we cut the visual training time in half, by including more movement and Reading Plus software.

For more information either take our Success Assessment with your child and then call us at 561-361-7495.

If you want to discuss your child call us at 561-361-7495.

Note, many parents find our initial conversation both clarifies issues and opens new opportunities. Note, our views on Dyslexia and Visual Processing issues are help by many professionals and parents.

What is different about 3D Learner is that identify and address these issues and others

Again, call us at 561-361-7495 to put your child on his or her Pathway to Success

504 Accommodations and IEP Accommodations

October 26, 2019 by Mira and Mark Halpert

504 Accommodations often represent good ways to help a student with ADHD and/or Anxiety Challenges. IEP Accommodations are often the same.

– a 504 represents accommodations covered by the Americans with Disabilities Act
– an IEP, or Individualized Education Plan, is covered by IDEA, the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. These often include:

Time and a half or double time for tests
Small group testing
Test instructions and questions read to the student, where allowed
Copies of notes and homework assignments
Use of audio books
Preferential seating
Reduced homework, where appropriate. Reduced math problems is a common accommodation.

The following challenges have led us to recommend other 504 Accommodations and IEP Accommodations:

Too often a student loses focus during extended time and changes right answers to wrong ones. For high stakes testing, one can consider doing the test over more days. For example, if a test is normally two 80 minutes tests, time and a half would give the student 120 minutes. If the student loses focus, we would recommend doing the test for 60 minutes a day over 4 days. This recommendation came from a high ranking person in the Florida Department of Education
Students with attention and/or anxiety issues often get thrown off when they do not know what to expect. We recommend giving students in elementary school a visual schedule on their desk.
Students needing accommodations often struggle with slow processing. We recommend the teacher give then a few more seconds to respond.
Too often students will not admit they do not understand something. We recommend using a non-verbal cue to alert the teacher the student is lost. This may be touching the chine or a red card placed at the top of the desk.

With 504 Accommodations — Assume Nothing

Too often the initial meeting goes well, but then 504 accommodations are not followed. This is not the rule, but it happens too often to ignore.

We recommend ending the meeting with key points:

Thanking everyone for their help
If a teacher is not there for the entire meeting, make sure they will get a copy of what has been agreed to
Making sure the team knows that you will be following up within 10 ten days. You expect to report accommodations are being followed. If not …
You will call for an immediate reconvening of the team

If you have any questions, call us at 561-361-7495