Especially for Smart and Gifted Elementary School Students Who Learn Differently
Is your child bright, creative, curious, or gifted — but still struggling with reading, reading comprehension, focus, homework, confidence, or executive function skills?
Over the last 29 years, 3D Learner has helped thousands of students significantly improve reading fluency, reading comprehension, executive function skills, confidence, and so much more.
What makes 3D Learner different is our focus on smart and gifted kids who learn differently — especially children who learn best when they see, experience, build, move, and connect ideas in meaningful ways. We use the term visual-spatial learner to describe our students — because they often have great visual memories, they think in 3 dimensions.
We offer several programs including:
– The 3D Learner Program ® – a 30-hour program that is hands-on, integrated, engaging and effective at improving reading fluency, reading comprehension, attention, test scores and self-esteem – where we help the students succeed and the parents to become even more effective coaches and advocates for your child
– The Brainware Safari Program ® is a 35-session program to improve executive function skills
– A combination of the 3D Learner Program and the Brainware Safari Program
Our Summer Intensive is designed for students who can do far better with an integrated, engaging, and effective approach. We tailor efforts to meet your child’s needs.
If what we share describes your child and what you hope to accomplish this summer or later, you can either call us at 919-371-5295 or 561-361-7495 or click here to schedule a no cost conversation on helping your child to make significant gains in months.
Why Summer Can Be the Turning Point
For smart and gifted kids who learn differently, three things are especially important for parents to understand:
1. The risks are real
Academic and emotional challenges often do not disappear on their own. Reading struggles, weak reading comprehension, poor working memory, slow homework, anxiety, low confidence, and executive function issues may persist — and often worsen as school becomes more demanding. Note, a review of NAEP scores (the national assessment of educational progress) shows that 4th graders in the 50th percentile, the 25th percentile and the 10th percentile have lost significant ground from 2013 – 2024 in both reading and math.
This decrease amounted to students in the 25th to 50th percentile losing a half a year or more versus their peers and for those in the 10th percentile losing a year. This means students who were 1 to 2 years below their peers previously are now 1.5 to 3 years below their peers. The results are virtually the same for math.
As shown by a Mindprint Study of close to 40,000 students, post COVID, executive function skills have declined significantly, especially for working memory and flexible thinking skills.
Note, we use the Mindprint Assessment ® , developed at the University of Pennsylvania, to assess Executive Function strengths and challenges.
2. The upside can be enormous
When the right strengths are identified and the right challenges are addressed, many smart struggling students can make significant gains in months — gains that can transform school, confidence, and family life.
At 3D Learner our goals are often to help elementary school students to make 2 or even 3 year gains in their reading comprehension over 4 months and to improve math and executive function skills, while boosting self-esteem and igniting a love for learning. Note, rather than looking at just deficits like dyslexia, ADHD, executive function deficits, 3D Learner has a three dimensional approach that
- Identifies and capitalizes on your child’s strengths
- Identifies and addresses their challenges
- Helps students to make significant gains in months, with parents as our partners
3. Parents can make the difference
You are the best-positioned person to take charge of your child’s future. With the right mindset, the right partner, assessment, the right goals, and the right action plan can change everything.
If what we share describes your child and what you hope to accomplish this summer or later, you can either call us at 919-371-5295 or 561-361-7495 or click here to schedule a no cost conversation on helping your child to make significant gains in months.
Three Stories of Parents Who Chose to Make the Difference
Story 1: From Kindergarten-Level Reading to Third Grade Reading Comprehension and Reading 23 Chapter Books
A second grader was still reading at the kindergarten level after two years of dyslexia programs. Her mom asked a friend what to do.
The friend asked three questions:
“Does your daughter remember details from past experiences?”
“Does she learn best when she sees and experiences information?”
“Is she a lot smarter than her present results would indicate?”
The answer to all three was yes. Her friend recommended calling 3D Learner.
That mom called 3D Learner.
In the first conversation, she felt we understood her child. With the 3D Learner approach, her daughter improved her reading comprehension by 2 years in 4 months and 3 grade levels in 7 months. She read her first 23-chapter books on her own and went from a struggling dancer to the best dancer in her class.
Improved attention, working memory, and confidence helped not only academics — but dancing, sports, and life.
Story 2: “How Do You Know My Son So Well?”
A second mom was intrigued by our webpage and called us.
After less than 10 minutes, she said:
“How is it that you know my son better after a few minutes than people who have known him for years?”
Her son came to our location for one week. Over the next year, he improved his reading comprehension by 3 grade levels.
According to his private school teacher:
“He made more progress in a year than any student I have had in 27 years of teaching.”
Story 3: Improving Reading Comprehension by 4 Grade Levels and Working Independently
A rising fifth grader’s reading comprehension was still at the first-grade level, despite her parents investing $34,000 in a program and a massive amount of time and energy.
Our conversation confirmed that she was a visual-spatial learner, appeared to have executive function and visual processing challenges, and was much smarter than her present results would indicate.
With the 3D Learner Program ®, she improved her reading comprehension by 4 grade levels in 6 months, doubled her reading speed, and reduced homework time from 2.5 hours to 1.25 hours.
Even more importantly, for the first time, she completed homework independently.
All because her parents found the right partner for their child.
Who This Summer Intensive Is For
This program may be an excellent fit if your child is:
- Smart, very smart, gifted, or twice-exceptional
- Struggling with reading fluency or reading comprehension
- Weak in executive function skills such as attention, working memory, planning, processing speed, or flexible thinking
- Diagnosed with dyslexia, ADHD, anxiety, or learning differences
- A visual-spatial learner or experiential learner
- Performing far below what you know they are capable of
- Losing confidence, avoiding schoolwork, or becoming emotionally overwhelmed
What Makes 3D Learner Different
Most programs focus primarily on the weakness.
3D Learner starts with the child’s strengths.
We identify how your child learns best, what is getting in the way, and what kind of integrated plan can help them move forward faster.
Our approach may include reading comprehension, fluency, executive function training, visual processing support, experiential learning, confidence-building, and parent coaching — all designed around your child’s unique profile.
The Goal
The goal is not just to help your child read better.
The goal is to help your child become a more confident, capable, independent learner — and to help you become the coach and advocate your child needs.
Take the First Step
This summer could be the turning point.
If your child is smart but struggling, the most important question may not be:
“What label does my child have?”
The better question may be:
“What is my child capable of — and what is the right approach to help them get there?”
Schedule a no-cost Stress to Success Conversation and let’s explore whether the Summer Intensive is the right fit for your child.
