3D Learner Helps Neurodivergent Learners Nation & Worldwide

3D Learner Helps Neurodivergent Learners Nation & Worldwide

3D Learner offers a tailored, integrated, engaging and effective option that has helped thousands of neurodivergent, right brain and kinesthetic learners from 46 states and 13 other countries.

As Dr. Linda Silverman, the Director of the Gifted Development Center in Denver Colorado said,

”Your program is what many gifted students who learn differently need.  I recommend many of the components you use, but you are the first professionals who have so effectively integrated them with your very unique and effective learning system.”

Many smart struggling students get identified with dyslexia, a learning disability, ADHD, and/or Executive Function challenges.

What is often missed is that a large number of these students are neurodivergent, right brain or kinesthetic learners.  These students have a sea of strengths and challenges that may include:

  • A neurodivergent, right brain or kinesthetic learner who learns best when they see and experience information
  • Struggling with phonics, phonemic awareness and/or reading fluency – -may be dyslexia
  • Able to focus on that which is interesting and have difficulty paying attention to that which is boring – they may or may not have ADHD.
  • Able to remember what they see and experience and have a working memory challenge for what they hear or read
  • Slow processors.  Processing speed is often a problem that hampers their standardized test scores and frustrated parents and teachers, who expect your child to respond quicker
  • Anxiety and frustration
  • Suffering from intervention fatigue.  They need something different

We recognize that our parents live in many different places and want a program that will work for both their child and them.  In this blog post, we share:

 

3D Learner Options

3D Learner offers parents several unique options including:

  • Coming for a one-week intensive program followed up with 10 hours via zoom.  We have had students come from California, New York, Texas and many other states — as well as hosting students from 13 other countries.
  • For students who live closer, but not close to our office (e.g. elsewhere in Florida, Maryland, New Jersey), students have come for 3 days of intensive training, followed up with 2 days of intensive training 4 to 8 weeks later.  We then can do the appropriate follow-up via zoom.
  • We have traveled to other places to do training for multiple clients – with Singapore being the place we traveled the furthest.
  • We have also helped students solely via zoom – -which works well for some students – although we do prefer a live option.  Note, for the very busy parents where travel is not an option, our program may be far better than local options.

If you have a neurodivergent, right brain or kinesthetic learner and want to discuss the options, call us at 561-361-7495 or click here to schedule a Let’s Discuss Creating a Pathway to Success for Your Child.

Here is a screening tool you can use to see if your child is probably a neurodivergent, right brain or kinesthetic learner.  We recommend doing this with your child – -their answers may surprise you. 

Note, we have had students make dramatic gains including:

  • A rising 5th grader from Texas who improved her reading comprehension by 4 grade levels in 6 months, while doubling her reading speed and cutting homework time in half.
  • A 7th grader from the State of Washington improved his reading comprehension by 3 grade levels in 5 months and made great strides in all his subjects.
  • A student from St Petersburg, FL, went from a C- student to an A student and her ulcer disappeared.

If you have a neurodivergent, right brain or kinesthetic learner and want to discuss the options, call us at 561-361-7495 or click here to schedule a Let’s Discuss Creating a Pathway to Success for Your Child.

 

3D Learner — Helping Neurodivergent, Right Brain and Kinesthetic Learners Go From Stress to Success in Months

The 3D Learner Program ® for Neurodivergent, Right Brain and Kinesthetic Learners From All Over the US and Beyond

The 3D Learner Program ® for Neurodivergent, Right Brain and Kinesthetic Learners From All Over the US and Beyond

(Often Students Have Been Diagnosed with Dyslexia, ADHD and/or Executive Function Challenges)

3D Learner has helped hundreds of students from 40 different states and 12 foreign countries.  These students often were identified with dyslexia, ADHD or executive function issues.  Their parents were delighted to find a strength-based program that could teach to their child’s strengths, engage their child and result in significant gains in months.

Within our practice, we call these students a 3D Learner, that is they think in pictures and often in 3 dimensions.  From a diagnostic standpoint, one might call them neurodivergent, right brain or kinesthetic learners.

 

7 Keys to the Success of our 3D Learner Students From Outside Our Area

  • Very few programs focus on the strengths of these students.  Note, while we might use more common terms like neurodivergent, right brain or kinesthetic learners in describing these kids, when they are here we use the term GOLD Student — Gifted Operating with a Learning Difference.  Their gift is they learn differently and can do far better with a hands-on visual approach
  • We assess for and address dyslexia, attention and executive function challenges
  • We also assess for and address visual processing issues that are often present.  These students often have excellent peripheral vision, but their eyes do not converge when reading
  • We have 26 years of successes with these students and an excellent team.  Note, the 3D Learner Program was developed by Mira Halpert for our daughter.  Mira is an experienced educator, a mom who cares and a professional who is committed to helping our students succeed
  • The parents really like the concept of an intensive effort that will help their child and them with follow up support.
  • We help parents get the help their child needs at school
  • The quality of the parents who show up.  The students we see are often much smarter than present results would indicate, the parents want their child to succeed and together, we make it happen.

If you suspect this might be your child, we recommend downloading our Is my child a neurodivergent, right brain or kinesthetic learner screening tool.  Then sit down with your child and ask them the questions.  Their answers may surprise you.

 

3D Learner — Intensive Live Training With On-Going Support Via Zoom

Note, initially we did the program in 5 days, with ongoing support.  The results were very good.

Then, for clients east of the Mississippi, we started offering three days one week and two days 4 to 6 weeks later, with ongoing support.  This resulted in even greater gains.

Now we offer both options, with ongoing support via zoom.

The intensive training with ongoing support works quite well, because:

  • Intensive and integrated training works well for these students
  • The parents are immersed in the process, too
  • Family bonding is fun to watch and very helpful
  • The on-gong support maximizes the benefits of the effort

How this works.

Parents often realize they have a child who is a lot smarter than present results would indicate.  Parents also recognize that they want a transformational program that:

  • Engages their child in the process with a strength-based approach
  • Can generate significant results in months
  • Addresses dyslexia, attention, visual processing and anxiety challenges
  • Helps them to be even more effective coaches and advocates
  • Can transform their child into a much more successful student, while improving their confidence, their sports ability and their attitude towards learning and their own talent

 

Three ways to get started with 3D Learner

Parents give us a call at 561-361-7495 for a no cost conversation on how we might be able to help their child succeed.

  • The conversation is often helpful, even if the parents do not become clients.  What happens with interested parents is we often hear:
    • You really understand my child and me
    • I now understand how you can help my child succeed
  • If the parents want to move forward, we can do an online assessment and debrief, without their having to leave home
  • If the parents want to pursue the program, we find A mutually agreeable time.

 

Example of our successes:

  • A third grader was diagnosed with learning disabilities, ADHD and anxiety challenges.  The initial conversation convinced mom we were the right answer.   When talking with another mom, she was even more convinced.  Her daughter was able to:
    • Go from the lowest reading group in third grade to become the best reader in her fourth grade class
    • Get homework done in less than half the time
    • Flourish as a student and become both more successful and outgoing

They did the program in two parts.

 

  • A 5th grader from Texas had been through a very expensive dyslexia treatment (i.e. $34000 worth) but her comprehension was still at the first grade level.   With our help, she was able to:
    • Improve her reading comprehension 4 grade levels in 6 months
    • Decrease her homework time from 2.5 hours to 1.25 hours, and do it independently, for the first time
    • Blossom as a person

They did the program in 1 week.

 

  • More recently, a 7th grader from the State of Washington came to South Florida. With our help, he was able to:
    • Improve his reading comprehension 4 grade levels in 6 months
    • Become a star student
    • Do his work independently.

They did the program in a week, with on-gong support via zoom.

 

For all our out of area clients, we now recommend blending in person work with on-going support via zoom.

If you would like to discuss how to help your right brain, kinesthetic or neurodivergent
child succeed, give us a call at 561-361-7495

How to Address ADHD and Anxiety — with The Interactive Metronome ®, Heart Math ® and the Safe and Sound Protocol ®

How to Address ADHD and Anxiety — with The Interactive Metronome ®, Heart Math ® and the Safe and Sound Protocol ®

Many parents ask how to address ADHD and anxiety challenges without medication or with lower dosages.  At 3D Learner we use the Interactive Metronome, Heart Math and the Safe and Sound Protocol, which together improve attention and reduce anxiety.  Note, these tools have helped students with attention and anxiety challenges who do not have a formal diagnosis.  We include them as an integral part of the 3D Learner Program ®, and we also offer them as a separate offering, where appropriate.

Five key points about these interventions:

  • These tools have many applications including:
    • For a student in grades k to 3 who is really struggling with attention and anxiety
    • For students in grade 4 and up, who struggle with attention, anxiety and may be impulsive.  Students in grades 4 and up, often get into trouble due to impulse control, and the way we utilize these tools can help them to gain greater control of their emotions.
    • For the student athlete – these tools can improve academic and athletic performance  
  • The integration of these different tools can lead to:
    • Significant improvements in attention, motor planning, handwriting and self-control.
    • Your child being much calmer and in control.
    • Improved performance at school, in sports and at home.  Parents have reported that homework time has decreased by over an hour a day.
  • Students find these interventions to be fun and to yield significant benefits — in their schoolwork, in getting homework done much faster and in improving performance in sports, dance and other activities.
  • These tools can be used to complement medication and counseling, or as a possible alternative to these options.
  • We do these interventions differently than most. While these items can be purchased for home use, we have found the results can be transformational when done either in our office or via zoom.

 

The Interactive Metronome

The Interactive Metronome is a combination of a computer-generated sound and the student matching the beat, first with their hands, then with their toes, then with one hand and the other foot, and lastly with their hands for 10 minutes or longer.

One father who was coming down from New Jersey suggested he was going to do the Interactive Metronome with a provider close to his home, since this was a commodity and what 3D Learner offered was a proprietary system.  We were interested to see the results.  He did the program up north and reported absolutely no benefit from the training.  

We asked him where his son started and finished.  He said his son was off by 251 milliseconds to start and after 15 sessions he was down to 52 milliseconds off.  We shared that all 452 students we had had at that time did far better than that.  

The goal with the Interactive Metronome is to hit the hand or foot device at the same time as the beat.  A score of zero would be perfect.  

We tried playing ping pong with his son the first day and he could only hit the ball back 5 times before missing.  We did 5 sessions of the Interactive Metronome with him, the 3D Learner way, and got his score down to 24 milliseconds off.  When we played ping pong with him before lunch on the fifth day, he hit the ball back 137 times before his dad suggested they needed to leave for lunch.  The dad commented that was amazing and was really interested to see if it would reduce his son’s homework time down from 2 and a half hours.

Two weeks later, the dad called and said his son was now getting his homework done in less than an hour and his dad asked him what happened.  His son said, “it is easy to do my homework now that I can pay attention in class”.

The other benefits of the Interactive Metronome include improved motor planning, handwriting and math and reading fluency.  It also helps improve attention at night, when medication historically wore off.

 

Heart Math and the Safe and Sound Protocol

Anxiety is a big issue for many of our students.  When we even mention testing, we have seen students’ heart rate go from 95 to over 140.  Heart Math is an excellent tool that calms the student proactively, can be used to reduce stress during stressful moments and can be used to help students to go to sleep.  It provides the student with instant feedback on whether their hearts and minds are in sync. It has also been shown to significantly improve test scores.

The Safe and Sound Protocol is a research based filtered music program that calms the Vagus Nerve. We have had students who did the Interactive Metronome, Heart Math and the Safe and Sound Protocol where parents have said to us, “it is like having a different kid”  Mr. V, Plantation.

These services can be done at our Coral Springs Facility or online.

For more information on how to address ADHD and anxiety with the Interactive Metronome, Heart Math and the Safe and Sound Protocol, give us a call at 561-361-7495.
For the Smart Struggling Neurodivergent, Right Brain or Kinesthetic 4th, 5th, or 6th Grader, How Parents Can Make The Difference

For the Smart Struggling Neurodivergent, Right Brain or Kinesthetic 4th, 5th, or 6th Grader, How Parents Can Make The Difference

The neurodivergent, right brain or kinesthetic learner in 4th, 5th and 6th grades missed critical time in school during the pandemic.  They often struggle with reading fluency, reading comprehension, math word problems, processing issues and may struggle with anxiety and frustration.  

This blog post focuses on the significant risks and opportunities for smart kids who learn differently, the key strengths and challenges of the neurodivergent, right brain or kinesthetic learner, examples of our successes and the pivotal role parents play.  

If you would like to discuss how to help your child succeed, you can either

call us at 561-361-7495 or schedule a call at “Let’s Discuss How to Help Your Child Succeed

9 key points we wish to stress are:
  • Many smart struggling students are neurodivergent, right brain or kinesthetic learners.  These are the kids who learn best when they see and experience information.  They are often a lot smarter than present results would indicate.  They often have a sea of strengths and challenges.  Most school based and outside interventions fail to recognize and capitalize on these strengths and the need to engage the student in the learning process.  You can access our no cost screening tool at                                              

Is My Child a Neurodivergent, Right Brain or Kinesthetic Learner?

  • There is a significant risk that things will get worse.
  • These students can do far better with an integrated, engaging and effective system that significantly improves reading fluency, reading comprehension, math skills, attention, executive function skills, and confidence, while reducing anxiety.  We have found it important to:
    • Tailor solutions to meet the student’s needs
    • Leverage their strengths and engage them in the learning process
    • Identify and addresses their challenges
    • Lower their anxiety and boost their self-esteem
    • Helps parents to secure the help the schools can provide
    • Helps the parents to be more effective coaches and advocates for their child
  • Psycho-educational testing by itself is valuable, but the benefits are much greater when it leads to a transformational program that allows your child to make significant progress.
  • For those students with dyslexia, a dyslexia treatment is often recommended.  The Science of Reading, that focuses on improving reading fluency, may be an integral part of the solution, but most of these programs are not designed to improve:
    • Vocabulary and reading comprehension
    • Math and writing skills
    • Attention, working memory and processing speed — executive function skills
    • Your parenting skills

At 3D Learner, we address dyslexia and reading fluency issues with the UFLI Program ®, a dyslexia intervention developed by the University of Florida Learning Institute.  It is an excellent option, that allows us to tailor a solution to meet your child’s specific needs.

  • For those students with ADHD, Attention Deficit Disorder, ADHD medication is often recommended.  We use the Interactive Metronome ® to improve attention.  This can either be used to complement medication or as a stand alone offering.  Our students have done very well with the Interactive Metronome, that has several unique benefits:
    • It builds neural connections in the brain, that are still there years later.
    • It works all day, so you do not have the problem of your child having difficulty paying attention when doing homework, because the medication has worn off.
    • It also improves handwriting, reading and math fluency, sports skills and impulse control.

Note, the Interactive Metronome produces very different results, depending on the provider.  We have used it for over 24 years with excellent results.

  • If your child is a neurodivergent, right brain or kinesthetic learner, it is up to you to find the solution that can help your child be all they can be.
  • 3D Learner has helped thousands of neurodivergent, right brain and kinesthetic learners to make significant gains in months.

If you would like to discuss how to help your child succeed, you can either

call us at 561-361-7495 or schedule a call at “Let’s Discuss How to Help Your Child Succeed


One mom commented, “How is it you know my child better after less than 10 minutes than people who have taught him for years?. Our response, “That is our focus, helping kids who learn differently succeed.”

Her son gained 3 years in his reading comprehension is less than a year.  His teacher said, “Tyler made more progress in a year than any child I have had in 27 years of teaching”.



Specific challenges may include some of the following

  • Reading fluency and reading comprehensionReading comprehension gaps often widen and start to impact math, social studies and science,
  • Writing.  Handwriting may be an issue, but putting their thoughts on paper is almost always an issue
  • Math.  Some are good at arithmetic, but math word problems are often a nightmare
  • Processing skills.  They often have an excellent memory for what they have seen and experienced, but have great difficulty remembering what they heard or read
  • Attention.  They can often hyper-focus on video games or something they like, but they often have great difficulty paying attention to that which is boring or frustrating
  • Visual processing.  The neurodivergent, right brain or kinesthetic learner often has good peripheral vision, that is seeing the world around them.  Their challenges often include skipping words and lines when reading, missing signs when doing math problems and with handwriting and misaligning their math work, that results in mistakes
  • Anxiety, frustration and lack of confidence.  These have always been a problem for many kids, but these issues are more common and more significant with this group in this post pandemic era.
  • In some cases, being rebellious. These students often are in fight or flight mode and sometimes the relationship with their parents are really strained.

There is a risk that academic, frustration and anxiety issues will worsen, as the work gets harder and hormones kick in. 

As parents, there are several key points to recognize:

  • School programs and accommodations can help, but they rarely help a neurodivergent, right brain or kinesthetic learner come near their potential
  • If your child learns differently, they may have the potential to do far better within months
  • If you would like to discuss how to help your child succeed, you can either

call us at 561-361-7495 or schedule a call at “Let’s Discuss How to Help Your Child Succeed

 

The Rebellious Baseball Player who was a Neurodivergent Learner

Alan seemed like a normal kid, until you realize that he had been suspended twice by his school.  His parents complained that he did not read much, he was at times confrontational and even though he liked baseball and was good at it, he often had games where he was off.

They were also upset that despite an above average IQ, he was now in classes with a lot of kids who were struggling academically and were not a good influence on Alan.  A therapist referred the parents to 3D Learner.  

The parents were aware of the emotional control issues.   They were not aware of how far behind their son was, that it could get worse and that there was a significant opportunity for growth.

Alan was not interested in school, but his ears perked up when we told him we could improve his baseball skills.  His assessment showed:

  • His reading comprehension was four years below grade level
  • He had difficulty paying attention, but the real issue was his impulsive behavior.  When he tried to match a beat and he was off, he got frustrated and at times angry.  He shared that this anger and impulsivity happened in a number of settings – including the two where he was suspended
  • He skipped words and lines when reading and read very slowly
  • He learned best when he saw and experienced information

The goals we all agreed to where to:

  • Improve his reading comprehension 3 grade levels in 6 months
  • Behave well in school, even when he was frustrated
  • Get out of remedial reading for 7th grade and to be in classes with his friends
  • Increase his reading speed from 110 to 200 words per minute
  • Increase his batting average from 263 to 350 
  • Increase the number of home runs from 1 to 5
  • Work respectfully with his parents and to have a nonverbal cue, when he felt himself losing it

The actual results were:

  • He improved his reading comprehension 4 grade levels in 4 months
  • His behavior was far better at home and in school
  • He improved his reading speed to 206 words per minute
  • He did get into regular English classes and got a B in English
  • His batting average improved from 263 to 403, which was the highest on his team
  • He hit 10 home runs that spring and it led the league

A few of the keys to his success:

  • His parents saw the potential, were committed to his success and really liked that we could improve his academic, his behavior and his baseball skills.  We are always looking for a hook to engage students.
  • We taught him how to pause when he was frustrated
  • Our hands-on program engaged him and he learned how to visualize what he read
  • We improved his attention using the Interactive Metronome ® and showed him how to stay calm, even when he made mistakes
  • We improved his visual tracking
  • He saw changes within weeks in his reading, his behavior and his baseball performance

 

The More Typical Neurodivergent, Right Brain or Kinesthetic Learner

Ben could put together Legos for hours, had an incredible visual memory, but in 5th grade, his comprehension was two years below grade level, he often lost focus and he avoided reading.  Note, if you only read at 110 words per minute, you might avoid reading too.  Ben also suffered from anxiety challenges.

His parents saw an article with this graph that showed that secondary school students with learning disabilities often fall 3 to 4.9 years below grade level and some fall even further behind.

We assessed Ben and it confirmed:

  • A significant anxiety challenge — his heart rate jumped to 142 beats per minute when we just mentioned taking an English Language Assessment
  • He did lose focus
  • His reading comprehension was two years below grade level
  • He clearly learned differently and was a neurodivergent learner and very creative.  
  • He was motivated to succeed

The goals we set were to:

  • Improve his comprehension 3 grade levels in 6 months
  • Decrease the time it took to get homework time from 2.5 to 1.5 hours
  • Have him stay calm

The results with Ben were good:

He improved his reading comprehension 3 grade levels in 4 months.

  • He decreased his homework time to 1.25 hours
  • He was much calmer

Even better, Ben wound up reading 4 long books over the next 3 months and went on to win an award as the best reader in his middle school.

 

Smart Neurodivergent Students

Alexa’s mom was really frustrated.  Alexa had a 118 IQ, well above average.  Alexa’s reading was at the 48th percentile and she was very shy and afraid to ask questions.

Mom had asked the principal what she could do, and the principal suggested there was no need to do anything, he then added, “Someone has to be average”.

Mom became a Mom on a Mission.

She heard us speak on GOLD Students — Gifted Operating with a Learning Difference.  We focus on the student’s gifts and when we do, many neurodivergent, right brain and kinesthetic learners do far better.

Our assessment confirmed that Alexa both learned differently and was on grade level for reading comprehension.  It also showed she lost focus and skipped words and lines when reading.

The goals were to:

  • Significantly improve her attention and visual processing
  • Get Alexa to ask 3 questions a day the first month, 4 a day the second month and 5 a day the third month
  • To improve her performance on the SAT from the 48th to the 85th percentile

The results were Alexa:

  • Made significant improvements in her attention and visual processing
  • Asked 4 questions a day the first month, 8 questions a day the second month and we stopped counting
  • Improved her reading comprehension from the 48th to the 95th percentile
  • Became an extrovert and was a leader in the band in high school

7 Important Things to Consider About a Neurodivergent, Right Brain or Kinesthetic Learner in this Post Pandemic Period

  • Too often the neurodivergent, right brain or kinesthetic learner’s strengths and either not identified or the solutions do not capitalize on their strengths
  • Capitalizing on their strengths is often a key to improving their attitude and lowering their anxiety
  • The learning gaps are more significant than ever, the gaps often widen and schools rarely close the gap
  • Reading fluency and reading comprehension may both often issues and you want to address 
  • Executive function challenges (i.e. attention, working memory and processing speed) need to be both identified and improved 
  • Visual processing is often an issue
  • It takes informed, empowered and proactive parents to make the difference

If you would like to discuss how to help your child succeed, you can either

call us at 561-361-7495 or schedule a call at Let’s Discuss How to Help Your Child Succeed

Note, it is often up to parents to put their neurodivergent, right brain or kinesthetic learner on their Pathway from Stress to Outrageous Success
For the Neurodivergent Learner who may have Executive Function Challenges, Dyslexia and/or Auditory or Visual Processing Issues, An Assessment for Disabilities and an Assessment for Success Are Often Both Needed

For the Neurodivergent Learner who may have Executive Function Challenges, Dyslexia and/or Auditory or Visual Processing Issues, An Assessment for Disabilities and an Assessment for Success Are Often Both Needed

In our first article on” Getting it Right for Your Child”, we discussed several key points:

  • Reading fluency and reading comprehension gaps are often significant — especially for the right brain, kinesthetic or neurodivergent learner, who learns best when they see and experience information.  Note, understanding math and anxiety are often issues for these students, too.
  • These gaps often widen over time.  A student who is 2 years below grade level in reading comprehension in 4th grade may be 3 or 4 years below grade level by the time they enter high school.
  • The upside potential is often far greater than parents realize.  We have seen students we help improve their reading fluency dramatically and improve their reading comprehension by 2, 3 or even 4 grade levels within months.
  • Anxiety and frustration are bigger problems than at any point.  In this post pandemic period, more kids are anxious and frustrated, as they missed the foundation skills needed for success. When a child is anxious, they cannot learn; they are constantly doubting what they can do.

In recent discussions with teachers and other professionals and based on our own experience, 4th and 5th graders are especially at great risk, because they missed the key foundational skills needed for success due to school disruptions during COVID, during these critical early years of schooling.

  • Parents play a vital role in this equation.  The right brain, kinesthetic or neurodivergent learner often has a unique set of strengths and challenges that will require a tailored approach for the child to reach his or her full potential.

In this blog post, we will discuss the benefits of both assessing for a disability and assessing for success.  Many parents call us after they have had a psychoeducational assessment done by an outside professional.  This is an excellent time to leverage your investment by finding the right intervention to help your child succeed.

We offer a no cost consult you can access by calling us at 561-361-7495

 

Parents Play a Critical Role in Getting the Right Assessments and Interventions, Especially for the Right Brain, Kinesthetic or Neurodivergent Child

 

Getting a diagnosis for a “disability” is often critical for several reasons:

  • Public and charter schools require a student to have an identified disability before a student can qualify for special education services. This is sometimes hard for parents to hear. They fear their child will be labeled- when in reality, they learn differently- are smart- but the system is not set up to help kids like this, especially when there is often more than one issue that needs to be addressed.
  • As a Mom and an Educator, the emotional turmoil my kids experienced was the deciding factor that WE, AS PARENTS, needed to do something different! We needed to take the lead in finding what our kids were good at as well as find the professionals that understood and connected with them. Just getting a person that had specific training in a specific kind of program did not work.  WE HEAR THIS ALL THE TIME FROM PARENTS. It is vital to understand the whole child and work together as a team.
  • Voucher programs, like the Florida Empowerment Scholarship for Unique Abilities, require a student to have a specific qualifying disability before a private or homeschool child can qualify for this program that can be worth $10000 or more for a student per year.
  • All schools require a qualifying disability to get accommodations. We can help you understand the process and how to best maneuver through it to get the help your child needs. It is important to remember that schools cannot always handle multiple issues: especially processing issues.

Too often schools delay the evaluation process.  They frequently say they must complete the Response to Intervention (RTI) or Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS) process before they will evaluate a child.  Here is a link to a blog post that discusses how RTI cannot be used to delay or deny an evaluation and a sample letter to expedite the process.

Our single biggest mistake with our own kids was not recognizing that they were both right brain, kinesthetic and neurodivergent learners who learned best when they saw and experienced information.  Too often assessments do not recognize these strengths.  The good news is that more and more private psychoeducational evaluations are identifying these strengths.

The three reasons it is important to identify if your child is a right brain, kinesthetic or neurodivergent learner are that these students::

  • Often struggle for years, because their strengths are not leveraged
  • Can often make far greater gains, when their strengths are leveraged
  • It may make you a far more effective coach and advocate for your child

To help you understand if your child is a right brain, kinesthetic or neurodivergent learner, download our screening tool.  We recommend you complete this with your child — some of their answers may surprise you.

 

Discovering your child is a right brain, kinesthetic or neurodivergent learner is often the critical first step to unlock your child’s potential.  If you find your child is a right brain, kinesthetic or neurodivergent child who learns differently and you want to discuss a strength-based approach to help your child succeed in months, give us a call at 561-361-7495

 

Common Challenges for Right Brain, Kinesthetic or Neurodivgent Learners

The neurodivergent learner often has challenges with executive function issues, dyslexia,  auditory/visual processing difficulties and/or anxiety. 

The right assessment can identify specific strengths and cognitive weaknesses
allowing for tailored interventions and support.

For individuals with executive function challenges, an assessment may include tasks that evaluate working memory, processing speed, planning and attention. This can help educators and support professionals understand the specific areas where the individual may need assistance.  We use the Mindprint Assessment ® developed by the University of Pennsylvania that identifies executive function strengths and challenges.

For 25 years, we have used the Interactive Metronome ® to assess and address attention issues.  This assessment often allows both parents to see the attention challenge in action.  The Interactive Metronome is an excellent tool to improve attention and it also reduces impulsivity and hyperactivity and improves handwriting, sports performance and math and reading fluency.

At 3D Learner, we use the Core Assessment from the UFLI ® program to assess for dyslexia and identify specific strengths and challenges.  This program was developed by the University of Florida Literacy Institute and was based on the Orton Gillingham model.  This assessment allows us to tailor a treatment to the specific issues a child has.

In the case of auditory or visual processing issues, assessments may focus on tasks that assess how well an individual processes and interprets auditory or visual information. Understanding these challenges can guide the development of strategies and accommodations to support learning.  We use a Visagraph ® that shows how the student’s eyes track when reading.  Here is a link to a video that shows how a student’s eyes tracked before and after the intervention.

 

The 3D Learner Assessment Results in a Tailored Solution


At 3D Learner, our goal is to help a student to achieve significant gains in months.  All the tools we use have proven to be valuable in tailoring a solution to meet a student’s needs.  After we do an assessment, we then review the results and if appropriate agree on specific goals and a plan to help your child to make significant gains in months.  This works

 especially well for the right brain, kinesthetic or neurodivergent child who learns differently,  Note, we can also tailor a program for students with executive function, attention, visual processing and/or math challenges.

We offer a no cost consult you can access by calling us at 561-361-7495
Note, the right brain, kinesthetic or neurodivergent child often has dyslexia, ADHD and other executive function challenges.  What is missing is that these students often learn differently and have visual processing issues.  We strongly recommend leveraging these two tools to screen to see if your child:

Again, we recommend doing these assessments with your child, as their answers may surprise you.

 

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