Parenting a bright right brain kinesthetic learner can be incredibly frustrating, especially when you hear:
- You need to be more realistic, your child is not …
- This private school is too rigorous for your child, maybe you should consider your options
- Parents can save $20,000, $30,000 or even $60,000 a year by improving their child’s performance and transferring them from a private school, often an academy, into a very good public school
- You cannot expect your child to make more than a year’s gain within a year
- You don’t need to do anything extra for your child, someone needs to be average
Despite being a lot smarter than present results would indicate, bright right brain kinesthetic learners often struggle for years. This is despite parents who often go above and beyond to help their child succeed.
If you are a parent with a child who is a lot smarter than present results would indicate, we recommend adopting the motto, “Success is the Only Option”. This is also the title of the first chapter in our book, “The 3D Learner, Transform Stress to Outrageous Success for Your Child”. Click here to download a no cost digital copy of “The 3D Learner” or click here to purchase The 3D Learner on Amazon. The book goes through a 7 step process to go from Stress to Outrageous Success.
Below, we discuss how some of our parents responded and what our Big WHY was.
All our successes started with a parent calling us to discuss the possibilities. For immediate help, either:
– Call us at 561-361-7495 or
– Click here to schedule a no cost Have a Big Why Conversation
Our Big Why for our Bright Right Brain Kinesthetic Learners and Others
When we were told our daughter was not college material, we rejected the statement. When Mark turned to our daughter and asked, “What do you want to be when you grow up?”, she responded, “The teacher I never had”. The school then recommended putting our daughter on a vocational track for high school, saying she could be a teacher’s aide. I asked if that would impact her getting accommodations for the SAT and was told, “She will not need accommodations for the SAT, because she will not take them”.
That is when I became a “Mom on a Mission”
With what has become known as the 3D Learner Program ® our daughter improved her reading comprehension 4.2 grade levels in 7 months and later got her Master’s in Education from the University of Florida. She is now in her 19th year of teaching, and she has become the Teacher She Never Had.
Our BIG WHY for helping others, is about helping the many bright right brain kinesthetic learners to be far more successful than almost anyone thought they could be. We believe eventually, these kids will use their creativity, imagination and problem-solving skills to change the world.
In our blog posts, YouTube videos and other articles, our goal is to help parents to be Informed, Empowered and Proactive to help their child to be as successful as possible.
This Private School May Not Be Right for Your Child
Private schools are saying this more now than at any point in our history. Below are two cases, where parents rejected the advice and got the help their child needed.
Diane was told by her son’s school to look elsewhere. Her son’s reading comprehension was two years below grade level, and they knew the work was going to get harder.
We started the conversation by asking about his strengths, with questions like:
- Does your child remember places visited, even from years ago?
- Does your child learn best when he sees and experiences information?
- Does your child struggle to pay attention to that which is boring, and can he hyperfocus on that which fascinates him?
After a few minutes mom commented, “How is it you know my son better than people who have known him for years after just a few minutes. We explained that this is who we help – Bright Right Brain Kinesthetic Learners with significant upside potential.
With our help, her son improved his reading comprehension 3 grade levels in a year and made more progress than any student his teacher had had in 27 years of teaching.
Another mom was told that her son would not succeed at a prestigious private school despite having a high IQ.
After looking at the recommendation for two dyslexia treatments, the mom asked if there was a program that taught to her son’s strengths. 3D Learner was recommended.
With our help, her son got into the school, became the valedictorian and later went to Harvard. This is not a typical result, but it only happened because mom had a Big Why and asked for a program that taught to her son’s strengths.
Many programs do not yield the desired result for a bright right brain kinesthetic learner because they do not:
- Work with the parents to identify their WHY, set BOLD Goals and know how to make them happen
- Assess to see if their child is a bright right brain kinesthetic learner, nor do they necessarily assess for executive function, visual processing, dyslexia and related challenges
- Teach to the child’s strengths with an experiential learning methodology that has helped thousands of students
- Identify and address the relevant executive function challenges
- Identify and address the visual processing problems that are often present
- Address dyslexia, where it is present
- Ignite a love for learning
- Help the parents be the coach and advocate their child needs
An Alternative to Spending $20,000 to $60,000 a Year
At one of our parent webinars, a mom that was attending realized early on in the presentation that her son was a bright right brain kinesthetic learner. We really got her attention when we shared it was possible to avoid the $25000 annual expense she was incurring, to invest in the right program and to build a college fund of over $300,000 for her son. Mom now had her WHY and invested in our effort.
The next year she transferred to a public school and the following year he was accepted into the gifted program.
Note, when you improve working memory, processing speed, attention, visual processing and academic skills, a student’s IQ can also improve.
It is also quite common for a Bright Right Brain Kinesthetic Learner to get into trouble when the work is boring and not challenging. Conversely, they often thrive in more challenging classes when they have the skills to succeed.
Overcoming The Low Expectations in Public School
We are strong public school advocates, but too often the schools have low expectations.
We have had a number of cases where a school tells a parent their child cannot make more than a year’s progress in a year’s time. We know that our students have made two, three and occasionally four year’s gains in that timeframe.
In another case, a mom asked the principal what she could do to help her daughter who was at the 48th percentile in reading comprehension. He said there was no need to do anything, someone had to be average.
Mom called us. She was delighted to see the shift from a “What’s wrong” perspective to “what is right. “ When you understand that your child is a bright right brain kinesthetic learner with incredible upside potential, it changes everything.
Mom had her Big WHY and within 6 months her daughter improved from the 48th to the 95th percentile in reading comprehension and she blossomed as a young adult.
We have had cases where for reading comprehension :
- Students with well below average IQs made two year’s gains within 6 months.
- Elementary school students made 3 year gains
- Middle and high school students who made 3 and even 4 year gains within 6 months
This was all because their parents had a Big WHY, and they invested the time and money to make it happen.
Understanding The Past, Developing Your WHY and Finding the Right Partner
Like many of our parents, we made a number of investments that did not yield the desired result.
We recommend you consider:
- What is your Big WHY
- What are your child’s strengths and challenges
- If your child is a bright right brain kinesthetic learner, consider a strength-based approach and strength based parenting
- Who can make the difference for your child in partnership with you?
Note, we strive to help both parents of bright right brain kinesthetic learners and others to put their child on the Pathway from Stress to Outrageous Success. Do not hesitate to engage in a conversation.
All our successes started with a parent calling us to discuss the possibilities. For immediate help, either:
– Call us at 561-361-7495 or
– Click here to schedule a no cost Have a Big Why Conversation
In our next blog post, we will focus on assessing to see if your child:
– Is a bright right brain kinesthetic learner
– What executive function or visual processing issues are holding your child back
– Does your child have dyslexia
– What is your child’s present level of reading comprehension
– How can you help your child be all they can be
Beating Dyslexia is really hard. This is especially true if your child is a Bright Right Brain Kinesthetic Learner with Dyslexia. Note, it is far easier for these kids to succeed if you:
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- Address the dyslexia and
- Leverage experiential learning to capitalize on their strengths
- Identify and address their executive function and/or visual processing issues that are often present
- Ignite a love for learning
- Help the parents to be the coach and advocate their child needs
Beating Dyslexia with an Integrated Solution
Lisa had spent over $30,000 on an excellent dyslexia treatment for her daughter. The challenges included:
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- A year later her daughter’s reading comprehension was still at the 1st grade level as she was about to enter 5th grade
- Homework was taking 2.5 hours a night for both her daughter and Lisa
- Her daughter was a slow reader and avoided reading
- Both mom and daughter were anxious, frustrated and exhausted
Lisa visited our website and then scheduled a no cost Beat Dyslexia conversation. Our first 5 questions all resonated with Lisa:
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- Does your child remember places visited, even from years ago?
- Does your child learn best when she sees and experiences information?
- Does your child skip words and/or lines when reading
- Is your child a lot smarter than present results would indicate?
- Would you like to know how your child can make significant gains in months?
Lisa asked if her prior investment in a dyslexia treatment had been in vain. We assured her it was not. She then asked, “How is it that you know my daughter so well, without even meeting her?”
We explained that we had been in a similar situation with our daughter. When we were told our daughter was not college material, her mom, Mira Halpert, who has her Masters in Education from the University of Michigan, became a Mom on a Mission. With what has become known as the 3D Learner Program ®, our daughter improved her reading comprehension 4.2 grade levels in 7 months and went on her earn her Masters in Education From the University of Florida, become the teacher she never had, and is on track to get her Doctorate in Education.
We also shared with Lisa that we had helped hundreds of dyslexic students succeed with our integrated experiential learning approach.
With our help, Lisa’s daughter was able to:
- Improve her reading comprehension 4 grade levels within 6 months
- Double her reading speed from 115 to 229 words per minute
- Reduce her homework time from 2.5 to 1.25 hours per night.
- Decrease the amount of time mom had to spend doing homework with her daughter from 2.5 hours to 15 minutes — saving over 11 hours a week
- Lower the anxiety level and improve her daughter’s self-esteem.
- Ignite a love for learning
3D Learner Partners with Parents Who Want To Do Far More Than to Just Beat Dyslexia
3D Learner has helped many bright right brain learners with dyslexia to significantly improve their reading, reading comprehension, attention and working memory and so much more. For immediate help, either:
– Call us at 561-361-7495 or
– Click here to schedule a no cost Beat Dyslexia for Your Bright Right Brain Kinesthetic Learner Conversation
Is Your Child a Bright Right Brain Kinesthetic Learner with Dyslexia?
We know that most smart struggling students with dyslexia:
- Are Right-brain, visual or kinesthetic learners (hands-on) who can do far better with experiential learning that leverages their strengths
- Have some combination of working memory, processing speed, visual processing, attention, and/or anxiety challenges
- Often have a visual processing issue — where they read slowly and/or skip words and lines when reading. Note, there are many articles that say that dyslexia is not caused by a visual processing issue. That is true, but in our experience
Over 70% of the students we have had with dyslexia had a visual processing issue. These are two very different conditions that often coexist in the same child.
Beating Dyslexia and Preparing Your Child for Future Success Can Best Be Done
by Leveraging Your Child’s Strengths and Identifying and Addressing Their Challenge
- Are much smarter than present results would indicate
At 3D Learner, we have helped many students to:
- Beat dyslexia improve their reading and reading comprehension
- Rediscover their natural love of learning
- Improve their executive function skills, their visual processing and their self-esteem
- Improve their attention and emotional regulation
- Achieve far greater success than their parents even thought possible
Our programs can help the right brain, visual learner or kinesthetic learner with dyslexia to make significant gains in months. 3D Learner’s comprehensive educational assessment reveals important issues that many other assessments miss.
For instance, one parent had a recent psycho-educational test that indicated her daughter had dyslexia, attention, working memory and processing speed issues. After her daughter completed our assessment, she was surprised to learn that her daughter:
- Was a right brain, visual learner or kinesthetic learner
- Was a lot smarter than present results would indicate
- Had a significant visual processing issue, skipping words and lines when reading
- Struggled with reading comprehension and sequencing
- Had significant attention and emotional regulation issues
- Was very strong in 5 of the 11 skills we assessed — she had a great visual memory, was very creative and had a larger vocabulary than most
- But she had a real problem with the small words that often change the meaning of a sentence (i.e. words like the, but, what, if)
When Lisa’s mom saw the results, she asked “Why do schools not teach the way the right brain kinesthetic learner learns best?” We explained that schools, like most learning centers, focus on a child’s weaknesses.
Schools often do not:
- Leverage the student’s strengths and interests
- Identify and address issues like working memory, visual processing, or processing speed
- Ignite a love for learning, which is an essential part of the 3D Learner Experiential Learning Process.
- Help parents to be the coach and advocate their child needs
For immediate help, either:
– Call us at 561-361-7495 or
– Click here to schedule a no cost Beat Beat Dyslexia for Your Bright Right Brain Kinesthetic Learner Conversation
Getting to Grade Level or Above Can Often Be Achieved with the Right Intervention
Avoiding grade retention is a priority for almost every parent where a child is at risk for being retained. COVID Learning Losses have left many students further behind than they otherwise would have been. Three key points about students at risk for grade retention:
- Their reading comprehension is often well below grade level. For third grade retention, the year many students are retained, students are often over a year and sometimes two years below grade level in reading comprehension. For the bright right brain kinesthetic learner, grade retention is a risk because they do not learn the way the schools teach. This includes students with high and even gifted IQs. These kids learn best when they see and experience information. They need a different approach to reach their full potential.
- Beating grade retention does not require getting to grade level. In Florida public and charter schools, it often requires a student to be at Level 2 on the benchmark assessments — approximately the 20th percentile. In the first part of this blog, we will discuss strategies to Beat Grade Retention. Note, opting out of the state mandated assessments increases the chances of a child being retained. The other options for promotion are harder to achieve.
- Over the last 20 years 3D Learner has helped many bright right brain kinesthetic learners to beat grade retention by significantly improving their reading, reading comprehension, attention and working memory and so much more. These are students who often:
Have excellent memories for places they have visited, even from years ago
Learn best when they see and experience information
Are much smarter than present results would indicate
Note, half of these students had been diagnosed with dyslexia or learning disabilities and half did not. In the second part of this blog, we will discuss how to get your child to grade level or above.
Beating Grade Retention with a Collaborative Approach
The Florida Department of Education has an excellent page that provides valuable information for third grade parents on this subject. Below are several ways they describe to beat third grade retention:
- Getting a Level 2 on the third grade FSA requires a score of 285. Here is a packet on the FSA from the Florida Department of Education. The scoring chart is on page 3.
- Passing a portfolio. Every parent whose child is at risk for grade retention has the right to immediately ask that a portfolio be started.
- An end of year exam
- An end of July exam
- Having your child reading at grade level when school starts in the fall
If you have not already done so, we strongly recommend meeting with your child’s teacher and asking:
- What is my child’s present level of performance on your assessments?
- Is my child at risk for grade retention at this time?
- If your child is at risk for third grade retention, have they started a portfolio, where is your child at, and how can you help? If they have not started a portfolio, ask them to do so immediately.
- What can be done to reduce the risk of grade retention – adding that you are willing to do your fair share and more.
We had a mom recently who tried this approach and within days she saw a change in how both the teacher and she herself were now focused on her child’s success.
If your child is at risk for grade retention at any school and you want some guidance we offer a no cost Beat Grade Retention conversation.
We offer this no cost conversation for all parents. To speak with us:
– Call us at 561-361-7495 or
– Click here to schedule a no cost Beat Grade Retention for Your Child Conversation
The Silver Lining in Grade Retention — Focus on Getting Your Child’s Reading Comprehension to Grade Level or Above
Over the years, parents have had very different approaches including:
– I want to do everything possible to reduce the risk of grade retention
– If grade retention is a risk, I may move my child to private school or homeschool
3D Learner adds a third option:
– How you can significantly improve your child’s reading comprehension and other skills so that promotion is virtually certain, and your child gets to grade level or above in the relevant skills. This approach also positions your child to do very well in the future.
Note, with the more rigorous standards now in place, a student who is struggling in the present grade is likely to do even worse in the next grade. The time to act is NOW!!!
We had a case where the teacher said the student was virtually certain to be retained. With our help, the student scored above grade level on the end of year exam and was in advanced classes within 2 years.
We also had a case where the 1st grade teacher told the parent the child was going to be retained. They invested in our program in April. At a mid-May meeting, the mom asked the teacher about grade retention. The teacher responded, “There is no way he will be retained given his progress over the last six weeks”.
All our successes started with a parent calling us to discuss the possibilities. For immediate help, either:
– Call us at 561-361-7495 or
– Click here to schedule a no cost Beat Grade Retention for Your Child Conversation
Grade Retention and The Bright Right Brain Kinesthetic Learner
We know that most smart struggling students who are facing grade retention risks:
- Are a right-brain, visual or kinesthetic learners (hands-on) who can do far better with experiential learning that leverages their strengths
- Have some combination of working memory, processing speed, visual processing, attention, and/or anxiety challenges
- Often have a visual processing issue — where they read slowly and/or skip words and lines when reading
Note: Dyslexia or learning disabilities may or not be present
Beating Grade Retention and Preparing Your Child for Future Success Can Best Be Done by Leveraging Your Child’s Strengths and Identifying and Addressing Their Challenges
- Are much smarter than present results would indicate
At 3D Learner, we have helped many students to:
- Beat grade retention by improving their reading and reading comprehension
- Rediscover their natural love of learning
- Improve their working memory, processing speed, and self-esteem
- Improve their attention and emotional regulation
- Achieve far greater success than their parents even thought possible
Our programs can help the right brain, visual learner or kinesthetic learner to beat grade retention and to make significant gains in months. 3D Learner’s comprehensive educational assessment reveals important issues that many other assessments miss.
For instance, one parent had a recent psycho-educational test that indicated her daughter had dyslexia, attention, working memory and processing speed issues. After her daughter completed our assessment, she was surprised to learn that her daughter:
- Was a right brain, visual learner or kinesthetic learner
- Was a lot smarter than present results would indicate
- Had a significant visual processing issue, skipping words and lines when reading
- Struggled with reading comprehension and sequencing
- Had significant attention and emotional regulation issues
- Was very strong in 5 of the 11 skills we assessed — she had a great visual memory, was very creative and had a larger vocabulary than most
- But she had a real problem with the small words that often change the meaning of a sentence (i.e. words like the, but, what, if)
Parents often ask, “What makes you so different?”
Our approach is far different. We:
- Leverage the student’s strengths and interests
- Identify and address issues like working memory, visual processing, or processing speed
- Strive to ignite a love for learning, which is an essential part of the 3D Learner Experiential Learning Process
- Help parents to be the coach and advocate their child needs
Below are questions parents have asked us about grade retention:
Question: Is it too late in the school year to help beat grade retention?
Answer: It is almost never too late to beat grade retention. The right brain or kinesthetic learner can often make significant gains in months not years, with the right experiential learning.
Question: I am not sure if my child is a right brain, visual learner, or kinesthetic learner or what issues are holding my child back. I fear grade retention. Is there a way to talk with your team and to assess my child?
Answer: Click here to download “Is my child a right brain, visual or kinesthetic learner” screening tool.
Question: Does grade retention help or hurt a child
Answer: The research on this subject is mixed. Students often do better the following year, because they are repeating a grade. Any benefit often vanishes by middle school.
Question: Are there cases where grade retention may help a child?
Answer: Yes. When a student is one of the youngest in their class and has ADHD, the extra year in third grade might help
All our successes started with a parent calling us to discuss the possibilities. For immediate help, either:
– Call us at 561-361-7495 or
– Click here to schedule a no cost Beat Grade Retention for Your Child Conversation
Reading comprehension issues have become even more pressing since the pandemic started.
- As always, we are seeing students with dyslexia and learning disabilities who are far behind. With the pandemic, the reading comprehension gap has widened for many of these kids
- For the first time, we are seeing many smart kids with no disabilities, who go to excellent schools, but who still are 2, 3 and even 4 years below grade level in reading comprehension
- Schools have done what they can this year, but it has not been enough
5 Keys to Reading Comprehension Success
1 – If your child is a lot smarter than present results indicate, and you want to significantly improve your child’s reading comprehension , you must take action now.
2 – Reject the status quo and consider the mantra that “Reading Comprehension Success is the Only Option”
3 – Identify your child’s strengths and challenges.
Most smart struggling students:
- Learn differently. They are often a right-brain, visual or kinesthetic learner. They learn best when they see and experience information
- Have a combination of challenges that might include – working memory, processing speed, visual processing, attention and/or anxiety.
- Struggle with traditional interventions that don’t capitalize on their visualization skills or identify and address the related challenges
- Can do far better with an approach that:
- Plays to their strengths and interests
- Identifies and addresses their challenges
- Ignites a love for learning that is often missing
- Helps you to be the coach and advocate your child needs
Download our strengths and challenges inventory with
10 common strengths and 10 common challenges our students have
We offer a no cost conversation on
“How to Improve My Child’s Reading Comprehension “
4 – Goals matter. If your child is much smarter than present results would indicate, set a BOLD Goal (e.g. Mary’s son was 2 years below grade level. His reading comprehension was at the 2nd grade level. She set the goal for him to improve his reading comprehension 3 grade levels in 6 months and to love reading. This was a BOLD Goal, but it led to him doing just that).
Important points to consider when setting goals and choosing a program:
- Significant negative news on reading comprehension can be a catalyst for taking action. That is exactly how the 3D Learner Program ® came to be. We never doubt the ability of a committed mom or dad to make the difference
- Parents are often shocked to hear that it may take 2, 3 or even 4 years to get your child’s reading back to grade level. These programs are often phonics-based programs that can take a long time.
- The 3D Learner approach is to significantly improve comprehension in 4 to 6 months. Most of our students are either right-brain, visual or kinesthetic learners who have struggled for years with traditional interventions.
- Three things that make these students different are:
- They learn best when they see and experience information
- They can often struggle with working memory, processing speed, attention, visual processing and/or anxiety issues
- When one capitalizes on their strengths, identifies, and addresses their challenges, they can make significant gains in months not years
5 – Partner with the right professional (s) to help your child succeed. You also want to work with professionals who will help you to be the coach and advocate your child needs.
The Difference between Reading and Reading Comprehension
Reading and Reading Comprehension are two very different skills.
Reading is often defined as how efficiently and effectively a student reads, while reading comprehension is understanding what one reads. Reading level and reading comprehension levels can differ by years.
Many parents are told that their child’s reading is not that bad. When we assess their child, the parents are often surprised to discover how far below grade level their child’s reading comprehension is.
The challenge is that schools often use reading levels and not reading comprehension levels. A 5th grade parent was told her child was reading on grade level, and that was true.
What the teacher did not mention was the student’s reading comprehension was at the 1st grade level
Ask your child’s teacher to clarify your child’s present level of reading and reading comprehension!!
“From her I-Ready score I knew my child had a reading problem.” I-Ready is a computerized program used by many schools. “When you tested my daughter’s reading comprehension and discovered it was 3 years below grade level, I was ready to act”. M James, Boca Raton.
Other catalysts can be:
- Grade retention risks. A parent called us almost at the end of last year’s school year when their child’s teacher recommended grade retention. The issue was primarily reading comprehension. When asked if it was too late to help, we responded, “No, if you act quickly”. The parents did. With our help, within 4 weeks the teacher commented “He is making so much progress I can’t possibly hold him back,”. By the end of the summer the young man’s comprehension was ahead of grade level
- Pressure from private schools is higher than ever. One young man was 2 years below grade level in third grade. The private school recommended the parents find another school, even though the young man had an above average IQ. He appeared to be a right-brain or visual learner, and he had parents committed to make the difference. With our help, over the next year, he improved his reading comprehension 3 grade levels. His teacher commented:
“Jack made more progress in a year than any student I have had in 27 years of teaching”.
One mom knew her child was a lot smarter than present results would indicate. She asked the principal what she could do to improve her daughter’s reading comprehension. He responded, “There is no need to do anything different. Her comprehension is at the 48th percentile and someone needs to be average”.
Mom joined our community of “Make the Difference Moms”. Within a year her daughter’s reading comprehension had gone from the 48th to the 95th percentile. Even better, her grades improved, even though she was taking harder classes.
To Improve Reading Comprehension
First download our Strengths and Challenges Inventory. It will give you valuable insights into your child’s strengths and challenges. If the need is urgent, we recommend you contact us immediately to discuss your situation.
We offer a no cost conversation on
“How to Improve My Child’s Reading Comprehension “
Since we wrote our blog post on Parenting Your Right Brain Kinesthetic Learner, Private School Challenges, we have received quite a reaction from parents. Specific reactions included:
- “We appear to have created a “Private School Challenge”. Private schools are becoming much more selective. Is this likely to get better or worse and what can a parent do?”
- “The private school has told me that my child needs to improve their performance to be invited back. They offer in school tutoring. Is that the best option?”
- “Is private school the best option for the bright right brain kinesthetic learner or is public school and investing in private interventions a better option?”
Parenting Your Bright Right Brain Kinesthetic Learner, Why Private Schools are Likely to Become Even More Selective
As we described in our prior blog post, the demand for private schools has increased dramatically as:
- Those parents who are financially able to afford private school, like the option.
- Many families from the Northeast and the Midwest have moved to South Florida. Many are financially stable and like the private school options, thinking they are better educational options.
- Private school vouchers have made private schools affordable for many parents.
- The pandemic made private schools more desirable as they tended to remain open to “in-person” learning. For our Right Brain Kinesthetic learners, this was a huge benefit.
- What is happening in 2023 is likely to accelerate the growth in private school demand as:
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- Public and charter schools are experiencing more challenges as so many kids are behind as well as a hostile political environment toward public schools.
- School vouchers are likely to be available to many more students.
- More parents want a safer environment with less behavior issues.
Several things a parent can do when considering private school for their child:
- Start your school search early and be aware that your child might not get into your first option, even though you have followed all of the application procedures. Have a Plan B and potentially a Plan C.
- Read any psychoeducational reports carefully before submitting them to a private school.
One case from a family moving from the Northeast, where their daughter had no behavior problems at school, but was a challenge at home, stated the child was “difficult”. The private school rejected their application, citing behavioral challenges that were reported over a year ago. Work with your child’s psychologist to remove red flags, where appropriate. You want to be truthful, and get appropriate help, and professionals can help in this area. If your child is acting out or frustrated, it is often a sign that they are struggling somewhere in the school environment.
- Consider public schools or alternative private schools. There are also new or relatively new private school options that may be an excellent fit.
- Be a collaborative parent – focusing on how you can make it work. In a market where private schools have the upper hand; combative parents will find it hard. We always look for the win-win.
- Private school tutoring may be the right intervention if a child just needs one-on-one help and learns the way the teacher teaches.
For the right brain kinesthetic learner, a tailored outside intervention may be better if they:
- Teach using an engaging, experiential and more effective approach.
- Identify and/or address the relevant executive function issues (e.g., working memory, processing speed and attention issues.
- Help you to be the coach and advocate your child needs.
6. Consider outside interventions. We have helped parents:
- Have their child stay in a very competitive private school by increasing the student’s reading comprehension 3 grade levels in less than a year.
- Have their child go from an expensive academy to a public school the following year and into the gifted program the year after that by significantly improving his reading comprehension and attention.
- Reduce their monthly tutoring costs. A family was spending $750 a month on tutors, and we significantly reduced the amount of tutoring needed, over the years to come, with our program.
The good news is that many bright right brain kinesthetic learners can make significant gains in months.
We offer a no cost conversation to help you navigate these challenging issues. You can arrange a conversation by either:
– Giving us a call at 561-361-7495 or
– Clicking here to Schedule a Conversation
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