National Institute for learning development Educational Therapy
How is this different from tutoring?
Tutoring: a teacher instructs a student in what to learn.
Educational therapy: a trained therapist directs the student in how to learn.
The therapist discovers the student's weaker areas through testing and then tailors the 80-minute therapy sessions to address and strengthen those deficit areas. Retraining the brain takes time. Although a student may see improvement within a few months, completion of the program usually takes two to three years (occasionally more due to the area of deficit. A student is re-evaluated with testing at the end of each year, and parents and therapist meet to review progress.)
Educational therapy is designed for students with average to above average intelligence, but are statistically weaker in some areas. These areas could be described as learning disabilities in areas like:
dyslexia, math disability, reading comprehension, disgraphia
or perceptual difficulties.
The program is great for students with ADHD,
Aspergers Syndrome, and other diagnoses.
In order to develop successful, independent learners, NILD Educational Therapy® focuses on
developing four key components:
cognition, perception, academics and emotions
One of my stellar students!
She began with Search & Teach, and quickly advanced to educational therapy! She is in her first year and is hard working. INstead of saying "I can't", she is learning to say: "I'll try"
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Bob is feeling festive! He hangs around the office all the time. I'm not sure he is really learning anything, but he is fun to have around.
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If I only had a brain.. well, we do. And Oscar helps us to learn more about it and its functioning. Educational therapy is hard work, so we make sure we add laughter and fun!
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