Expanding to meet the needs….<\/b><\/p>\n
Young people are masters at hiding their struggles in school.\u00a0 They mask their difficulties in so many ways that sometimes it takes adults time to realize what it really going on.<\/p>\n
Many times these are just below the surface of other behaviors such as these:<\/p>\n
Attention Difficulties
\nHigh Energy
\nLow Energy
\nAggression
\nActing out \/ Getting in Trouble
\nDepression\/Anxiety
\nWithdraw
\nImpatience
\nSpacing out
\nBeing too social in class
\nLow self esteem
\nResistance to homework
\nLack of desire to read or write<\/p>\n
These are just a few of the initial outside behaviors that we might notice.\u00a0 Part of what makes it difficult is that each child is individual in the behaviors they use to mask their difficulties.<\/p>\n
We are all born with a natural inquisitiveness and desire to learn, perform and achieve.\u00a0 A lack of desire to learn at school is usually a symptom of a struggle to learn.<\/p>\n
When our children are showing struggles in school, a well-known approach to help them is to find a tutor or sometimes use the \u201cwait and see\u201d approach and see if they will \u201cgrow out of it.\u201d<\/p>\n
But<\/b> when children with at least average intellectual ability struggle to learn, there is likely something in the way that they are processing information that is underdeveloped, different, or inefficient. \u00a0Tutoring isn\u2019t the answer.<\/p>\n
The Therapeutic Literacy Center recognizes that if we are going to effectively impact academic learning problems, we must prepare the brain for learning <\/b>by strengthening or developing the underlying thinking processes <\/b>that support academic skills.<\/p>\n
We might find ourselves saying such things as \u201cHe just needs to pay attention,\u201d \u201cShe needs to put her head in school\u201d or \u201cWhen it\u2019s something he\u2019s interested in, he can do it!\u201d\u00a0 Yet, they really need help now to change the way they experience learning in school.<\/p>\n
\u201cThese things can be FIXED \u2013 permanently<\/b>. We are seeing lives change every day.\u201d<\/p>\n
The work at the Therapeutic Literacy Center is done one-to-one with students and focuses on teaching, strengthening, and developing those skills that lead to independent, academic success.<\/p>\n
Meeting the Need<\/b><\/p>\n
The Therapeutic Literacy Center is expanding to meet the needs of more students in North County. We are seeing changes happening every day.\u00a0 Kids that have been working harder than their peers are finding confidence and success and independence.<\/p>\n
These kids are not resisting homework anymore because they have confidence in their skills as an independent learner. They feel their success and they are interested in learning again.<\/p>\n