| How would you like a way to help your child to feel | | | | strategies that take a long time and simply do not |
| more successful at home, at school, with friends? | | | | work, and they struggle in school. Students need |
| How would you like to feel less stress in your life and | | | | strategies for how to learn, not just what to learn so |
| have a better relationship with your child? | | | | they don't have to continue to struggle. |
| What if your child knew simple, effective strategies | | | | The most effective learning strategy for academics is |
| that will enable him to learn easily and quickly? | | | | a visual learning strategy. Tasks such as learning |
| It has been my experience that virtually every young | | | | spelling words, math facts, memorizing facts and data |
| person that I have worked with has had the desire to | | | | and learning vocabulary words are learned more easily |
| do well, to be accepted by their peers, to feel pride | | | | and quickly if the student learns them visually. When |
| from their parents, and to feel good about themselves. | | | | students learn visually, they tend to be more interested |
| If they are not doing well in school or with learning, it is | | | | and learn quickly and easily. When they don't learn |
| not because they lack the desire to learn. The number | | | | visually, they tend to struggle. The very first thing to |
| one problem that I find children and adolescents facing | | | | address is the student's perception of his ability to learn |
| is that they don't have effective strategies for learning | | | | and use his mind effectively. |
| the information that is being taught to them. | | | | Once he realizes that he has the ability to use his mind |
| When children feel that they don't learn well, it often | | | | effectively, then we can teach him precise, effective |
| affects their self-esteem significantly. As a result, | | | | strategies for how to learn. When he has effective |
| many young people will not only experience problems | | | | tools for learning, it dramatically enhances his |
| around learning, but also self-esteem issues, emotional | | | | perception of his own ability to be a successful |
| and behavioral problems, social skills problems, anxiety, | | | | student, his performance in school, his self-esteem and |
| depression, or family issues. Virtually every aspect of | | | | relationships with friends and family, just to name a |
| their life is affected. | | | | few. When a young person understands (for many, for |
| Our public schools, unfortunately, often work from the | | | | the first time in their lives) that he IS intelligent, that he IS |
| assumption that a student already knows how to learn | | | | a good student, that he CAN learn easily and that |
| and therefore focus on teaching content rather than | | | | there is nothing "wrong" with him, that has a dramatic |
| on the process of learning. Most students learn as they | | | | impact on every aspect of his life! Now we can move |
| go along, figure out what works, and modify their | | | | on to teaching strategies for mastering thoughts and |
| strategies as they go. Many, though, have never | | | | emotions and taking action on goals. |
| learned effective strategies for learning; they often use | | | | |