| A learning assessment is the first step in the right | | | | plan, remember, and solve problems. Strong cognitive |
| direction to help your child overcome common learning | | | | skills lead to fast, academic learning and make life |
| disabilities. Since learning struggles manifest themselves | | | | much easier. |
| in many different ways, a quality learning assessment | | | | There are many examples of how weak cognitive |
| should start with that in mind. Struggles can range from | | | | skills can lead to many common learning disabilities |
| trouble paying attention in class to difficulty sounding | | | | seen today. Poor concentration and attention skills can |
| out words or struggling to comprehend reading | | | | cause a student to be easily distracted and miss |
| materials. Quality assessments will identify the specific | | | | instructions. For children who can't segment or blend |
| cause and give you an idea of how to fix the issue. | | | | sounds, weak underlying cognitive skills lead to listening, |
| There are a variety of causes for learning disabilities, | | | | reading, and spelling challenges. If a learning |
| but most people have false misconceptions of what | | | | assessment is done correctly, these weak cognitive |
| truly causes them. Many people point to genetics, poor | | | | skills should be identified and plans made to help the |
| teaching, or even a lack of motivation, but these are | | | | individual overcome the disability. |
| false theories that usually only address the symptoms | | | | Once weak cognitive skills are identified, they can be |
| of a problem, not the underlying cause. In fact, almost | | | | improved with the proper training. A unique plan of |
| anyone can improve their current situation with the | | | | action for strengthening the weak cognitive skills will |
| proper testing and training programs that address the | | | | follow a good learning assessment. It is important for a |
| issue. Students who lack motivation typically are not | | | | learning center to take a cognitive-based approach to |
| struggling because they don't care but because they | | | | testing and training, but it is also important that they |
| are frustrated from past, repeated failures resulting | | | | develop a plan of action unique to your child so he or |
| from a learning struggle. | | | | she can achieve the best results possible. Everyone is |
| The true cause of learning difficulties come from weak | | | | slightly different, so it is essential to make sure the plan |
| underlying cognitive skills; skills that enable you to learn. | | | | of action is a personalized approach, and not one size |
| That means they must function well for you to | | | | fits all. |
| efficiently and easily read, think, prioritize, understand, | | | | |