We do not teach the current material your child is struggling with. Does that sound counterintuitive? IT IS NOT WHAT YOU THINK! Children who are struggling with work, tests, homework, and who are disengaged with school typically already have skills gaps and have developed a false identity of who they are, how they perform, and do not see their truest potential. We make it a point to identify the areas of need and build a scaffolded and personalized curriculum that builds their skills and confidence. Starting with the child's emotional state as it relates to school is key, so we also build a curriculum that helps them see their strength/potential and build from there.
Our Academic Assessment uses data and looks for patterns that we then use to build an academic plan and curriculum that is specifically catered to your child's needs. Meeting the emotional needs and building a growth mindset is key to growing, so we gradually design and build curriculum that helps get your child's skill up to grade level or potential. We typically describe traditional tutoring like a bandaid on a broken bone, however, Reading Skills Center is more like the cast on the broken bone. Our approach and teaching these skills combined with frequency makes it so that you can have an autonomous student who looks forward to going to school.
Yes! However, we would like to clarify that this is done with direct and indirect practices. Believe it or not, our academic processes model what our brain must do in order to exercise and work the executive center.
Kids who have any difficulty with with learning, or find a specific task laborious, will often times emotionally and cognitively disengage. Therefore we structure our programs to gradually build skills and confidence to help regulate task engagement and emotional obstacles that show up during learning.
People who struggle with executive functioning also happen to have the ability to hyper focus , but mostly in things that they are good at or the things they are interested in. We make it a point to make our kids and teens better at their skills so that they can show up with their super power and show less resistance to the academic and learning process.
On average, we typically see our students increase their skills 1 - 2 full grade levels in a 3 - 6 months. Sound impossible? Check out our testimonials!
Specifically, how does that translate to school?
Once we get your child to read with confidence and strength in their comprehension skills, then we see them read everything that way. This applies to books, homework, classwork, information content, and even testing that is required to enter college.
Last year (2021), we had 34 students score in the "Did Not Meet Grade Level" or "Approaches Grade Level" grade level for the reading portion of the STAAR test. This past July and August, 33 of my 34 students' parents reported back the their student officially scored in "Meets Grade Level" or "Masters Grade Level" score range! This included children who had repeatedly failed the STAAR test for multiple, consecutive years, students with learning disabilities, dyslexia, dysgraphia, and ADHD.
Why is the STAAR (or other standardized test) such a big deal?
While we do not personally feel that the STAAR is a good measure of a child's intelligence or potential, it does serve as an extra data point for us to understand what type of material is in need of further development or support for a student. Standardized tests are meant to help schools assess performance, instruction, benchmarks and standards. However, they are not necessarily used to improve a child's specific skills in a specific academic skill area.
Having a background in test prep and reading intervention, I have a note to share with you. The ACT and SAT are based in the same exact skill that is required on the STAAR or other standardized tests. You can assume that the objective reading scores and percentile ranks you see on these elementary or middle school leveled tests will be the same or similar to what they will score on the college entrance ACT or SAT.
What matters most?
Your child's emotional state, their self-perspective, and their self-esteem is priceless! We make it a point to work on the whole child, build their perspective of self, improve their confidence and master skills so that they feel more capable and creative. This creates a new environment at home, a new outlook on schooling, and a relationship with learning that is life altering!
Most students, who require additional support with schooling, will spend years going to a tutor. We are different because we reinforce the foundation so that students can get where they need to be in their academic skills, and can maintain more autonomy the rest of their schooling years. Our program is a bit more rigorous with time investment, but we rarely see our students longer than 3 - 6 months for a program, unless there are severe or multiple learning disabilities.
A note from our founder, Janet Uribe:
Through previously owned educational companies, and my own "in person" students, we have gotten the results mentioned above, thousands of times! Our individualized curriculum and methods continue to prove true! Plus, we make it a point to be a really good time! LOL! We love to play and cut up with the kids!
Most kids do not like going to school after school, or they may not like going to school in the summer. Prioritizing connection and rapport with each one of our students helps them rise to their potential. However, we also make them proud of their own efforts, rather than looking for external validation. The combination makes them want to show up for themselves! 😊
As mentioned, rapport, identification of student need, and confidence building is key. Kids who are disinterested in a topic or activity, often find that specific topic or activity it to be difficult. Children, and humans in general, are built for learning and curiosity, but that spark can be lost when they start to identify with grades, labels, difficulty of a task, or scores that tell them that they are less than the standard. This is perhaps the greatest obstacle we help heal for our students. All of us deserve to feel great about ourselves, and when we think about how many kids are asked to go to a place where they do not feel confident, our hearts connects with them, and we make it our mission to change that experience.
Contact us at (737)351-2505 or email at info@heartsandmindslearningcenter.com so that we can help you pin point if we are a good fit for your child. If we are, we will schedule an academic screening and go over the results with you. Parents typically feel relieved after being able to identify those underlying academic skills that are making reading or subject matter difficult at school. We will discuss a plan of action and begin your child's new trajectory towards confidence and making school easier.
We improve student's skills and confidence so that it follows them to every area of life.
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