What sets our services apart from traditional tutoring is our clinical approach.  Our well-rounded approach was designed and is overseen by a pediatric clinical team including Speech Language Pathologists, Occupational Therapists, Physical Therapists, Reading, Math and Special Education Professionals with a Master’s degree or equivalent in their specialization area.  Our Texas-certified teachers, in addition to classroom teaching, have training and experience in clinical education.

Our focus is on the needs of our students, starting with current guidelines from brain research on multisensory instruction for varied learning styles.  Rather than providing merely repetition of grade-level work, we look at skills and gaps in order to give  each child the skills and confidence he or she needs to succeed in the subject area.  Students are taught how to use their areas of strength to address their weaknesses.  By giving students the skills, confidence, and motivation to learn, we strive to create independent learners, not lifelong tutorees.

Our camps are conducted in small group settings, with a maximum of six students per group.  We conduct a pre-screening to determine each child’s skill level so our groups are made up of closely-matched students with compatible skills.  Check out our 2007 Summer Camps by clicking here.

Our services are designed to help ALL kids, from challenged to gifted & talented.  We have math and reading specialists to accommodate needs from pre-kindergarten to high school courses.  Students who suffer from a clinical diagnosis, such as dyslexia, attention deficit disorder, and attention deficit hyperactive disorder, benefit substantially from our programs. 

Many parents are initially in denial about their child's learning disabilities, and believe that the child will grow out of it over time.  Others believe that it will be dealt with when the child reaches school age.  Unfortunately, without the proper time and treatment, the child never will catch up to his or her peers.  Here are some facts regarding kids with learning disabilities:

q       Some 38% of American school children (20 million children) are unable to read grade level material.  Close to 9 million of these children experience severe reading failure caused by learning differences. (Source: National Center of Educational Statistics)

q       Reading disabilities account for 80% of all learning disabilities. (Source: Kennedy-Krieger Institute)

q       35% of children with learning disabilities drop out of high school. (Source: Educational Testing Service Report)

q       50% of juvenile delinquents have undetected learning disabilities. (Source: Educational Testing Service Report)

q       60% of adolescents in treatment for substance abuse are learning disabled. (Source: ICHD/Hazeldon Foundation)

q       62% of learning disabled kids are unemployed one year after graduating high school. (Source: Wagner’s 1991 Longitudinal Study)

q       25% of the young-adult population lacks the basic literacy skill required in a typical job. (Source: United States Office of Technology)

q       Learning disabilities and substance abuse are the most common impediments to keeping welfare recipients from becoming and remaining employed. (Source: Office of the Inspector General)

q       Approximately 50% of criminal offenders have learning disabilities. (Source: Dr. Nancy Cowardin, American Bar Association)

q       31% of learning disabled kids are arrested within three to five years after they leave school. (Source: Wagner’s, 1991 National Longitudinal Study)

q       The average cost of special education is less than $10,000 per child per year.  The cost of locking up a criminal offender is $31,000 per year. (Source: U.S. Department of Justice and Santa Clara County Office of Education)

q       Language-based learning disabilities are costing society $7.5 billion annually. (Source: The Dana Consortium, 1999)

If you feel that your preschool child may benefit from a specific learning program but are not exactly certain, click on Diagnostics & Evaluations and review the milestones as established by The American Academy of Pediatrics.