SEARCH & TEACH

SEARCH is a 30-40 minute screening test designed to identify students who may have difficulty acquiring the basic perceptual skills necessary for reading (age 5-7).

TEACH is the instructional plan personally designed for each child to help strengthen any weak areas that have been identified. Sessions are 30 minutes 2-3 times per week.

Early Intervention Program

For children age 5 - 7 years.

Give your child a strong start in the learning process!

All children developmentally progress at various rates.   If all modalities for learning are intact and strong then learning comes easily and naturally.  They take in the learning task readily soaking it up and retaining it "like a sponge".

If these modalities are not firmly in place then avoidance behaviors and ways to compensate around learning tasks begins to develop.  Frustration, anxiety and tension begin to form and learning becomes a struggle.  This begins the process of a potential learning disability which can cause the child to experience delays in learning to read.  Such early difficulties can lead to loss of self-esteem, which causes the child to lose interest in school.  

The SEARCH screening test is designed to identify potential vulnerabilities in specific perceptual areas related to the task of reading.  If a significant vulnerability is identified then appropriate referrals or intervention can be made EARLY to remediate these weaknesses and prevent a potential learning disability.

The TEACH program is a one on one therapy program developmentally designed in a game format to target identified weaknesses and progressively strengthen them.  The program is 2-3 days per week for 30 minutes each over the course of a school year.  Children enjoy the program and feel successful in their progress. There are lots of rewards and positive reinforcement along with developing foundational learning strategies that will carry over to future learning.