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