PROGRAM
PROGRAM
Program Approach
The Program Elements summarized below are discussed in more detail in the Knowledge Base. This summary intends to provide you with an overview of the nature and breadth of the approach.
Every student needs to develop a certain set of skills in order to learn how to read proficiently. Students who struggle with reading have a Skill Gap.
The current education system primarily teaches a relatively narrow set of skills focused on phonics and/or whole language. This approach generally works if a student has a strong foundational skill set.
However, for students who have a Skill Gap, the traditional approach is not usually effective. The solution is to evaluate the full range of skills, the Skill Scan, to help identify any gaps, and provide the training needed to close the Skill Gap to empower each student to succeed.
Program Elements:
Home life situation
Mindset
Social emotional learning
Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)
Visual Processing
Auditory Processing
Reading Kingdom
Cognitive Skills
1. Home-life Situation
What a student experiences in their home-life situation will impact how well they do in school. Things like stress, nutrition, sleep, and learning experiences impact skill development. There are many things parents can do with their children at home that can help build a strong skill foundation and support education success.
2. Mindset
What a student believes about themselves and their abilities can influence how well they do in school. If a student does not believe they can succeed, that may become a self-fulfilling belief.
What is the difference between a fixed mindset vs. a growth mindset?
Do I or my children have a fixed or growth mindset and how do I change?
We provide families with guidance to help them learn more about mindset and learn how they can better support their children to achieve a growth mindset.
3. Social Emotional Learning
Social emotional skills help us to manage emotions, build healthy relationships and feel empathy. Key elements of SEL include executive function, self awareness, self management, social awareness, responsible decision-making, and social relationships. There are many free tools online that parents can access to learn more.
4. Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)
Studies and experience show conclusively that certain stressful experiences for children impact their health and brain development. Many experiences cannot be avoided, but some can be avoided or mitigated.
Evaluating ACEs and working through how a child copes with these stressors helps to improve learning effectiveness.
5. Visual Processing
How well your child processes visual inputs can significantly impact their ability to learn. Beyond just seeing correctly, the brain has to process visual inputs to make sense of the inputs. We provide access to several online tools that can help to identify and correct visual processing deficiencies.
6. Auditory Processing
What is the difference between phonemic awareness and phonics? How do they impact reading?
Does my child have strong auditory processing skills?
How can I find out and what can I do to strengthen auditory processing skills?
Most school testing in grades K-2 should assess phonological skills. The Gibson Test has several sub-tests to assess this area. The brain training program has several exercises to help strengthen auditory processing skills.
7. Reading Kingdom
Reading Kingdom is a proven, award-winning early online reading program. We chose this program over other programs because of its effectiveness. It is designed to help students achieve the 3rd grade reading milestone. it teaches a much broader range of skills needed to achieve reading proficiency than traditional programs and is thereby much more effective.
However, older students, including adults, who are behind can also use the program to achieve basic reading skills. It is often used for ELL students.
Learn more at Reading Kingdom.
There is also a version for students diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder at ASD Reading.
8. Cognitive Skills
Of the major systems involved in learning, cognitive skills impact how effectively the brain processes information. These skills include processing speed, visual processing, auditory processing, memory, attention, logic and reasoning. These skills enable a person to process sensory inputs and then perform tasks such as reading, learning, paying attention, planning, remembering, understanding, and solving problems.
In the past, these skills were thought to be fixed once a child reached a certain age. A wealth of new science and research has proved that the mature mind can still make new neural connections and improve cognitive skills through the proper training.
Parents can also take actions from womb-to-classroom to significantly boost cognitive skill development.
Cognitive skills can be assessed with the proper instruments. Historically, this required a trained professional to do the assessment one-on-one. This is expensive and time-consuming, thereby limiting the number of students who can be assessed.
Gibson Test of Brain Skills
We use an online cognitive skill screening tool based upon a proven clinical model, the Gibson Test. One of our founding members helped to develop this online test in collaboration with one of the leading clinical brain training companies internationally.
If a student struggles with any aspect of learning, a cognitive skill screening can help to identify causes.
The Gibson Test is a nationally validated/normed online tool that measures cognitive skills functioning.
The 50-minute screening includes nine different mental tasks organized like puzzles and games on a computer.
By scoring the individual processing skills, the Gibson Test helps identify weak areas that may be contributing to learning struggles.
Even high-performing students may be compensating and working harder than necessary because of one or more weak processing skills.
More information about the Gibson Test is available at their website, https://www.thegibsontest.com/.
Brain training
One of the best general Internet resources on the field of brain training is available on a website called Sharp Brains.
One of our founding team helped to develop an online brain training program in collaboration with one of the leading clinical brain training companies. They have centers worldwide.
Students need to train a minimum of 25-30 minutes daily, 4-5 days per week; they can train more up to an hour daily if it is important to improve skills faster. Most students need to train for 6-12 months. The length of time depends upon the need and consistency of training.
Your Family Ambassador will work with you to set up your student(s) for the Gibson Test and Brain Training once the Reading Kingdom Program has been completed or if we are working with an older student.
Additional brain development information and tools
The brain and how effectively it processes inputs defines how easily and well a student can learn. The following links provide additional resources to consider to help students who struggle improve their brain processing.
Brain Integration Therapy (Dianne Craft)
Primitive reflex training
Do an Internet search to find a wealth of resources on this topic.
Program Approach
The Program Elements summarized below are discussed in more detail in the Knowledge Base. This summary intends to provide you with an overview of the nature and breadth of the approach.
Every student needs to develop a certain set of skills in order to learn how to read proficiently. Students who struggle with reading have a Skill Gap.
The current education system primarily teaches a relatively narrow set of skills focused on phonics and/or whole language. This approach generally works if a student has a strong foundational skill set.
However, for students who have a Skill Gap, the traditional approach is not usually effective. The solution is to evaluate the full range of skills, the Skill Scan, to help identify any gaps, and provide the training needed to close the Skill Gap to empower each student to succeed.
Program Elements:
Home life situation
Mindset
Social emotional learning
Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)
Visual Processing
Auditory Processing
Reading Kingdom
Cognitive Skills
1. Home-life Situation
What a student experiences in their home-life situation will impact how well they do in school. Things like stress, nutrition, sleep, and learning experiences impact skill development. There are many things parents can do with their children at home that can help build a strong skill foundation and support education success.
2. Mindset
What a student believes about themselves and their abilities can influence how well they do in school. If a student does not believe they can succeed, that may become a self-fulfilling belief.
What is the difference between a fixed mindset vs. a growth mindset?
Do I or my children have a fixed or growth mindset and how do I change?
We provide families with guidance to help them learn more about mindset and learn how they can better support their children to achieve a growth mindset.
3. Social Emotional Learning
Social emotional skills help us to manage emotions, build healthy relationships and feel empathy. Key elements of SEL include executive function, self awareness, self management, social awareness, responsible decision-making, and social relationships. There are many free tools online that parents can access to learn more.
4. Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)
Studies and experience show conclusively that certain stressful experiences for children impact their health and brain development. Many experiences cannot be avoided, but some can be avoided or mitigated.
Evaluating ACEs and working through how a child copes with these stressors helps to improve learning effectiveness.
5. Visual Processing
How well your child processes visual inputs can significantly impact their ability to learn. Beyond just seeing correctly, the brain has to process visual inputs to make sense of the inputs. We provide access to several online tools that can help to identify and correct visual processing deficiencies.
6. Auditory Processing
What is the difference between phonemic awareness and phonics? How do they impact reading?
Does my child have strong auditory processing skills?
How can I find out and what can I do to strengthen auditory processing skills?
Most school testing in grades K-2 should assess phonological skills. The Gibson Test has several sub-tests to assess this area. The brain training program has several exercises to help strengthen auditory processing skills.
7. Reading Kingdom
Reading Kingdom is a proven, award-winning early online reading program. We chose this program over other programs because of its effectiveness. It is designed to help students achieve the 3rd grade reading milestone. it teaches a much broader range of skills needed to achieve reading proficiency than traditional programs and is thereby much more effective.
However, older students, including adults, who are behind can also use the program to achieve basic reading skills. It is often used for ELL students.
Learn more at Reading Kingdom.
There is also a version for students diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder at ASD Reading.
8. Cognitive Skills
Of the major systems involved in learning, cognitive skills impact how effectively the brain processes information. These skills include processing speed, visual processing, auditory processing, memory, attention, logic and reasoning. These skills enable a person to process sensory inputs and then perform tasks such as reading, learning, paying attention, planning, remembering, understanding, and solving problems.
In the past, these skills were thought to be fixed once a child reached a certain age. A wealth of new science and research has proved that the mature mind can still make new neural connections and improve cognitive skills through the proper training.
Parents can also take actions from womb-to-classroom to significantly boost cognitive skill development.
Cognitive skills can be assessed with the proper instruments. Historically, this required a trained professional to do the assessment one-on-one. This is expensive and time-consuming, thereby limiting the number of students who can be assessed.
Gibson Test of Brain Skills
We use an online cognitive skill screening tool based upon a proven clinical model, the Gibson Test. One of our founding members helped to develop this online test in collaboration with one of the leading clinical brain training companies internationally.
If a student struggles with any aspect of learning, a cognitive skill screening can help to identify causes.
The Gibson Test is a nationally validated/normed online tool that measures cognitive skills functioning.
The 50-minute screening includes nine different mental tasks organized like puzzles and games on a computer.
By scoring the individual processing skills, the Gibson Test helps identify weak areas that may be contributing to learning struggles.
Even high-performing students may be compensating and working harder than necessary because of one or more weak processing skills.
More information about the Gibson Test is available at their website, https://www.thegibsontest.com/.
Brain training
One of the best general Internet resources on the field of brain training is available on a website called Sharp Brains.
One of our founding team helped to develop an online brain training program in collaboration with one of the leading clinical brain training companies. They have centers worldwide.
Students need to train a minimum of 25-30 minutes daily, 4-5 days per week; they can train more up to an hour daily if it is important to improve skills faster. Most students need to train for 6-12 months. The length of time depends upon the need and consistency of training.
Your Family Ambassador will work with you to set up your student(s) for the Gibson Test and Brain Training once the Reading Kingdom Program has been completed or if we are working with an older student.
Additional brain development information and tools
The brain and how effectively it processes inputs defines how easily and well a student can learn. The following links provide additional resources to consider to help students who struggle improve their brain processing.
Brain Integration Therapy (Dianne Craft)
Primitive reflex training
Do an Internet search to find a wealth of resources on this topic.
The Black Youth Success Movement operates under Success4rkids, a 501c3 nonprofit based in Akron, Ohio. Although we focus on uplifting Black Youth, all youth are welcome. Imagine if all Black Youth achieved their full potential, created educational equity and led the nation in solving the reading crisis for all students.
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The Black Youth Success Movement operates under Success4rkids, a 501c3 nonprofit based in Akron, Ohio. Although we focus on uplifting Black Youth, all youth are welcome. Imagine if all Black Youth achieved their full potential, created educational equity and led the nation in solving the reading crisis for all students.