Program Overview

Students of all ages in NILD Educational Therapy® receive an average of two sessions of intensive educational therapy per week, either 40-60-80 minutes each. Small groups are available as 80 minute sessions. These sessions include a variety of techniques designed to address students’ specific areas of difficulty and to improve their overall ability to think, reason, and process information. Techniques emphasize basic skill areas such as reading, writing, spelling, and math; applying reasoning skills within each area. Our NILD therapists help students address the underlying issues of their learning challenges every day.

STUDENTS BECOME BETTER ABLE TO:

• stay focused on the teacher’s voice
• accurately hear and remember what the teacher is saying
• read visual information on the board, transparencies, or computer screen
• read at grade level
• understand the main points of what the teacher is saying and decide the significant information to record
• remember how to spell the words being recorded
• record information legibly
• understand and apply mathematical reasoning

EDUCATIONAL THERAPISTS ARE ABLE TO:

• focus specifically on students’ areas of difficulty and deal with problems as they arise during the actual learning process
• maintain the intensity of focus needed to help the student work through difficulties
• develop the trust needed to free the student to accept and work on difficult areas

PARENTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO:

• provide structure and accountability
• supervise homework
• maintain regular contact with the educational therapist to increase understanding of the therapy process and collaborate in providing an effective program for their child