Our Academic Skills program is designed to give students the opportunity to develop their abilities in a wide range of skills, depending on their needs. Program participants work one-on-one with trained tutors to identify and work on their specific areas of challenge and learn how to utilize their areas of strength. Learning these skills can help to increase success across many subject areas and reduce the stress level of the overall school experience.

Skills such as reading for purpose, understanding course outlines, assignment breakdown and completion, research skills, organization of self and belongings, test taking, time and stress management are all necessary for success and well-being at school. However, children and youth sometimes require extra support or repetition of teaching or explicit instructions of how to master these skills.

Tutors work with participants to gain an understanding of what their daily events and expectations are. After this is clearly understood, the participants work with the guidance of their tutor to create an easy-to-follow, effective method of keeping track of what has been done and what needs to be done. Participants also complete a ‘learning styles inventory’ that helps them determine what style of learning and studying is most effective for them (such as visual, auditory, reading, etc.).

FALL Schedule: September 23rd – December 14th. Monday – Thursday 3:30 pm- 7:30 pm. Please identify your preferred times on the registration form.

COST: 35.00 per 1 hour session. No child is turned away. Financial assistance may be available. Contact us for more information.

Effective reading and writing are fundamental to your child’s overall success in school; however, they are some of the most challenging skills a student has to develop and apply throughout their academic career. At LDABC The Learning Curve, we teach not only reading and writing, but also thinking skills. Our goal is to cultivate overall literacy by supporting each student’s individual learning processes and fostering their confidence along the way.

This program is designed for any student who is struggling with reading or writing. Your child does not have to have an assessment for learning disabilities to qualify. What we do during our sessions is as diverse as the learners who attend our programs. Our approach is strength based and focuses on the whole child.

While the overall program is structured according to the current reading remediation research, each child will focus on their own individualized goals during their session with a tutor. Parents will meet with the tutor during the first session to discuss how to best tailor this program to their child’s needs. These goals and activities can be changed as often as necessary to fit your child’s development.

FALL SCHEDULE: September 23rd – December 14th. Monday – Thursday 3:30 pm- 7:30 pm. Please identify your preferred times on the registration form.

COST: $35.00 per  1 hour session. No child is turned away. Financial assistance may be available. Contact us for more information.

NEW WRITING WORKSHOP!

An opportunity for children and youth to explore their inner author and superhero at the same time.  This fun workshop provides children assessed with learning and/or attention challenges that impact their written expression with an opportunity to explore and write about their strengths, inner thoughts and feelings through a variety of activities.

FALL SCHEDULE: MONDAYS October 7th – November 4th (No session on October 14th). 3:30 pm- 4:30 pm

COST: $100.00/ 4 sessions (includes a parent follow-up session)

Our programs are designed to be fun and use play to explore common themes for children and youth with learning and behavior challenges. Each group provides:

• Opportunities to self reflect within a safe environment
• Exploration, expression and validation of feelings and emotions

Our goal is to create an environment where each child and youth will experience safety, support and understanding within a group setting.

Parents are provided with a follow up session to understand and support their child’s healthy emotional and social development.

FALL SCHEDULE

Dates                                          Times

WEDNESDAYS    OCTOBER 2 – NOVEMBER 6^th                    4:00 pm – 5:00 pm      AGE RANGE:  10 -13

WEDNESDAYS    November 13^th – December 18^th        4:00 pm – 5:00 pm          AGE RANGE   9-12

THURSDAYS       October 17^th – November 28^th            3:30 pm – 4:30 pm

AGE RANGE  7-10

No sessions on Statutory Holidays or October 31st (Halloween).

COST: $150.00/5 sessions and 1parent consultation (last session) on how to continue to support their child’s emotional and social development.

No child is turned away. Financial assistance is available for those who need it. Contact us for more information.