EDUCATIONAL THERAPY

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IS IT FOR YOU?

Educational therapy is defined as “intensive individualized intervention for students with learning challenges that may be a result of neurological, cognitive, developmental, language, and emotional issues” (The Association of Educational Therapists)

—The Association of Educational Therapists

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Tailored Plans

Educational therapy is offered in one-on-one and small group settings. The purpose of these interventions is to address the underlying causes of learning difficulties, rather than simply trying to remediate symptoms or focus on improvement in one subject area. Instruction in this setting is geared to be just above the student’s current level of functioning. Expectations are then raised for performance and, as a relationship is cultivated between child and therapist, this will facilitate even more growth.

As a result of educational therapy, your child will become a competent and confident, lifelong learner. Children develop new skills to address their unique learning challenges, and the benefits of these gains reach to the classroom and beyond.

What to Expect with Educational Therapy:

Lisa enjoys partnering with schools, parents and other professionals to enhance a child’s educational experience. Often receiving a referral from educators, medical professionals or counselors, Lisa will participate in a consultation with the parent to learn if educational therapy services are suited for the child’s specific needs. She also ensures that parents’ expectations are consistent with what educational therapy will entail and can offer the child.

After the initial parent conversation, Lisa will administer an assessment or use testing results if they’ve been completed recently enough. She then develops a treatment plan with short-term and long-term goals. Scientific, evidence-based instruction is provided to each child, and services are often provided two times a week in a group or individual setting. Children know they are at Lisa’s offer to work, but they also have fun and usually leave with a smile on their face!

Would my child benefit from educational therapy?

If you or someone else has noticed any of the following characteristics in your child, you may want to consider educational therapy services:

Difficulty with language expression or comprehension
Difficulty with concentration or paying attention
Loss of self-esteem related to learning
Resistance to schoolwork or attendance
Lack of progress at school or questionable ability to learn or gain knowledge at school. Excessive time or parent support needed to complete homework
Struggles with school work as assignments become more challenging

Is your child already receiving additional intervention services in the school setting? You may want to pursue educational therapy services if you feel that your child needs more individualized interventions beyond what the school can offer. You may also need help coordinating the services that multiple specialists provide your child. Lisa gladly assists parents in interpreting reports and recommendations from your child’s specialists.

How does educational therapy differ from classroom instruction and tutoring?

A variety of choices exist when it comes to helping your child make progress in learning. Below is a side-by-side comparison of how educational therapy compares to classroom instruction and tutoring.

Educational Therapy

Addresses underlying causes of learning difficulties
Has extensive experience and training working with children with thinking and learning differences
Retraining the brain to equip child to be competent and confident for a lifetime of learning.
Classroom Education

Variety of subjects taught
May have limited experience, time or resources to help children with thinking and learning differences.
Teacher is involved in child’s life for one year and teaches information for that year
Tutoring

Focus is on providing homework assistance in a specific subject matter
May have limited experience working with children with thinking and learning differences.
Tutoring helps make advances in one specific subject area for current level being targeted

How does educational therapy differ from classroom instruction and tutoring?

A variety of choices exist when it comes to helping your child make progress in learning. Below is a side-by-side comparison of how educational therapy compares to classroom instruction and tutoring.

Educational Therapy

Focus is broader and addresses underlying causes of learning difficulties
Individualized or group services available
Extensive training and experience as well as time to address underlying learning difficulties.

Classroom Education

Variety of subjects taught
Group setting
May have less time and resources to help child deal with underlying learning difficulties

Tutoring

Focus on a specific subject matter and provides homework assistance in specific subject
Group or 1:1
Remediation of difficulties in one subject area

  
      Educational Therapy
      Classroom Therapy
       Tutoring 
    
	Focus is broader and addresses underlying causes of learning difficulties
    Variety of subjects taught 
    Focus on a specific subject matter and provides homework assistance in specific subject
  
	Individualized or group services available    
	Group setting
	Group or 1:1
     
Extensive training and experience as well as time to address underlying learning difficulties.
May have less time and resources to help child deal with underlying learning difficulties
 Remediation of difficulties in one subject area

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Collaboration with all significant people involved in the child’s education and development.

May partner with other teachers and, at times, parents
May partner with parents

Orton Gillingham

While many therapists and tutors claim to use the Orton-Gillingham approach in their services, Lisa has a certain level (xxx what level?) of certification through the Orton-Gillingham Academy for this training.

So, what exactly is the O-G Approach? The Orton-Gillingham Approach is defined by the O-G Academy (doublecheck this) as “a direct, explicit, multisensory, structured, sequential, diagnostic, and prescriptive way to teach literacy when reading, writing, and spelling does not come easily to individuals, such as those with dyslexia.”

The Orton-Gillingham Approach is named after its founding contributors, Samuel T. Orton and Anna Gillingham, who began their work in the early 20th century.

Orton was a neuropsychiatrist and pathologist as well as a pioneer in focusing attention on reading failure and related language processing difficulties.

In 1925, he had already identified the syndrome of dyslexia as an educational problem. Anna Gillingham was an educator and psychologist who compiled and published instructional materials as early as the 1930s.

Their work provided the foundation for student instruction and teacher training in what became known as the Orton-Gillingham Approach.

The Approach is most often associated with a one-on-one teacher-student instructional model.

It may also be used in a group setting. Reading, spelling and writing difficulties are the primary needs addressed with this approach, but it has also been found to help with math challenges.

Materials and lessons are provided in a way that is suited to the child’s current level of skill.

The pace of instruction is determined by a child’s progress and is based on the child’s individual strengths and weaknesses.

Methods

Phonological Awareness

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Phonics

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Fluency

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Vocabulary

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Comprehension

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