When students struggle in school, tutoring is a common first line of attack. Unfortunately for students like Carlos, tutoring can mean years of extra help without seeing the desired results.
Sherrie Hardy explains this common problem by likening the learning process to a building. When a problem occurs “Tutoring works on the roof. This does not improve the overall structural stability if problems exist in the foundation and walls.” In her 35 years working with children she has found that there is a 95% chance that a students’ struggles are due to problems with one of five components of the learning foundation: poor processing speed (thinking speed) , poor print tracking, auditory processing weaknesses, sensory integration weaknesses and poor visual memory skills. The good news is once students strengthen these areas, they can find success.
The Hardy Learning Center offers a “New School” solution that helps students repair all levels of their learning. This program works to improve the brain’s most precise timing: millisecond timing. It is involved in many of our daily functions like speech and attention. By refining this timing, students like Carlos see improvements in activities that use millisecond timing. This includes: reading, math, focus, decision making, memory and following directions. “It can improve reading and math skills by about a year and a half” reports Hardy.
Hardy herself became a proponent 32 years ago when an earlier version of the program helped her struggling daughters find success. Using her information from her education and experience she uses the Interactive Metronome as a part of the Hardy Brain Training. She has helped over 900 students in the last seven years and would welcome the opportunity to talk to you about your situation.
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