Behavioral training and management. Behavioral training and management uses positive reinforcement, self-help, and social skills training to improve behavior and communication.
Moving Your Eyes Improves Memory, Study Suggests
Working Memory is Key to Academic Success
Reading Comprehension
Saccadic Eye Movements
Electronic Screen Syndrome
Over the years, we have listened to many parents share heartbreaking stories about their children. These stories range from unexplainable failing grades and inability to focus to total defiance of authority figures and fits of uncontrollable rage. Fortunately, Dr. Dunckley suggests a solution that she has found to be extremely effective and that our team at Academics Plus has seen benefits from as well.
Differences in Language Circuits in Brain Linked to Dyslexia
Children with dyslexia, despite displaying intellectual ability in other areas and having received appropriate education, often have difficulties with reading, writing and spelling. The June 2010 issue of Elsevier’s Cortex contains findings from Vanderbilt University, Johns Hopkins University and Kennedy Krieger Institute researchers that suggest “a connection between difficulties with written language and structural differences in the brain”
Why Our Research?
Many of our students are faced with learning disabilities, challenges and differences. We know that for students, and parents, facing a diagnosis or difference, navigating what to do, what to believe and where to turn can be confusing, difficult and even scary.
To help, our team has put together a series of blogs and articles on the latest research on learning disabilities and how we, at Academics Plus, develop a core curriculum and best practices based on the latest thinking. Our goal - to help students overcome and work through their challenges to become confident, teachable students.