Category: Something to Think About
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The importance of headphones during HOPE therapy sessions. He who has headphones, let him hear. “Do I need to wear headphones?,” “He/she will be working in a quiet room,” “I’m the only one in the house when I do the program,” and “They mess up my hair!” So the headphones are found in various places…
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During a recent staff meeting a question was posed and open for discussion. The discussion was lively and quite fun. The question was “What kind of changes are parents seeing in their students after enrollment in the HOPE Learning Disability Therapy Program?” It was exciting to hear the stories and what we came out with…
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You may have heard about dyslexia, which is a reading disability. But have you ever heard of dyscalculia? You may be surprised to know that dyscalculia is a math learning disability which can cause significant difficulties and bring a great deal of stress into the lives of people who live with them. Dyscalculia is officially…
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A tenth grader enrolled in the LDHope Learning Therapy in July of last year. At the time, he was getting D’s and F’s in all his classes, he could not understand what he read, and he had very little self confidence. When he started the HOPE therapy he gave it everything he had. However, he…
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One of the most complex mental activities we can engage in is reading. When you look at brain scans taken while the subjects are reading you see many of the areas of the brain lit up with activity. As we read we are simultaneously using our knowledge of sound segments (phonemes) and the connection between…
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Fostering Reading Comprehension One of the most complex mental activities we can engage in is reading. When you look at brain scans taken while the subjects are reading you see many of the areas of the brain lit up with activity. As we read we are simultaneously using our knowledge of sound segments (phonemes) and…