Using a system to help your child will work if you identify the current level of cognitive learning skills. You need to create an action plan that will target the weak skills and strengthen them.
You shouldn’t focus on the strong skills. They’re already strong, so you need to focus on the weak ones so you can improve them over time.
Once you specify the weak skills, it’s time to implement the plan and both you and your child need to commit to success. This is the beginning to your plan and the success your child will have when you work this plan from beginning to end.
When you strengthen weak cognitive skills through brain training, your child will create new neuropathways and you’ll find your child will learn easier and it’ll be more efficient. I offer services that use specific programs to help you achieve what is described below.
Here are 10 steps that you should follow to help transform your child into an independent learner.
1. Create a program that is specific to your child’s cognitive assessment.
With a program designed for your child’s needs you’ll learn your child’s strengths and weaknesses in relation to school. During this stage you will review your child's assessment results, understand what motivates your child and make a decision on which program will work best for your child.
2. Transformation becomes your student’s
priority.
You examine when time will be made to strengthen your child’s cognitive skills. A big part of this step is to prioritize daily task lists for your child.
3. Baseline your child’s present challenges.
You need to determine the goals your child needs to reach. You can easily acknowledge where your child currently is and where you want your child to be!
4. Baseline your child from the teacher’s
perspective.
Your child’s teacher will play an important part of goals you set, so you need to write a letter to the school. Your child’s teacher will need to lock in one to two concerns about your child in the class. Once this is complete you can work with your child’s teacher so you’ll receive regular updates. This will also work if you home school your child.
5 . Existing schoolwork will be integrated.
You’ll do research to understand how your child studies, organizes, and manages time. During this step, you integrate school assignments and tests so you’ll know how to begin applying strategies your child has learned.
These are the first 5 steps you’ll use when you decide you want to help your child learn easier and better. In the next issue we’ll cover the remaining 5 steps. When this is complete you’ll know exactly what you need to do to help your child.
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