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About Educational Therapy
We provide specialized therapy services for children and teenagers with learning disorders like dyslexia and dyscalculia based on findings in the field of neuropsychology and brain research. If you suspect that your child could have a learning disorder, please see your doctor or contact us for further consultation.
Symptoms of learning disorder
Every child has individual strengths and weaknesses and a bad mark in school does not mean that a child is suffering from a learning disorder. Symptoms associated with a specific learning disorder are:
- Difficulty in combining sounds and syllables when reading
- Difficulty memorizing and using orthographic rules
- Sound-based spelling is kept for a long time
- Difficulty paying attention to one task for a longer time
- inconsistent spelling (spelling of the same word varies over time)
- Developmental delay in motor skills and in visual and auditory abilities
- Confusion between left and right and/or mirror writing
- Difficulty playing finger games and learning movement sequences
- Using fingers for counting
- Difficulty crossing the tens barrier
- Difficulties interpreting quantities and numbers
- Difficulties understanding text problems and logical relationships
Difficulties may occur either in the field of writing/reading or in the field of arithmetics or in both fields.
Dislexia and discalculia have nothing to do with lacking in intelligence! The term »Specific learning disorder« (SLD) is used to define circumscribed disorders in certain areas that are not caused by intellectual disability. In fact, many normally intelligent students and even highly gifted individuals are effected by those specific disorders. However, school and learning problems can have numerous causes and careful assessment is necessary in each individual case.
Dyslexia and discalculia can only be diagnosed by specially trained physicians, psychologists or therapists. We therefore strongly encourage you to seek professional help if your child shows signs of a learning disorder.
Therapy for learning disorder
Educational therapy addresses the underlying learning skills that are essential for reading, writing and math. We work with each child on an individual basis, recognizing each child's needs and the stage he or she is currently in. This way, stress and excessive demand are avoided, allowing the child to build a positive attitude towards learning.
Our therapeutical approach combines findings from brain research, medical science and educational sciences. The methods are based on the functioning of the human brain, thereby allowing children to quickly develop more effective learning strategies. We know today, for example, that motor, perception and learning skills are closely interlinked and, therefore, choose learning exercises that involve the whole body and all senses.
Other important components of the therapy include the stimulation of attention and the ability to concentrate and bolstering the child's self-confidence.
