Who is NILD Educational Therapy for?

Our learning center in Greenfield provides students with the tools to succeed in the traditional classroom setting.  Students that can be successful with our services are:

· Students behind peers in reading and math, writing skills and executive functioning.         

· Students with Learning Disorders/Disabilities

· Cognitively low functioning and slow learners

· Students with high functioning autism

· Students with ADHD

Students who struggle with the emotional fallout of having a “disability” or weakness that results in anxiety, fear, shame, and more.

· Not sure if your child would benefit? Give Debbie a call at 815-978-4055 or email her at debbie@CC4Learners.com

Why Use a Licensed NILD Therapist?

· Therapists receive standardized training to develop knowledge and practice standards that align with research-based best-practice methodologies.

· Therapists are held to high standards of ethical practice.

· Licensing protects the efficacy of NILD educational therapy methods.

· Licensing ensures your child is getting the highest quality educational intervention and support.

· Licensing ensures your child is receiving educational therapy proven to be effective. 

· For more information you can visit the NILD website at:  http://www.nild.org

How Does Therapy Help?

There are two basic approaches to dealing with learning disabilities—compensation and direct intervention..

Compensation

The first and most common is compensation—helping students work around their deficit areas by using their strengths.  In an academic setting, this usually takes the form of tutoring and classroom modifications, such as untimed tests and reduced workload. Compensation allows students to succeed with outside help, but leaves them limited in what they can do on their own.

Direct Intervention

The second approach is direct intervention—helping students strengthen their areas of deficit so they are no longer limited by them.  Teaching students HOW to learn allows students the eventual freedom of succeeding on their own as independent learners.

NILD Educational Therapy is a direct, language-based intervention for students with learning difficulties similar to occupational and speech therapies.  Our focus is to strengthen the underlying causes of learning difficulties rather than simply treating the symptoms. Our therapy is individualized and aims the intervention just above the student’s level of functioning and raises expectations for performance.  Students are trained to view themselves as competent, confident learners. 

More information about the educational services, components, and length and frequency of sessions are available by calling Debbie at 815-978-4055 or email debbie@CC4Learners.com.