Dyslexia and ADHD are just a couple of the learning and attention difficulties facing many children today. On Feb. 5, we chatted with Jason Cruickshank, Principal of Eaton Arrowsmith School in Victoria BC. This school works with youth who are facing these issues and uses a unique program of 19 exercises individually tailored to meet their needs.
Rather than teach these students strategies to bypass the weaker areas of the brain (as is the most common instructional approach for students with learning disabilities – called accommodations), the program works to strengthen those areas; as the capacity for learning in the associated areas increases, learning in mainstream environments is more achievable. Less cognitive effort is then needed to process information efficiently and effectively, enabling students to keep up to regular instruction.
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I wish there were more schools – all over the continent
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