Gifted--Not Broken

Neuro-Linguistic Learning Center

Helping Children, Teens and Adults Succeed in the 21st Century

Gifted—Not Broken: Overcoming Dyslexia,
ADHD and Other Learning Challenges.

Of all the lessons we’ve learned at the Neuro-Linguistic Learning Center, the most important seems to be that no two children or people are alike. Every person has his or her own strategies for storing, processing and remembering various types of sensory input (information). Every individual has his or her own motivations, gifts and challenges.

For this reason, every potential client is evaluated to determine their own unique strategies for learning and processing information. NLC Learning Specialists tailor the curriculum and coaching to meet the specific needs of the child.

Every evaluation begins by listening to the experiences and challenges of the person. It is a person’s own personal experience of himself and the world around him that often provides the most valuable information. Very often it is the parents who have had the greatest opportunity to see and appreciate a child’s gifts first-hand.

After the various struggles, symptoms and complaints are explored, the “gifts” of the particular learning challenge are explained in gentle and understandable terms. It’s often a great relief and comfort to parents and children to discover that they are not broken and that they are not alone in their struggles.

Understanding the gifts that the child brings to the world is critical to effective treatment. It is his or her abilities, rather than dis-abilities, which hold the key to effective learning, understanding and growth.

For children with Dyslexia and ADHD, these abilities might include: an intense curiosity, creative, out-of-the-box thinking and excellent visual and spatial (non-verbal) processing abilities.

Both Auditory and Visual processing skills are evaluated and the client is assessed for brain dominance. Clients are evaluated on their ability to focus and concentrate.

An NLC evaluation may also include tests for eye-tracking, sensory integration, visual orientation and the child’s ability to process information across the midline. These abilities are critical to effective reading, writing and information processing.

Potential clients are observed as they are asked various questions and as they view various shapes. Their responses help determine how the client is processing information. Good communication between the right brain and the left brain is critical to regulating behavior as well as converting short-term memory into long-term memory.

If there is a reasonable basis to conclude that one or more of the therapies used at the Neuro-Linguistic Learning Center will effect a positive change, the person will be invited to enroll in one or more of the programs at the Learning Center.

Please send my free booklet,
“Gifted—Not Broken: Overcoming Dyslexia,
ADHD and Other Learning Challenges.”