What Is Educational Therapy?
Emotional experiences can substantially enhance or impair a child's ability to learn, pay attention, memorize, process information and use their executive functions.
Educational therapy helps children develop the positive emotional experiences that are essential to doing better in school, improving grades and achieving their goals.
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why it works
Through a strengths-based approach, educational therapy helps kids learn to value their abilities and accept their challenges. With emotional support and a variety of hands-on tools, kids will be more likely to take academic risks and tolerate the frustration of their challenges.
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a Growth Mindset
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Educational therapists help kids develop a growth mindset, the neuroscientific finding that intelligence is not fixed at birth but instead exists on a continuum of growth using the right strategies, support, and effort.
As children internalize this new mindset, they begin to see their mistakes as learning opportunities instead of failures and come to understand that new skills take time to grow.
Ed therapists motivate children with the knowledge that they can grow their intelligence and abilities by working hard, practicing, and believing in themselves.
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I Am The “Boss Of Me”
Educational therapists involve children in every aspect of their work together. By treating kids with respect, listening to their thoughts, and turning their ideas into reality, educational therapists motivate kids to practice the academic, emotional, and social interventions they’ve helped author.
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new family equilibrium
Educational therapists help families return to a sense of normalcy from the disruption and stress that raising a child with a learning disability often creates.
By relieving parents of some of the fear, worry, frustration, and confusion regarding how to help their child succeed, parents can return their attention to siblings and other family matters, as their child’s learning disorder no longer dominates family life.
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educational therapist Vs. TUTOR
Both tutors and educational therapists strive to help children succeed in school but offer vastly different approaches.
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Tutors Teach the “What”
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Tutors focus on WHAT kids learn in specific subjects at school, such as algebra, geography, or French. Success is measured by an improvement in grades.
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Educational Therapists Teach the “How”
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Ed therapists focus on HOW kids learn across every subject by developing broad, long-term academic skills such as managing homework, improving memory, and developing writing skills. Success is measured by an improvement in grades and the development of the social-emotional skills needed to manage the daily challenges of their learning differences.
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Educational Therapists Have Specialized Training
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Educational therapists have master’s degrees and are trained in understanding and remediating children’s learning challenges, including;
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Dyslexia
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ADHD
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Executive Functioning
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Dysgraphia
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Dyscalculia
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Non-Verbal Learning Disorder
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Processing Disorders including audio processing, sensory processing and visual processing
Educational Therapists are guided by the professional standards and code of ethics set by the Association of Educational Therapists.
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