What is Needed for Success

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The goal is for your child to become a more effective and efficient student  - a successful student. We also want to reduce the stress that you or/and your child might be feeling as a result of these academic challenges. We will work from a strength-based, interest based, solution oriented, and family system perspective. 

                                                           Your child will develop these skills 

ORGANIZATIONAL SKILLS                TIME MANAGEMENT               NOTE TAKING SKILLS           STUDY SKILLS      

TEST TAKING STRATEGIES      MEMORIZATION STRATEGIES         EFFECTIVE USE OF CLASSROOM TIME  

• Provide one-on-one academic support, in your child's home, in all ways necessary so that your child can achieve their short term goals in light of their long term goals.
• Provide emotional support for the student
• Provide crisis intervention -  academic, social or/and emotional
• Communicate with your child in between appointments to follow up with weekly progress (did you finish the assignment; how did you do on that test; how is that group work going?)
• Discuss and agree upon what is to be accomplished for each and every session
• With permission, communicate with your child’s teachers or other staff members on your child’s behalf
• Work with the teachers’ and course goals in mind

• Provide emotional support for the parents 
• Provide guidance for parents who would like to explore the possibility of receiving additional support from the school
• Provide assistance with preparing for meetings so that the goals of the meetings are reached
• Provide continuous feedback and responses to any questions, comments or concerns
• Remove the burden from parents