The Arrowsmith Program® at Alliance Charter Academy – Community Education
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- The Arrowsmith Program® deals with the root causes of the learning disability rather than managing its symptoms.
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Director, Arrowsmith Program 245 St. Clair Ave. West Toronto, Ontario (Canada), M4V 1R3 The Arrowsmith Program® Introduction The following introduction is a summary of the information provided by The Arrowsmith Program®. For complete information, please review the website at: www.arrowsmithschool.org/arrrowsmithprogram. Alliance Charter Academy Community Education (ACA-CE) specifically disclaims and makes no warranty as to the results of The Arrowsmith Program®. Founded by Barbara Arrowsmith Young in 1978, The Arrowsmith Program® is based on two lines of research. The first body of work, research by neuropsychologist Dr. A.R. Luria, established that different areas of the brain, working together, are responsible for complex mental activities, such as reading or writing. It also demonstrated that a weakness in one area can affect a number of different learning processes. The second line of research, that of Dr. M.R. Rosenzweig, investigated the principle of neuroplasticity, which is the ability of the brain to physically change in response to stimulus and activity, to develop new neuronal/synaptic interconnections and thereby develop and adapt new functions and roles believed to be the physical mechanism of learning. (For more detail watch video introduction to Arrowsmith- www.arrowsmithschool.org/arrowsmithprogram-background/intro-video.html ) Neuroplasticity refers to structural and functional changes in the brain that are brought about by training and experience. Research in neuroscience is leading to new insights into the ways in which the brain changes in response to experience and points to the conclusion that the brain is not static but rather is dynamically changing and undergoes such changes throughout one’s entire life. These two lines of research led Arrowsmith Young to reason that, if particular areas of the brain are responsible for certain cognitive functions, a task which stimulates that area should enable it to become stronger and have greater capacity for learning. Traditionally, students with learning disabilities have been treated with programs designed to compensate for their difficulties – students who have difficulty with handwriting, for example, would be taught to use a keyboard or accommodated with more time to write exams. The goal of The Arrowsmith Program®, by contrast, is to help students strengthen the weak cognitive capacities underlying their learning dysfunctions. The Arrowsmith Program® deals with the root causes of the learning disability rather than managing its symptoms. The Arrowsmith Program® is capacity based, in that it changes the capacity of the individual to learn, rather than compensate, which tries to work around the problem. Strengthening these weaker capacities increases the overall functioning of these specific cognitive areas allowing them to be used effectively for learning. The goal of The Arrowsmith Program® is for individuals to become effective, confident and self-directed learners for life and to enable them to achieve their goals of academic and career success. It has proven successful with students in elementary and secondary school through to post-secondary school and with adults. According to the research, most students return to a full academic curriculum at their appropriate grade level following completion of a three or four year program. Upon completion of the program some students may require one to two years to gain experience using their newly strengthened cognitive capacities and some students may need tutoring initially to bring academic skills to grade level given the limited amount of time within the program to address academic skill deficits. If a student is unable to complete the three to four year program, they achieve benefit for every year they are in the program. The Arrowsmith Program® is suitable for students across the broad spectrum of mild to severe learning problems. The program has proven effective for students who have difficulty with reading, writing and mathematics, comprehension, logical reasoning, problem solving, visual and auditory memory, non-verbal learning, attention, processing speed and dyslexia. For more detailed information and research data pertaining to The Arrowsmith Program®, please visit their website at www.arrowsmithschool.org/arrrowsmithprogram. More Information And Resources About The Arrowsmith Program® BOOKS
RESEARCH The Arrowsmith Program® has also undergone a number of research evaluations with excellent results. Recent research, conducted through a grant from the Donner Canadian Foundation, summarizes how The Arrowsmith Program® cognitive exercises are directly and very specifically related to a wide range of learning difficulties. The report describes the relationship between the function of the cognitive areas for which The Arrowsmith Program® has developed specific, targeted exercises, the learning difficulties if a student has a deficit in the cognitive area, and the learning outcomes achieved upon completion of The Arrowsmith Program® exercises. There have been a number of studies that have demonstrated improvements in student’s academic skills upon completion of The Arrowsmith Program® cognitive exercises. The increased cognitive capacities have enabled students to acquire a wide range of academic skills. All of the research has demonstrated a clear link between successful completion of The Arrowsmith Program® cognitive exercises and improvements in basic academic skills. See http://www.arrowsmithschool.org/arrowsmithprogram-background/research.html. PARENT TESTMONIALS http://www.eatonarrowsmithschool.com/testimonials/ www.arrowsmithschool.org. Is The Arrowsmith Program® Suitable For Your Child? Each student is unique in his or her combination of problem areas and The Arrowsmith Program® addresses the most common areas. Under functioning areas of the brain are treated like weak muscles and are intensely stimulated through mental exercises to produce strengthened learning capacities in the specific areas that have been identified, through assessment, as weak. Each exercise has been designed to target a specific area of learning difficulty and each student's program is tailored for that student's particular needs. These include written, visual, auditory and computer exercises. The exercises for each dysfunction are repetitive in order to intensely stimulate specific areas of the brain. Each student is tested at the end of each year to assess progress and the student's program is adapted as needed. Parents are required to review the list of Learning Dysfunctions Addressed on the Arrowsmith website (http://www.arrowsmithschool.org/arrowsmithschool-toronto/suitable.html), which contains a list of the learning problems that The Arrowsmith Program® addresses and their common features. The typical student who is eligible for enrollment and is suitable for participation in The Arrowsmith Program®:
These are guidelines only. There are many students who fall within these guidelines; others who may require further consideration and still others for whom Arrowsmith feels this program cannot provide meaningful benefit. For example, Arrowsmith doesn’t recommend children with severe autism for their program, but they have had some success with high functioning students with Asperger Syndrome. Some professionals consider Asperger Syndrome to be the same as or similar to high functioning autism, others associate it with non-verbal learning disorder. There is no hard and fast rule and we will consider their appropriateness for The Arrowsmith Program® in consultation with the student’s parents. The parties acknowledge that the above factors are merely guidelines and that all applicants to the program shall be reviewed on a case by case basis, including whether or not an individual, even with a disabling condition as defined under the Americans with Disabilities Act or Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, could participate in the program with reasonable accommodation(s). Use of [Trademark] is authorized by Arrowsmith Program U.S. Inc. under license from Brainex Corporation. Directory: wp-content -> uploads -> 2015 2015 -> Police Militarization 2015 -> 2015 ihbb championships: hs history Bowl Round 4 – Prelims First Quarter 2015 -> Wrtp/big step · 3841 W. Wisconsin Ave., Milwaukee, wi 53208 2015 -> Rao bulletin 1 December 2015 html edition this bulletin contains the following articles 2015 -> Darton College 2015 -> Training Workshop on Planning and Implementation of Multi-Sectoral Development Programme (MsDP) in Bihar Date : 6th 2015 -> Rao bulletin 15 June 2015 html edition this bulletin contains the following articles 2015 -> Rao bulletin 1 September 2015 html edition this bulletin contains the following articles 2015 -> Rao bulletin 1 August 2015 html edition this bulletin contains the following articles 2015 -> Science, and transportation united states senate Download 25.66 Kb. Share with your friends:
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