Learning Disabilities & ADHD Treatment in St. Louis

How Does a Child with a Learning Disability or ADHD

Learn How to Read?

One-way to think of children with learning disabilities is to see them with brains that have not fully developed in some area(s). A child with a reading disability will see a typed page a little differently than most.

Consider what actually happens when we read. First, the brain only sees black ink on white paper. Yes, at first, that’s all we see! Why? Think about it.

Think about seeing just one character in Greek or Japanese – here’s one  S  複. They look strange, right? That’s because they are strange. Our brains have never seen such a character, and so we need to have our brains search memory to see if we know anything about that character. We are actually searching to see if we know this character, as a cartoon, as a picture, or just a doodle. If there is nothing there, we are lost. What is it? Well, it’s black ink on white paper. Nothing more to us. Yet.

Beyond black ink on white paper a child begins to see repetitive characters, A, B, C that correspond to the little song they would sing about the alphabet. That’s fun! They have no idea what it means yet, but they are fun to see and fun to sing. Over time, their eyes are getting used to these characters, and getting more familiar with them. They begin to know them when they are written on blocks, on boards, on puzzles.

Interested in finding out more about a child’s brain and what it takes to learn how to read?

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This Special Report will outline the following: 

• Alternatives to medication that you may not want to use or that is not being helpful now for your child.
• Information on how to determine if neurofeedback is right for you and your family.

• The truth about common misconceptions surrounding neurofeedback and how it can improve your daily life.

Before working with any professional, arm yourself with the facts about how the brain works and what can be done to help your child’s brain start functioning more efficiently.  

Here’s why this is SO IMPORTANT…by knowing the facts surrounding common brain and learning disability misconceptions, you can get clear on how your child can be helped with new technologies, options and potentially avoid years of difficulty.