goody613- I don’t understand what you’re saying, can you comment again?

The children who are in the program and who are also in a regular classroom for part of the day are getting “the best of both worlds”. They have the classroom atmosphere including most important socialization time with their friends/classmates and they get the cognitive exercises in arrowsmith. The classroom academics which they are missing out on is the very reason that they need Arrowsmith. They are usually sitting in the classroom NOT getting the information being taught. For a child to feel helpless and lost in the classroom and then to come home after a full day and not know how or what to do with the homework let alone a test or reports, is doing a tremendous disservice to him/her. I don’t know who you got your information from about the students not having dramatic improvements, but, a) like we said in the past, this is not a magic potion, it takes many weeks and months to show improvement, b) the “proof is in the pudding” because about 98% of the students that began last year are continuing this year. It’s not cheap so it must’ve shown good enough results to do it again.

Every parent has to know what’s best for their childs developement. All I’m trying to do is inform our community about a “new to our circles” program that has proven itself for over 30 years in Canada. Check the website out. Check the book The Brain That Changes Itself by Dr. Norman Doidge who devotes the entire chapter 2 to Arrowsmith. I’m not knocking, Chas V’Shalom, any of the therapies. They all work. Arrowsmith incorporates every single therapy including vision, handwriting, occupational and speech. It’s strenuous congnitive exercises done not just a few times a week but daily. Each childs needs is assessed individually. It can help for 19 different learning dysfunctions including dyslexia and A.D.D. BTW, it’s not just for children/teenagers but in Canada they opened many centers that are for adults-it helps with short and long term memory issues…

You are 100% correct. For those of you who have gone through many of the other programs, you know that your childs’ issues have not gone away. The resource rooms and therapies help each child (tremendously) by breaking down the information, on a much slower pace so that they can learn accordingly. To understand Arrowsmith is to know that it is NOT a teaching type of class. It is brain strenghthening exercizes that after time actually “fixes” the difficiencies/disabilities that the kids have. No it’s not magic. It’s very hard work but with 1 to 3 (or 4, if very severe) years time he/she will reap the rewards. PS-there are a group of kids that just graduated elementary school Ichud program who still don’t belong anywhere for high school. I know that some are trying desperately to get into Arrowsmith.

It’s not too late to enroll your son or daughter into the Arrowsmith Program. Have your child evaluated this week so that another year of pain and suffering won’t occur, Chas V’Shalom.

Just to add a few pointers; the earlier you start your child, the fewer years of suffering you and your child will have. To have to go through evaluations for therapies, finding the right therapists, going to and from therapy, classroom interruptions, etc.,etc.,etc. When your son/daughter is high school age it’s not too late, as a matter of fact it might be your last chance of saving their future! Instead of having your child wandering the hallways of school out of boredom and “chalila” finding other interests, he/she can overcome their difficulties and their futures will be IY”H much easier.

Great info from Jothar. Also on the website, is a short video demonstrating the program. If anyone wants to speak to some parents or one of our teachers (who go for specialized training classes) please contact us asap. If any parent in one of the existing yeshiva/schools that has the program wants to have their child evaluated, now would be time.

Thank you Jax for the encouraging comment. Please spread this information to whoever might need it. Especially for any teen who’s tried every which way to pull him/herself up from the bottom of the class with tutors/rebbe, resource room, therapy… this might be the last chance! To fix the issues that are hindering the childs ability to learn and function like their peers, or beyond, is amazing. Check it out before another year of struggle begins.

The girls schools and the yeshivas understand that each child is working very hard in the Arrowsmith classes that they are attending and also they do have homework to do as well at night. Therefore, the boy/girls are not responsible for the classroom material that they are missing. The parents along with the Arrowsmith teacher will decide before the schoolyear begins which classes are most benificiary the the child to be in the classroom. For example, a 4th or 5th grader would benefit greater to be doing an Arrowsmith session than sitting in a classroom and learning social studies. Also, please understand that even if the child is missing important classes like math or Chumash, most likely he is sitting for hours in class and not really “getting” the information and then he has to be tutored in that subject anyways. So when he does the Arrowsmith program and strengthens the area that he/she is lacking in then he can learn and understand the concepts (of math/Chumash/Gemorrah, etc.) that much quicker and never need help or tutoring anymore.