LearningRx Eagan News

Summer reading is so important. It’s a great time to continue to grow your child’s skills and abilities.  It is important to keep your child mentally active over the summer, especially in reading as you want to avoid the “summer slide”.  The “summer slide” is the dynamic where the average student loses roughly 30% of their ...

This summer it’s time for an evidence based approach!  Summer is the time of year that many families look for tutoring options.  But maybe this year is the time to review your options and consider something evidence based. If you have a child who struggled this past school year, now is the time to provide an intervention ...

We love having the privilege of changing the trajectory of a child’s life.  We often receive updates from students we have worked with many years ago and the success they have achieved since their LearningRx training.  This is not surprising as one of the greatest benefits of our cognitive skills training is that the gains are long ...

In helping your child learn to read or read at grade level, it’s important to ask – “Why are they below grade level and struggling in reading?” Roughly 70% of students can learn to read without much difficulty, however, the other 30% need extra reading help. In addition, there is data showing that if a student ...

As parents seek attention help or ADHD help, it can be overwhelming given there are so many options for ADHD. Meet Kilian.  Kilian was diagnosed with ADHD at a young age and his mom, Anne, tried everything to help him.  Before LearningRx, Kilian had done ADHD medication, ADHD coaching, counseling, tutoring and he had an IEP.  However, these ...

We have many families contact us to help their child improve their study skills.  Study and homework issues like procrastination, poor test taking, poor organizational skills and difficulties with prioritizing and time management are common.   Tutoring strategies can help as students bring their homework and work through it with the help of a tutor.  This can help ...

If you are seeking reading help for learners with dyslexia, the good news is that many children with dyslexia thrive at school and later in life! With the right kind of training, it’s possible to build stronger reading skills and overcome learning difficulties. Even adults with dyslexia can strengthen reading skills!  Finding the Right Help ...

If you or a loved one consistently struggles with reading, brain training to build reading skills may be the key to improving. Many interventions aim to help build reading skills. Students and families can try tutoring, afterschool programs, or learning strategies to live with reading struggles. What if a reading struggle was just a sign ...

If your child is struggling, it’s helpful to catch them early and empower success through early intervention. Parents have the opportunity to empower success through early intervention. Sully’s sister, Lily, attended LearningRx due to her struggles with reading and attention issues.  Given the success they saw with Lily, when her little brother, Sully, started to struggle, ...

Noah came to LearningRx his senior year and had been struggling as a result of his ADHD and executive function difficulties.  His parents had tried many interventions over the years, but strategies like tutoring, ADHD coaching and school interventions did not help Noah get past these difficulties. His dad shared that they were hoping his LearningRx training would ...