About LearningRx Atlanta – Buckhead
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Susie attended Physical Therapy school at Emory University and earned her Doctor of Physical Therapy degree. She worked at the Atlanta VA Hospital and over time, got married and started raising a family. Susie had the painful experience of having children who struggled in school for various reasons, and became passionate about helping them obtain greater success. She researched tools within the physical therapy field and also enrolled her children in various other interventions: occupational therapy, speech therapy, vision therapy, auditory programs, social thinking classes, tutoring and more. If you can name it, she probably tried it! She saw benefits from everything that was tried and yet she knew there was an important piece of the puzzle that was missing. She just did not know what it was.
My Introduction to LearningRx
After years of research and interventions for her kids, Susie was eventually introduced to LearningRx. She studied the methodology, history and life-changing results clients were achieving through the program. She went to Colorado to see this type of cognitive training firsthand, and was blown away. Immediately she knew this was what was needed for her own children. LearningRx was not a tutoring program but rather a program that strengthened core weaknesses in students’ brains, allowing them to learn, read and process information better, faster and easier. She learned IQ can be changed, struggles can be overcome, and smart kids can get even smarter. She enthusiastically made the switch from physical therapy to cognitive therapy. Now, instead of rehabilitating the body, she is rehabilitating the brain. She refers to herself as a “Brain P.T.”
LearningRx Interventions Make a Personal Impact
Her children were her first clients. Susie’s oldest son, Matthew, was kicked out of his preschool for what appeared to be attention issues. He also had some sensory and social issues. He was having so much trouble at school that she began having panic attacks. She was looking for the most natural way to improve his attention before medication was considered. Matthew’s weakest cognitive skills were short-term memory and processing speed, and the combination of those weaknesses looked like the inability to focus and difficulties with executive functioning. Once she helped bolster those skills through brain training, his attention and executive skills improved! He graduated from a private high school, tackling a challenging curriculum and making the honor roll. He is now a senior in college majoring in Robotics Engineering, and he is extremely well organized, managing his time independently and making great grades! He never needed medication.
Susie’s younger son, Thomas, did not have any specific learning issues. However, they trained him for enhancement, and he became a stronger, more competitive student! He is a sophomore majoring in Computer Science with an emphasis in Artificial Intelligence. Neither had academic struggles after completing LearningRx programs. Even for students who aren’t struggling, higher cognitive skills allow for greater opportunities and achievements throughout school and life.
Susie’s children’s lives have been changed through the individualized LearningRx programs over the years. There is truly no limit to improving your brain!
Time to Give Back
In 2008, Susie opened LearningRx-Atlanta and started her cognitive-training journey. After the personal successes she experienced with her own children, she were thrilled to pass on guidance and hope to other families who struggled like she did. Opening a business was a steep learning curve. After all, she went to PT school, not business school. She took the endeavor one day at a time and had fun while she worked in a field she loved. LearningRx allowed her to meet amazing clients and colleagues in her community and before she knew it, she was ready to expand to a second location in Alpharetta Georgia.
Since 2008, LearningRx Atlanta – Buckhead has helped hundreds of clients, ages 4 ½ to 80, improve their cognitive weaknesses and reach their potential. Susie has worked with clients of all ability levels from medical school students to children and adults struggling with ADHD, dyslexia, autism spectrum disorder and Down’s syndrome. Each client has different goals but because the programs are one-on-one, they are highly customizable to meet individual needs. As a mom, Susie understands that all parents want the best for their children, and firmly believes LearningRx is the best.
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