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15 Years of Changed Lives! This month we are celebrating our Director of Training, Brad Olson, on 15 years with LearningRx in the Twin Cities!    Brad shares: “I so enjoy working with students—from school-age kids learning to read to adults needing to reclaim skills lost to injury or illness. It’s such an exciting process to be ...

Jake came to LearningRx in 8th grade. His mom was frustrated as she saw so much potential in Jake, but he was not performing well in school.  He struggled to stay on top of his work and had many missed or late assignments.  He was prone to procrastination and was not motivated.  He struggled with executive function.  These difficulties also ...

Amelia came to LearningRx when she was 9 years old.  Her parents shared: “Our daughter, Amelia, is a struggling learner. She has difficulty reading (she still sounds out nearly every single word, including two- and three-letter words), concentrating, sitting still when she’s thinking, and word recognition. It seems evident that there is a disconnect in ...

Hannah came to LearningRx her junior year.  She was experiencing a lot of frustration as she had a hard time staying on top of her homework – executive function – and had difficulty with test taking and study skills.   Hannah was also diagnosed with ADHD and reading was a difficult task.   Hannah recently completed her training ...

For those who see our name, it is common for most to assume that we are a tutoring center similar to places like Sylvan, Huntington, Mathnasium, etc.  However, LearningRx is not a tutoring center, we are a cognitive skills training center. What’s the difference?  A tutoring center is focused on providing more academic content or knowledge.  If a ...

Receiving a diagnosis can be a positive step in helping a child succeed and improve their overall performance. There is a myriad of diagnosis — ADHD, Dyslexia, Autism, Dysgraphia, Executive Function Disorder, Auditory Processing Disorder, TBI, to name a few. If you or a loved one has been diagnosed with a learning disability, what are ...

Rosa came to LearningRx roughly 10 years ago between her 3rd and 4th grade years.   Prior to LearningRx, her parents had tried many different strategies and interventions, but they were not seeing improvement.  She could not read and math was incredibly difficult.   Rosa could not retain information which impacted her ability to recognize words in reading.  Her auditory processing weakness ...

Addy has not always loved to read, in fact, she hated reading and school just a few months ago.  This caused her parents to seek reading help and they were considering a neuropsych but heard great things about LearningRx.  They decided to have Addy complete an initial assessment.  Their story is below: “At a very young age, Addy ...

Connor breaks his life into 2 parts – life before LearningRx and life after LearningRx.  Connor had been struggling with attention issues and his parents were looking for ADHD help. Prior to his LearningRx training, Connor’s experience with completing homework was frustrating. He was not able to complete most of his work at school and ...

At LearningRx, the first step towards helping you or your loved one is to complete a cognitive skills assessment.  The LearningRx assessment is a different type of assessment than a school or tutoring assessment.   These assessments usually provide information related to academic performance – at what level does my child read?  How is her reading comprehension?  What percentile ...