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Six months ago Cruz Kirwan was like a lot of high school seniors. He played football and basketball, had a solid social circle, and performed above average in school. Today, he’s about to head off to college a genius. Literally. The 18-year-old scored a 133 on the IQ portion of a nationally recognized cognitive test ...

You start your school year with an exciting new homeschool curriculum, but it just doesn’t click. What are you going to do? Keep trying? Push through? Try something new? The curriculum carousel is an exhausting ritual in many homeschool families. They try something and it doesn’t work, or it doesn’t work as well for one ...

Clients approach us at LearningRx for help in a variety of situations. Maybe it’s reading or math struggles, maybe it’s a new learning disability diagnosis and they just need some guidance, or maybe it’s trouble with attention and focus that is holding their child back. Whatever brings people into the doors, one of the most ...

If you have a child on summer break, you are likely trying to figure out that balance between rest over the summer and keeping them ready for the next school year. Your choices this summer can make the school year easier and more successful from day 1 for your child!  Check out these offers that ...

Over the years, we’ve learned that the learning struggles most students experience in school have nothing to do with intelligence, laziness, poor teaching, or genetics. They come from cognitive skills that simply need a boost to help the student excel.

It happens every year… a child participates in sports whether through school or independently and suffers an injury that sets them behind in school. Whether it’s a broken arm or a concussion, these injuries set the child back and can cause already-existing learning challenges to grow exponentially. We just want to acknowledge the fact that ...

Lots of kids struggle with reading. In a time where we are still reeling from the effects of the pandemic and figuring out what a “new normal” is going to look like, young kids especially are facing the consequences of disrupted school years. More than 1 in 3 kids are needing remedial reading support in ...

Is your high schooler ready for college? Learn more about strengthening their cognitive skills now to prepare them.

Alzheimers and dementia are debilitating conditions that have taken their toll on millions of us. So many people deal with these conditions first-hand, support family members through them, or deal with their effects in a different way. But what can you do to protect your brain health and prevent cognitive decline? Research is beginning to ...

Summer vacation is an exciting time for kids: school’s out, the sun is shining, and there are endless hours of playtime with friends ahead! But, while play is certainly an important part of childhood, all of that freedom from school tasks can come at a cost.  When kids go back to school in the fall ...