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Congratulations to Emily! Our first student feature for our 12 Days of Christmas! Read her story here.

Aiden was a bright student but because he had cognitive weaknesses in areas like long and short-term memory, auditory processing and processing speed, he hated school and working with him at home was a constant battle for his parents. Lots of anger with many items being thrown in frustration! In Aiden’s assessment, we were able ...

The start of this school year is like no other – distance learning mixed with at school learning for most districts. Most parents had a taste of distance learning this past spring and many are not looking forward to more. If your child struggled with school this past year you may be looking for a ...

Click here to see how Jayden has blossomed at LearningRx!

I’m so proud of my Savage team for not only celebrating 11 years of changing lives, but for doing it with excellence. The Savage LearningRx center won several national awards this year — the Excellence in Customer Service award and a Community Impact Award for being one of the Top Centers in the country. We ...

Reading is the backbone of academics. Over time, weaknesses in reading do not just impact language arts but math (word problems), science, social studies – any subject that requires reading which is pretty much every subject! Data shows that if students are not at grade level by the end of 3rd grade, only 25% of ...

Jessica knew her oldest son, Nolan, was having too much difficulty in those early years of his schooling. She had him assessed and Nolan was diagnosed with ADHD, PDD and Dyslexia. These diagnosis confirmed what Jessica was seeing – Nolan really struggled to stay on task and as a second grader, he was barely reading ...

Child struggle with reading? Do not despair, LearningRx improves reading fluency and comprehension by identifying and addressing the root cause of reading struggles! Our Director, Rich Frieder, explains below:

One of the most common academic struggles we address at LearningRx is difficulties with reading fluency and comprehension. If reading is difficult, it can turn homework and basic academic tasks into frustrating and difficult interactions. So, why do some kids excel at reading and others struggle?

Tis the season to be thankful! As a country we practice gratitude on one particular holiday, but what would happen if we practiced gratitude all the time? Scientists have been studying the effect of gratitude on not just overall happiness, but on our physical brains. They’ve learned through studies using brain scans that gratitude changes ...