FRONTRUNNER LEARNING CENTRES

When you are unhappy with your child’s progress. A call from the teacher may inform or confirm your suspicions. In the combined experience of many years of teaching and tutoring, we have always found a parent’s intuition very accurate. In addition, this could be because you can see that the child is not doing as well as you think they should, because the school has commented or because the report makes it clear. If you are not sure, book a complimentary initial comprehensive assessment, and we’ll inform you one way or the other.

You don’t. That’s a clinical diagnosis. You can have an idea of whether it is the case but you need support to find out. After all, you don’t know whether your child has diabetes until you’ve had someone diagnose it. What is dyslexia? Dyslexia is a complex issue, and many educationalists do not use that term any longer. After what one may consider an adequate time and appropriate instruction, not reading fluently is one rule of thumb that may lead you to worry about your child having a reading problem. If your child is experiencing difficulty recognising sounds and avoids reading like the plague, then bring them in for an assessment. Some of our centres use a screening assessment that informs if your child is at risk. For a comprehensive evaluation and diagnosis, you will need to visit an educational psychologist who specialises in this area. Genetics play a role, so if there is a history in your family, there is the possibility of a reading challenge, and we can help your child overcome it.

Get a professional opinion as soon as possible. Quite often, ADHD is over-diagnosed by people who are not professionals. Make an appointment with a paediatrician via your GP, an educational psychologist or a psychiatrist who will probably ask you to complete some observational questionnaires to bring to the meeting. We can supply the questionnaires too but do not diagnose. We are specialists in working with students diagnosed with ADHD, and some of our centres offer alternative assistance with music and movement therapy. So, get a diagnosis. you could go to a paediatrician but how do you know that paediatrician is any good? You need to speak to someone who is trustworthy - not a friend but someone with specific knowledge in that field. A really experienced tutor, for example. The tutor will give advice and act as a case manager, putting things together so that you don’t waste time going to the wrong people, getting diagnoses that may lead you astray and waste valuable learning time.

We only employ teachers who care about how students learn and want to help their students achieve their potential. We use the latest innovations in education and the oldest and most proven too. We individually programme with our students’ educational and emotional needs as our focus. We have a proven record of achievement.

We can see whether:
1. your child actually needs tutoring or would simply benefit from extra help
2. your child may have reading, dyslexia, processing or short term memory problems
3. you find your child has difficulty organising, structuring or focusing

The best time to start a long trip is when you first see it needs starting. The second best time to start is now. Apart from that - we are teachers; we’ve spent many years studying, teaching in schools, honing our skills - we are professionals. We have success behind us - we’ve survived in this industry for a very long time because we’re good at it. We see a child, not just a curriculum., and we understand that something in the child needs unlocking. We act, not as a painter who lays layer upon layer to create a picture but as sculptors who take away the things that are unnecessary to reveal that which is within the raw block.