Eckstein Learning Solutions

Is your child struggling with reading, math, attention or memory skills? Are you worried your child will fall further behind during school closures? We can help your child through these learning struggles. Use this time as an opportunity to get caught up, or even get ahead!... Our School Closure Special includes: Comprehensive Digital Learning Skills Assessment which uncovers the Why? behind your child’s biggest learning struggles. Remote Parent Consultation via video conferencing where I walk you through your child’s strengths and weaknesses. Individualized Training Plan Recommendations All training sessions will be done one-on-one remotely at the comfort of your home. Our learning programs are backed by more than 35 years of research and discovery. This package is usually priced at $300. Now, during school closures until May 1, you can purchase the Assessment and Consultation for just $99. Call now to learn more about how we can help you and your child through this difficult time. (650) 440-7612 www.ecksteinlearning.com

Dear Parents, There is help for your child’s learning success! Let’s use this time to give your child a chance to catch up and fill existing learning gaps with one-on-one support. ... What is Brain Training? Eckstein Learning Solutions focuses on the 7 Cognitive Skills needed to be a successful learner. We offer one-on-one 60-minute daily virtual sessions. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqlMA9SraEg&t=51s With most of our lives being turned upside down with the spread of the COVID-19 virus and the closure of schools and businesses, I am here to help you deal with the sudden need to provide ongoing education to your students at home during these unsettling times. If you have a struggling reader at home, and you can not waste time and need to get up and get support for your child fast, consider using the Fast ForWord Reading Program online version. I will evaluate your child’s reading level remotely and set him/her up with appropriate daily 50-minute lessons. Fast Forward is a series of computer-delivered brain fitness exercises designed to produce dramatic language and reading improvements in a variety of student populations by improving memory, attention and processing skills. The Fast ForWord products support the existing curriculumthey don't replace it. When students process more efficiently, every other instructional strategy works better. The results in schools throughout the country are dramatic; students can achieve a one- to two-year gain in reading skills in 8-12 weeks! If you need one-on-one support from a learning specialist, I can provide Processing and Cognitive Skills Training live remotely. This training will boost your child’s memory, attention, reading, auditory and visual processing skills, and processing speed. These are all foundational cognitive skills necessary for successful learning. If you need help with Math I am here to teach foundational structured and multi-sensory math skills at the comfort and safety of your own home. I use the Montessori Elementary Math Curriculum. Does your child have a difficult time memorizing math times tables? Use this time and finally get that challenge mastered. It will help your child as he/she progresses through the 4th and 5th-grade math curriculum and moves on to fractions and decimals. I use the Making Math Real Methodology. While you are homeschool/remote/digitally educating your kids, and need more help, please let me know. I love helping as much as I can during these tough times. You can reach out to me sending me an email or giving me a call at (650) 440-7612. We WILL get through this! Anke Geiken www.ecksteinlearning.com [email protected] (650) 440-7612

The importance of movement for brain development, memory, and learning. The brain develops through movement, and it doesn’t stop developing as long as we keep moving! At Eckstein Learning Solutions we work with adults and children with processing challenges, attention and learning differences, as well as brain dysfunction and more using cognitive skills training, brain hemisphere integration and movement therapy.... Movement is an essential part of our programs. We integrate movement into all our programs based on some well-researched factors, like neurological and behavioral effects of integrating auditory, visual and vestibular senses. Eckstein Learning Solutions provides simultaneous multisensory input to help develop new and reinforce existing pathways governing organization of the body and brain function. A study published in Pediatrics suggests that a daily movement break of 15 minutes or more during the school day may play a role in improving learning, social development, and health in elementary school children. A Survey of 500 elementary school teachers found that every teacher 100 percent said that recess is essential for young students’ mental and physical development. More on the relationship between movement and BDNF brain-derived neurotrophic factor: This article goes into further detail on how and why movement and, in turn, BDNF improves brain function.

Cognitive Skills Training for ADHD: Computer-based or Human Interactions? Researchers Explain How Clinician-Delivered Brain Training is More Beneficial than Computer Brain Games for Remediating Multiple Cognitive and Social-Emotional Struggles frequently associated with ADHD. Not only do children diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) frequently struggle with memory and speed of information processing, they also navigate deficits in social cognition an...Continue reading

~ VISUAL PROCESSING TRAINING ~ The visual system has long been ignored or even ridiculed as a source for improving children’s reading ability. In fact, poor readers can tremendously increase their reading speed and proficiency with select visual activities. This is significant because, when children find out that they are faster at reading, they realize that reading is not as hard and menial as they thought it would be, and they choose to read more on their own. Once they are... reading more on their own, they are on their way to being better readers. And because they often equate reading speed with intelligence, their self-esteem improves. Over the last four decades, many approaches to helping reading-disabled children have emerged. Despite all of these approaches, most children who benefit from this training have similar symptoms: -Slow reading -Excessive reversals of letters and words -Sloppy or disorganized printing -Making mistakes copying from the board or text -Losing their place or skipping words during reading Reading is more complicated than most people think. It is not as easy as seeing a word and then finding that word stored in the brain. And learning to read is much more than just learning phonics. Many perceptual and neurological processes are involved with reading. Our training provides students with the tools to help them become more proficient and faster readers. It will improve the following skills: -Reading speed - Eye-tracking -Focused attention -Visual Scanning -Spatial attention All activities are based on scientific research.

How Neurological Reorganization can help with Learning Challenges N is a scientifically proven method that utilizes specific physical movements in order to overcome behavioral, emotional and learning challenges. N is an amazingly simple, non-invasive approach to well-being that has been validated through state of the art Neural Imaging. N connects the dots between a child’s behavioral, emotional, and learning challenges, and the neurological process that actually controls ...these functions. The initial phase of N is to identify the root cause of the behavioral, emotional or learning challenges by witnessing specific movements that provide a proven, consistent neurological response. Then, the missing stages of neurological development are reignited through movements, reflex, and sensory experiences in order to finish the brain’s development, which addresses the behavioral, emotional and learning challenges that have been uncovered. Our 8-Week Brainworx Integration Program is designed to help re-organize the brain so your child is able to be calm, focus, and think rationally.

How is Eckstein Learning Solutions different from other programs? Our program is based on the fact that we can change our brain we can essentially re-wire it through specific and repeated stimulation, a concept known as neuroplasticity. As in building strength and endurance with physical exercise, we are able to build neurological pathways and synaptic activity at any. How does it work?... We provide simultaneous multisensory input to help develop new and reinforce existing pathways governing organization of the body and brain function. Auditory input to the brain and sensory input to the body are combined with customized movement activities, providing additional sensory and motor input for body organization. Additional cognitive activities are added to challenge the brain to process multiple pieces of simultaneous information, which is reflective of the demands required of the brain in our day-to-day world. With appropriate stimulation, the brain’s ability to successfully process and retain information leads to better academic outcomes. In addition, there is an increased ability to control impulses, self-regulate behavior and engage appropriately with others. Kids, teens, and adults see usually improve in the areas reading, comprehension, concentration, memory, and performance at work. Most report less stress and anxiety and a happier disposition. Call us to schedule a learning skills evaluation to find out what keeps your child from learning with ease and joy at school.

RED FLAG PHRASES FOR PARENT-TEACHER CONFERENCES Sometimes it’s hard for parents (and even teachers!) to determine if certain struggles or behaviors are just a normal part of the learning process or an indicator of a deeper issue. Certain problems can serve as red flags that a cognitive skill weakness may be causing serious learning struggles and holding a child back. Cognitive skills are the underlying mental tools and include skills like logic & reasoning, attention, memory,...Continue reading

Why are strong cognitive skills so important for learning success? Cognitive skills are the core skills your brain uses to think, read, learn, remember, reason, and pay attention. Working together, they take incoming information and move it into the bank of knowledge you use every day at school, at work, and in life. It is important to understand that these skills do not work independently. The strength or weakness of one skill affects the effectiveness of other skills. For e...xample, reading comprehension is dependent on many skills, such as, the ability to create mental pictures and images, attend to what is read, and the fluidity of reading (which itself is dependent upon the auditory processing system). Each of your cognitive skills plays an important part in processing new information. That means if even one of these skills is weak, no matter what kind of information is coming your way, grasping, retaining, or using that information is impacted. In fact, most learning struggles are caused by one or more weak cognitive skills. Strong cognitive skills help us learn easier, think faster and perform better.

Learning is a lifelong endeavor. When learning is easier, life is easier. That's because of how well we learn impacts every area of life, including school, hobbies, sports, careers, and even everyday tasks. If you or someone you love is struggling in school work or life, there is a reason. In fact, in 8 out of 10 cases the problem isn't related to motivation or quality of instruction, but how the brain is processing incoming information. In other words, someone who is struggl...ing is often getting the information and instruction they need to excel, bur core brain skills are struggling to grasp, remember or use that information. If this describes you or someone you love, there's help. Eckstein Learning Solutions offers proven approaches such as processing and cognitive skills training and structured multi-sensory learning methods. We train and strengthen the brain's core cognitive skills, making it easier to think, read, learn, remember and even pay attention.