Rescue Your Failing Child

Learn and recognize strategies to aid your child academically. Understand the value of knowing your child’s individual strengths in relations to their learning environment. Students will acquire knowledge and skills to assist in the development of their child’s academic life, investigating the role of reflection and understanding learning theories. Students will know the role of goal setting, time management and open communication in providing intellectual first aid to the academically challenged child.

Course Objectives

• Understand the value of learning theories in aiding the learning process.
• Identify personal learning preferences.
• Recognize essential academic tools.
• Create a personalized learning plan.
• Develop an academic plan to guide student learning.
• Use goal setting and reflection as foundation aspects for academic success.
• Evaluate the possibility of learning challenges.

Topics to be Covered:

• Personality type
• Reflection as a tool
• VARK learning theory
• Causes of academic failure
• Learning disabilities
• Time management
• Personalized learning plan
• Goal-setting
• Academic probation
• Role of school administrators
• Language of responsibility

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By Tracy Atkinson

Tracy Atkinson, mother of six, lives in the Midwest with her husband and spirited long-haired miniature dachshunds. She is a teacher, having taught elementary school to higher education, holding degrees in elementary education and a master’s in higher education. Her passion is researching, studying and investigating the attributes related to self-directed learners and learning styles. She speaks at conferences on learning styles and has published several titles, including MBTI Learning Styles: A Practical Approach, The Art of Learning Journals, Calais: The Annals of the Hidden, Lemosa: The Annals of the Hidden, Book Two, Rachel’s 8,   The Personal Pursuit of Perfection and Securing Your Tent. She is currently working on a non-fiction text exploring the attributes of self-directed learners: The Five Characteristics of Self-directed Learners. Check out her online courses at: Udemy.