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• e3/1JUN, 22. 1999E 9: 18AM;16391KRAUS-ANDERSON CALVIN ACADEMY NO. 5154 '1A1:1. 614 • • UNCIIEFIACHIEVING • • Students develop an "inner sense"of their potential as early as three years old.It is a positive feeling to work to full potential. It is a negative feeling to do badly and have a"failing"feeling.It is human nature to do what "feels good".Thar is why we have found that there usually is a good reason why students are iunderaehieving. Often they are told they au not trying hard enough and lack modvatton.Quite the opposite could be true. They might have a problem that must be solved, and unlock their full potential. Underdeveloped Skills A student can have "gaps' in their education.They didn'tmaster certain segments of the basic skills.Perhaps they had an ineffective reacher, health problems,or family stress.They"fall through the cracks"until they have significant problems that can't be ignored.We know how to pinpoint exactly what skills they are missing. We then teach those skills to mastery. The Hidden Learning Problems There are over 40 differenr cognitive"thinking"skills that all students use to acquire new information and iobuild knowledge. One or more of the cognitive skills might not develop appropriately,even for intelligent students. This becomes an undetected learning problem.The students feel Iike there is a"glass wall"in front of them,They just don't seem to be able to learn what appears relatively easy to others.Instead of getting the help they need, they get tho blame for the low marks.Soon they stop trying and often develop a feeling they are"dumb". The Solution is to Find the Problem Our affiliated Calvin Clinic has a unique comprehensive evaluation. Our clinicians do not rest to label a student or for placement. We test to diagnose the problem and prescribe the training. There is no cost for .. . .. vious evaluations to ve us additional information. It,is ail FREE. We Have the Instruction to Help Cognitive Problems Once a problem is detected, we know how to solve it,These cognitive skills include visual and auditory information processing, short and long term memory,reasoning, thinking,login,oral language.processing speed,concept formation. spatial relations, and many more.We specialize in very unique instruction that improves these skills so thur they don't stand in the students way of success.We have the expertise to administer the effective intervention.The Calvin Academy is the only Minnesota school to offer cognitive instruction. •