Frequently Asked Questions about the Learning Link System:
1. What age group will this system work for?
This system will work for any age group. This sytem aims at correcting problems, not dealing with specific age level academic issues. Although there are some academic activities, they are not directed at any specific age group.
2. How can these activities help my child learn? They don't seem connected to any real academic skills?
These activities are all designed to help the brain work as a whole and will train the brain to use vision, hearing, or eye-hand coordination effectively so that the student is actually prepared to learn when presented with academics. Usually teachers, tutors, and learning centers just present more academics to the student. This will rarely help a student with learning disablilities. If he were able to learn by just being presented with information, then he would not be having trouble in school. The student needs to correct the problems that interfere with learning effectively in a classroom situation. That is what the activities do.
3. Can this program work if I don't have my child do the exercises consistently?
For this program to work, the student need to perform the activities consistently. Occasionally missing a session won't hurt, but large gaps will hinder any progress. One would not try to run a marathon without many practice sessions. The same is true with these learning exercises. The practice sessions must be done consistently for the student to run the "marathon" at school and succeed.
4. How are these programs any better than a learning center or a tutor that I could hire?
A learning center or tutor will in essence just present the student with more academic instruction. If this were effective for the student, then the student would not be having learning problems at school, which is an academic setting. The Learning Link Programs train the brain to use the left and right hemispheres of the as a whole as well as correct eye muscle weaknesses through visual processing activities, auditory weaknesses, and eye/hand coordination problems. The Learning Link Reading Program is designed specifically for students who are having a difficult time reading and have failed to learn to do so with all other methods. For all of the programs, the learning problem is addressed, not just the symptoms.
5. How long should I spend on each activity?
Most of the activities last about 5 minutes. Each day is spent on about five or six activities for a total of about 30 minutes a day.
6. If I have my child spend more time on the activities, will that speed up the progress?
Yes, it will speed up the progress, but you must be careful not to fatigue the student. Too much time spent on these activities may frustrate the student, and that is not a way to help him succeed. If you are doing vision exercises, the eye muscles will get fatigued, and this will not help him do any better. It is just like when a leg muscle cramps. You would not want to keep exercising the muscle. You would want to give it a rest. Usually no more than an hour a day spent on the activities is recommended.
