OUR SCHOOL PROGRAM

THE ARROWSMITH SCHOOL FULL TIME DAY PROGRAM

The majority of our students are enrolled in the full time day program which is the foundation of Arrowsmith School, spending six periods per day on the Arrowsmith cognitive exercises and the other two periods on academics with one period of English and one of mathematics.

Students attending Arrowsmith School have been experiencing a range of problems including

• Reading
• Mathematics
• Comprehension
• Logical reasoning
• Visual memory
• Auditory memory
• Working memory
• Dyslexia
• Non-verbal learning
• Attention
• Processing speed

Students at Arrowsmith School will typically spend three or four years in our program before returning to a full academic program in a public or private school.

The links at the top of this page contain information about the areas of learning difficulty, including a description of the Learning Dysfunctions, addressed by this program and a description our Methodology.

Each new student is fully assessed at Arrowsmith School so that we may assess his or her areas of strength and weakness and design a program of cognitive exercises specifically for that student’s particular learning profile.

Information about the assessment process may be found on the Assessment page of our web site.

Anyone who has taken up an activity that involves developing a skill, whether it is playing a musical instrument or learning a sport like tennis or golf, knows the importance of drills and of doing them properly. The same principle applies to the cognitive exercises that make up the Arrowsmith Program.

Students who come to Arrowsmith School have been struggling in school - some are just starting their schooling but their experience has already shown a pattern of learning problems. Others have been finding school a challenge for years.

Our students all have the fundamental intelligence to manage schoolwork but have been held back by their learning disabilities. The cognitive exercise program at Arrowsmith School is designed to strengthen the learning capacities that underlie the learning difficulties that our students have been experiencing in school.

The two daily academic classes that almost all of our students participate in are closely integrated with the cognitive exercise program and form an important part of our program. Please visit our Academic Classes page for more information.

Arrowsmith School provides an environment where students who have been having difficulty in school obtain a sense of accomplishment by mastering increasingly difficult levels of the cognitive exercises and discover that their strengthened learning capacities are allowing them to handle academic work that they could not do before.

Our teachers provide guidance, support and encouragement and all of the students in our school recognize that they are working toward a common goal of increasing their learning capacities.

Students who had been feeling isolated and defeated by school develop new social skills and a sense of personal self worth. Our low student to teacher ratio ensures that each student receives personal attention.

PART-TIME PROGRAMS

We also offer part-time programs for students who may not be able to enroll in the full time day program including a Saturday program for students whose main area of difficulty is writing. You may obtain additional information about these programs on the Part Time Programs page.

TESTIMONIALS

To read what some of our students and their parents as well as others have said about Arrowsmith School, please visit the Testimonials section our website.