Brainworks® - The Brainworks® System
The Brainworks® System
Assessment Process
We begin with a personal interview with each client to determine the problems experienced in school. Next, we test the processing skills needed to be an independent learner and to identify individual strengths and weaknesses. Then we assess the academic skills required to be successful in school.
Customized Plan
Trained and certified teachers create a personalized plan based on the assessment information. Brainworks uses each client’s identified strengths to overcome the weaknesses. Since 1981, no two lesson plans have ever been identical.
- Twice exceptional (2e) child checklist
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- Learning Disablities checklist
One-On-One Instruction
During each session, clients rotate through unique, highly-focused activities every fifteen minutes. A typical plan might include math concepts, reading speed and comprehension, study skills, SAT* preparation, gifted level critical thinking strategies, writing skills, or social skills. All instruction is in a one-on-one setting.
School Instruction days & hours: Monday 4:30 - 6:30 p.m., Thursday 4:30 - 6:30 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m.- 12 noon
Summer Camp Dates: See the Calendar of Events for dates and times.
*SAT is a registered trademark of the College Entrance Examination Board.
Post Testing
The Brainworks staff post tests every client in math, reading, and processing skills. We use this information to document progress as well as to evaluate the effectiveness of the lesson plan. Results are shared in the parent conference.
Interaction with Parents
It is extremely important that the parents understand the behavior-changing strategies being taught at Brainworks, and that those strategies are being reinforced at home. Monthly conferences offer the Brainworks staff an opportunity to train the parents in ways to implement the skills being taught. There are also regular free workshops available that can be helpful to parents as well as professionals.
Interaction with Schools
Teacher feedback during the school year is essential to Brainworks’s success. This interaction provides our staff with both academic and behavioral data which is vital in tracking progress. At the end of each summer session, Brainworks provides a recommended plan to equip the school with information to meet each client’s needs.
Interaction with Physicians
With specific data, physicians are better able to make proper diagnosis and know if medication is working to the maximum. The Brainworks staff helps facilitate the interaction between parents, clients and doctors by furnishing documentation of behaviors at Brainworks, at school, and at home.
More than Academics
The trained staff looks at the total child by addressing the academics along with the following factors:
- ADHD/ADD related problems
- Anxiety
- Behavior management
- Depression
- Focus and attention span
- Goal setting
- Homework strategies
- Learning differences
- Memory
- Organization
- Perfectionism
- Social skills
- Standardized testing
- Stress management
- Study skills
- Time management
Student Instructors make Brainworks unique
Because trust is essential to learning, Brainworks employs and trains gifted student instructors (SI’s). Our experience has shown that clients build trust more quickly and easily with a peer instructor than with experienced teachers. Under the direction of the teaching staff with over 100 years experience, our SI’s are hand selected and trained to work with each client.
Further Information
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