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SUCCESS is an acronym for Students Uniting Cultures for College Success and Self. All students can be successful when they are provided with the support and resources which best fit their learning style. Researchers have found that many learning difficulties are related to the way language is processed in the brain.
What are Language Learning Difficulties?
Researchers conceptualize the language system as a hierarchical series of modules or components, each devoted to a particular aspect of language. At the upper levels of the hierarchy are components involved with semantics (vocabulary or word meaning), syntax (grammatical structure) and discourse (connected sentences). At the lowest level of the hierarchy is the phonological module, which is dedicated to processing the distinctive sound elements that constitute language. Shaywitz, S., & Shaywitz, B. (1996). Dyslexia. Swaiman's Pediatric Neurology, 613-621.
Our Program Helps Students Learn With Language Learning Differences
The SUCCESS program is designed to help students with mild to moderate ADD, ADHD and Dyslexia. Additionally, self- belief is crucial if one is to accomplish any degree of success and motivation. Successful learning is student autonomy and this fosters responsibility as well as self-discipline.
Each learner is unique, and will respond differently depending upon many variables. Some of these may include the student’s learning profile, the type of remediation, frequency of instruction, setting of instruction, and other factors which impact learning.
Our SUCCESS Learning Environment
When schedules are devised we work diligently to ensure that the teacher-to-student ratio in the SUCCESS classroom will be no more than 1:3. There is no such thing as a “typical“ day in the SUCCESS program. One day a student may use their time in this classroom to work on their homework; other days they many need extended time to take a test or quiz. Often, what is necessary is work on pre-teaching or reteaching information. The teacher’s role is to help the students learn in new ways and become more independent, self-directed students who will be able to advocate for themselves.
For serving students with language-based differences, what is adhered to in the SUCCESS program is the Landmark School teaching principles: (1) Provide opportunities for success, (2) use multisensory approaches, (3) micro-Unit and structure tasks, (4) ensure automatization through structure and review, (5) Provide models and (6) include students in the learning process.
