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All of our Programs have been categorized into:
Gateway Program
Walkway Programs
Pathways Programs
An Introduction to our Programs
We envision our programs developing from the student
outward, from their most basic needs towards a multitude of
options.
Our Gateway Program is the program that will allow
for the closed gate on efficient and successful learning to
be opened. It is the entryway and initial step towards a
lifetime of achievement, self-fulfillment and realizing
personal satisfaction. More specific details about our
Gateway Program HANDLE can be viewed on this website, and at
www.handle.org.
Our Walkway Programs are a combination of various
Cognitive Training Programs that are the secondary steps
towards academic success. There are a vast number of
cognitive training programs available worldwide, and are
based upon the five decade old concept of neuroplasticity.
That is, throughout our lifetimes, the brain has the
capacity to change and strengthen. These programs are
focused on training and strengthening the processes within
the brain utilized in learning.
However, modern Neuroscience has unquestionably and
undeniably proven that stressed systems are not free to
strengthen. Attempts to engage in cognitive training
programs will only be truly successful and optimal by only
involving those neurodevelopmental systems that are not
stressed or shut down because of other Attentional
Priorities. When we have been able to address the
neurodevelopmental needs of a student through The Gateway
Program and our “whole-person approach” in our environment,
we can then begin to strengthen the entire learning system,
as an integrated system. Because we want to discern which
systems are challenged, we include HANDLE Screenings for
everyone upon intake into our programs.
At this point, we may find hidden strengths that had been
taxed aiding other systems, having made them less efficient.
These hidden strengths would then emerge as they are now in
a position to function as they were designed. Alternately,
we may find areas that need some remedial work as they had
not been able to develop fully and naturally due to
underlying stresses or neurodevelopmental challenges. These
processes underlie the skills required to be a successful
learner, such as those used in mathematics, speech, language
and reading. We may also find that once the
neurodevelopmental needs have been addressed, that pieces of
seemingly disconnected information begins to make sense as
it falls into its proper place with understandable
relational connections.
Our Walkway Programs then become the bridge towards
academic successes, and are designed based on individual
needs.
Our Pathways Programs are the branching out from the singular
walkway programs of cognitive training. Pathway Programs
lead in the development of many aspects in the life of a
student. Pathway Programs build towards a lifetime of
learning. Whereas the Walkway Programs strengthen the skills
of learning, Pathway Programs explore the universe of
knowledge. Our Pathway Programs are designed to capture
curiosity, develop knowledge seeking methodologies, apply
knowledge, and create an eagerness to be immersed into the
world of discovery.
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