USA Today – Eva Dwight, BA, MEd, ACC, CPDT
The problem isn’t that my son doesn’t want to learn. He loves learning. The issue is that he already knew what the teacher wanted him to learn in class. As far as he was concerned, doing it was a waste of time. Instead, he went up into his head, where imagination was so much more interesting than reality, and gradually decided that he hated school. My son’s teacher couldn’t figure out what he needed, but I knew: He needed to be challenged. So together, we created a personal learning plan that re-engaged him in his school experience. (more)