Unlock the potential in each child’s brain
Transforming the capacity of a child’s brain to learn to read
Modern science informs us that the brain is remarkably flexible and changeable; scientists call this neuroplasticity. Teachers have a significant impact on how each child’s brain develops.
Neurolution harnesses the concept of neuroplasticity in order to help children become more effective learners by strengthening the underlying cognitive capacities that underpin core academic skills such as reading.
For example, when we teach a child to read, traditional education considers it a linguistic task called phonics. But a child’s capacity to read depends on more than linguistic skills. It depends on many nonlinguistic cognitive capacities such as rapid decision making, reaction time, processing speed, executive function, and working memory.
For many students, the traditional approach to teaching reading or math is incomplete because it fails to directly target the cognitive skills upon which school achievement is built. For example, a teacher might address a child’s struggle to read with specialized instruction that focuses on remediation: small group instruction working on their decoding and encoding skills to help them overcome their challenges. For some children, this kind of remediation is enough to help them learn to read somewhat effectively—but for many others, this kind of intervention falls far short of what they need… and the impact on their lives in the short and long-term can be dire.
Could we do better? Could we increase the chance of school success for each child?
Neurolution dared to ask if there was a way we could harness neuroplasticity, technology, and tracking student performance to decrease significant underlying cognitive roadblocks to skilled reading—and the answer was yes.
For more than a decade, we’ve worked with scientists, doctors, cognitive specialists, teachers, and technologists to develop Targeted Cognitive Intervention (TCI): an education practice that helps us identify and overcome brain-based obstacles to learning—and close the achievement gap for students who learn differently.
Now you can bring this transformative technology to your dedicated team of educators and deserving students, and join a consortium of like-minded institutions doing the same.
We call it Neurolution—and we want you to join us.
What is TCI?
Learn about our transformative approach to education—informed by a decade of research, and developed by neuroscientists and educators.
What is Neurolution?
Learn about our consortium of uniquely effective schools—and how our members are working together to change how we meet the needs of students with language-based learning differences.
“Neuroscience needs to inform how we’re educating our students. We have the knowledge, data, and tools to tell them how their brain works and help them change how their brain works—and then they can take ownership of how their brains function. That’s transformative.”
— Dr. Tim Madigan, Head of School, The Churchill School, a Neurolution Founding Member School
“We’re all working toward the same goal: to help our students overcome obstacles to learning. That’s why we have TCI. But when we reach out to share the tools, data, and knowledge we’ve gained with one another, we accelerate our progress—and everyone benefits. Our community is integral to our success.”
— Steve Wilkins, Senior Advisor and former Head of School, Carroll School
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