NILD Education Therapy Program

Educational therapy was established to help students with learning difficulties who have experienced frustration and/or failure in school. Under the direction of the National Institute for Learning Disabilities (NILD), the Discovery Center’s educational therapy program supplements classroom learning with intervention techniques in two 80-minute sessions per week. The focus in each intense, individualized session is on continual stimulation and strengthening of deficits in perception and cognition as related to basic skills and problem solving.

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Meeting the Need

An increasing number of parents and educators are faced with the responsibility of helping students who struggle with learning disabilities. Although these students have average to superior abilities, they may experience significant difficulties in acquiring listening, speaking, reading, writing, spelling, reasoning and/or mathematical skills.

NILD was established in 1982 to meet the needs of students with learning disabilities through a unique program of educational therapy. This program has been in operation since the 1960s and is based on six foundational distinctives: deficit stimulation, independent learning, skill integration, individual and intense instruction, parental involvement and therapy for all ages.

The NILD program is distinctly Christian, recognizing God as the designer of the human brain and therefore the source of all knowledge and wisdom. The educational therapists at Valley Christian Schools seek to honor Christ by keeping him as the central focus for all levels of program development, instruction and service delivery.

Educational Therapy at Work

Despite their average to superior intelligence, students with learning disabilities find that a few areas of difficulty can have a devastating effect on their ability to learn, making the educational process a frustration rather than an adventure.

NILD educational therapy uses a variety of academic and perceptual techniques to address students’ areas of weakness and develop efficient, accurate thinking. As perceptual and thinking skills improve, students are then able to learn on their own without the aid of tutoring or modifications and are free to use their abilities to the fullest. The goal of educational therapy is to equip students to succeed in the classroom and in life as independent learners.

To find out more about our parent organization, the National Institute for Learning Disabilities (NILD), click www.nild.net to go to their new web site.