Listening For Learning prepares your child
to be the Prideful Peacock,
Proud to be who they are and the best that they can be!
The Prideful Peacock - By Marie-Chantal Stoltenberg. Age 15.
Introduction
Welcome to Listening for Learning. We work with children who have learning difficulties, sensory issues or who have symptoms of being on the Autism Spectrum.
We do readiness for school checks to identify, diminish or remediate any symptoms that could cause problems later.
We work with older children, teenagers and adults who have had difficulties and want to look at other ways to optimise their learning or work opportunities.
We have a holistic approach to ensuring learning success. During an initial consultation we complete a comprehensive background check, including a history of maternal health during pregnancy, difficulties during pregnancy and birth, and health during the initial years especially ear, nose and throat (ENT), digestive or dietary issues, medications and allergic reactions.
Our initial focus is to identify if the ABCs of learning are in place - Attention, Balance and Coordination. This reflects the maturation of the Central Nervous System. From there we go to the Sensory Processing Level and check how well information is being perceived, integrated and retrieved when needed, via the ears and eyes.
Initial diagnostics enable us to identify if there are any 'minimal' neuro-physiological causes for learning difficulties. These minimal 'glitches' are what enable these children to be missed and fall through the gaps in the school system. Often they don't seem to be 'bad enough' for 'enough of the time' to 'draw attention' or to be 'given labels'.
From there, we design an individual programme of remediation. This could include any combination of movement exercises, auditory stimulation, vision therapy, dietary adjustments, cranial osteopathy or remedial lessons, to catch up and fill in knowledge gaps that have formed over time, due to these 'minor glitches'.
Positive mind empowerment is also important for older students to regain confidence and self esteem. Coaching to understand personal learning styles and techniques to enhance individual leaning and exam strategy could be part of the individual plan.
In essence we aim to remove any 'road blocks', to allow messages to move between the brain and the body at optimum speed for accuracy, at all times, especially when under stress. Like going from 'dial up' to 'super broad band'.
We are not changing the essence of the person, just helping them to bring out the best in themselves, and to be proud to be who they really are ... The Prideful Peacock !
Our Clinic
Services include INPP (reflexes), JIAS (auditory stimulation) and Remedial Tutoring using the Bannatyne Method. www.bannatynereadingprogram.com. We also have a working relationship with specialists who use complementing modalities that enhance our process. We are complicated beings who require a multi-disciplinary approach for best results. Join us on Facebook www.facebook.com/listeningforlearning
Philosophy
Your child has a clever brain, it is just a little 'out of sync' with its body. We aim to get the brain and the body communicating better with each other and support the normal process of sensory integration and attention, balance and coordination - the ABCs of Learning.
Once the basic building blocks are in place and the roadblocks have been removed the body can heal itself. A gentle, non invasive, drug free alternative, a second chance at natural Central Nervous System maturation.
We invite you to come visit our clinic and learn more about our philosophy of helping your child to be the best that they can be and for preparing them for success.
Introducing Rosalind Cottier
Ros Cottier is a mother of two children each with their own set of unique learning needs. One is Twice Exceptional and the other was born premature. She grew up in a family with a sister with multiple disabilities. Ros worked in Adult Training in the Banking Industry for 10 years, and has taught ESOL in English language schools and in private practice alongside hosting homestays.
Ros has a degree in Education and Psychology from the University of Auckland and qualified as an Early Childhood Teacher from the Manukau Institute of Technology. She worked for 12 years in the Early Childhood Education industry at all levels of responsibility in centre and home based environments, including in special needs support and in a number of philosophies including Steiner & Montessori. She has worked for a number of years at Primary and Secondary school level supporting students with Literacy, Numeracy and Behaviour. Ros has completed training in Bannatyne, Numicon, Montessori, Adult Teaching, Language Teaching (English) and Teacher Aide (Special Needs).
Ros qualified as a Neuro-Developmental Delay Therapist through INPP Chester, UK; she is an Approved Provider of JIAS Sound Therapy, the INPP Schools Programme and is a Remedial Tutor for Literacy and Numeracy support. Ros has previously worked with Smart Learning Solutions as a Remedial Tutor and INPP Therapist. She completed her training, supervision and work experience for the INPP programme under the expert guidance of Glynis Brummer of Smart Learning Solutions in Auckland, New Zealand.
Ros enjoys working with individual students that 'fly under the radar', 'slip through the gaps' who are not eligible for support but need it, the so called 'naughty kids', the ones who are often told they are 'lazy' or 'could do better' or have a 'bad work ethic' . The ones who have had 'every intervention' but nothing seems to be working. The misunderstood ones. The most challenging, but also the most rewarding. Ros also enjoys supporting these students as they transition from school to the world of work.