Why Excel?

This is the first time that I am blogging on the advantages of Excel Achievement Center. Normally, I stick to topics about education and ways to improve a child's learning within the classroom setting. Today, I've decided to discuss a system that is already in place. A system that works and a system that is perhaps one of the strongest I've seen.

Some of you may be saying, "Of course you feel that way, it is your business." This is of course a very valid point. My rebuttal to this is that I feel the way that I do based on the results that we get at Excel Achievement. Because this company is so "results driven," we do not come to the end of a tutoring session and say, "Whoops, sorry...that didn't work out." In fact, of the 3-4 cases that we've had during our five years in business that we didn't help a student get to grade level; we went into "research mode" to find out why we didn't. In all cases we called the families and let them know of the answers that we found. The cases are as follows:

Case one was a sixth grade boy who was struggling in math. We used every technique that we knew from hands-on techniques to techniques that work with students with slower processing. We were unable to help this student get to grade level. Because of this, we continued our research and now have implemented "right-brained" math techniques that work beautifully! We now not only help students get to grade level, but have had several literally go from the bottom of their class to the top of their class. As for the original student of whom we couldn't help at first, we did offer for him to come back for a summer free of charge so that he could benefit from these new techniques.

Case two was a second grade boy who was struggling with reading. He was enrolled in our dyslexia program-- a program that had given us great results 100% of the time previously and was just not doing the trick with this student. Again, we went into research mode and discovered several new techniques to help children with visual processing problems. We also learned of a new test that gives us a deeper look at auditory processing issues. We called this student back and tested him free of charge. We also referred him to a visual processing specialist.

Case three was student with severe dysgraphia. We used all of the latest researched methods, and were unable to get her to grade level. This is a case that we are still researching because the lack of research available in this area.

Why am I sharing with you the cases that we couldn't help? I share this because Excel Achievement prides itself on working very hard to stand by its clients. We know that while we can never claim to be perfect, we do work very hard to meet the individual needs of our clients. When people ask me how many clients that I have here at Excel Achievement Center, I respond by saying, "As far as you are concerned, we have one student--your child."