Jon: A Real Goal Getter!

Jon is a first grader who recently came in with his spelling test for the previous week. He was excited to announce that he'd gotten all the words correct for the first time this year.

A lot of our clients have goal sheets to help keep them on track in sessions and to promote independence in using their new skills. Jon has a goal sheet with things like:

ask the teacher questions

try my best

and follow the steps for tasks.

As Jon was about to start his session, he asked his instructor if he could add a new goal to his goal sheet. She asked what he wanted to add. He said, "To make a good grade on my spelling test every week!"

Creative Moment

This is Haysley in the lobby of our office. We didn't think she could have a more beautiful name until we saw this. Haysley recently completed some work in reading and spelling at Langsford. Mom says spelling tests are now a breeze for her!

Samantha Shines!

Samantha is a third grader who has been doing work at Langsford over the last few months to improve her reading and spelling skills. Mom came in recently giddy with good news! She had just met with Samantha's teacher to go over Samantha's January SRI scores. Her teacher said that they hoped for an increase of 50 points per student on SRI scores over the course of the year. Samantha's score between fall and January increased by 297 points!

Samantha recently told us that she used to feel like she wasn't as smart as her classmates because they could read better than her. But now she has been helping all the good readers with the hard multi-syllable words. In Samantha's words, "It makes me feel good about myself."

It makes us feel good too. Keep up the good work, Samantha!