Overview

The Cognitive Strengthening Centre (CSC) offers educational support for people of all ages. Specifically it provides the Arrowsmith Program to increase the learning capacities of people with learning difficulties. It offers both full-time and part-time courses. A typical student at an Arrowsmith School is of average or above average intelligence and has a combination of learning problems which have led to a difficulty in learning to read, write, socialise, do maths or remember. They may, or may not, have been diagnosed with dyslexia, dysgraphia, acalculia, ADD, executive functioning disorder, auditory processing disorder or other learning problem. Once out of the mainstream school or work environment and into the Arrowsmith Program, these students can do very well. Their learning problems are understood and they respond to the exercises. Please be aware that we do not accept people with severe autism because the program has been found to be unable to benefit them. It has, however, helped high functioning students with diagnoses of autism to improve their academic performance. These are guidelines only. There are no hard and fast rules and we will consider each student's appropriateness for the program on merits. There are many students who fall outside them and for whom the program can provide meaningful benefit. We are happy to consider everyone who has not, or is not, achieving to their potential. The research suggests that children, adolescents, young adults and adults can benefit from the Arrowsmith Program and we cater for all of these age groups. If learning is a problem for you or someone you know, call Joanne on 0410 045 134, for a no obligations chat about how the Arrowsmith Program can help.