Why tutoring may not be working and what you can do instead to help your child succeed in school.

What happens when tutoring is not enough?  We have a good number of parents who come to us after spending years and sometimes hundreds, even thousands of dollars, only to have their child continue to struggle in school.  Parents often start considering tutoring a starting point, but what if this doesn’t help? What if you’re like many

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People have often asked me how our students are able to see such long-lasting and dramatic improvements in school when nothing else has worked.  In today’s post, I want to share with you a story about just that.   My sincere desire is that hearing this story will give you hope for your own student. Hope

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Finding the right career or job can seem overwhelming. But at Synap2it! we take a different approach to career preparation and counseling.

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Synap2it is very different from a typical tutoring center! Today we want to share a little more about what we do and what sets us apart from other learning center’s out there.  First, let’s talk about a big term called neuroplasticity.Synap2it!, Neuroplasticity, and IQWhat is neuroplasticity? Neuroplasticity is the idea that intelligence can be trained. Previous

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One of the questions that I often get from parents is, “How are you different from tutoring services?” So in this post I want to address some of the main difference between our approach and a traditional tutoring service. The main difference between the approach we use at Synap2it! Learning Center’s and tutoring services has

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7 Great Sports for Brain Development

We sometimes get this question about what sports are best for kids and their overall brain development. Here are a few sports we recommend to students for better brain development and even for improving their abilities for team sports later on!

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This is the story of an extremely bright student who, although he was captain of the his nationally recognized robotics team, had all but given up the idea of higher education. He was one of those students that I say, “slips through the cracks.”Nothing about his performance in school would have qualified him for special

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According to the Institute of Functional Medicine, “Integrative medicine is healing-oriented medicine that takes into account of the whole person (body, mind, and spirit), including all aspects of lifestyle. It emphasizes the therapeutic relationship and makes use of all appropriate therapies, both conventional and alternative.”

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trouble with memory

When I hear this statement my mind switches into a questioning mode. What kinds of things don’t they remember? Can you give me an example of what they can’t remember? Is it just one thing? Is it multiple things?

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“I’M NOT DOING THIS ANYMORE! My head hurts, I keep losing my place, and I can’t remember what I read!” These words assailed me as I walked into our fifteen year-old’s room.

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