Educational therapy is the clinical practice of providing intensive, individualized compensatory and remedial intervention. Intervention approaches take into account the social, emotional, and neurobiological factors that impact an individual’s learning. These services are generally provided to individuals with various types of learning disabilities and other learning challenges, such as:
Elyse Belanger, Ph.D.
Elyse has been intimately involved with Special Education as a parent, teacher, and administrator for over 25 years. Guiding two differently-abled sons through public school, secondary training and into independent adulthood was the catalyst for her abiding passion to study, practice, and share her experiences with others. She believes that educational challenges affect all aspects of family life; adult and sibling relationships, social and academic development, and workplace success.
Elyse is an active member of the following organizations:
- ASD (Including Aspergers)
- ADHD
- Dyslexia
- Language processing problems
- Math difficulties
- Poor motivation
- Low academic self-esteem
- Poor social, organizational, and study skills (Executive Function)
- Performance anxiety
- Comprehensively address the learning experience, including the academic, social, and emotional aspects of learning.
- Conduct formal and informal assessments and integrate the results to develop a wide range of learning methods and strategies.
- Tailor remediation strategies, curriculum, and instructional methodology with consideration of the client's unique learning needs.
- Understand the ways in which underlying learning issues have an impact on other areas of academic/social functioning as well as parenting and family dynamics.
- Foster independence and self-advocacy in their clients to help them take control of their learning.
- Communicate with significant members of the client’s
world—including family, teachers, other professionals, and employers—for the
purpose of developing productive support strategies and/or accommodations.
Elyse Belanger, Ph.D.
Elyse has been intimately involved with Special Education as a parent, teacher, and administrator for over 25 years. Guiding two differently-abled sons through public school, secondary training and into independent adulthood was the catalyst for her abiding passion to study, practice, and share her experiences with others. She believes that educational challenges affect all aspects of family life; adult and sibling relationships, social and academic development, and workplace success.
Elyse is an active member of the following organizations:
- ADDA - Attention Deficit Disorder Association
- AET - Association of Educational Therapists
- AMTA - American Music Therapy Association
- AOG - Academy of Orton-Gillingham Practitioners and Educators
- ASA - Autism Society of America
- CHADD - Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit/ Hyperactivity Disorder
- IDA - International Dyslexia Association