Is your child struggling to keep up in school or having issues paying proper attention to the academics? Is your child having problems in getting homework done or struggling with reading or writing? If yes then your child can probably benefit from educational therapy. 

But, what exactly is educational therapy? 

Educational therapy is basically a practice of using specific strategies, tools, approaches, and methods to help support academics in students. The methods and techniques utilized by educational therapists are primarily based upon the individual’s strengths, weaknesses, and learning profile. While it’s also true that educational therapy does help in enhancing the overall academic results, the scope of practice is much wider than you may think. 

Generally, it helps children, students, and adults alike to develop their foundation for knowledge, communication and learning for developing tools, such as:

• Study skills
• Academic skills
• Executive skills
• Higher thinking skills
• Memory skills
• Writing and math
• Reading comprehension
• Information processing skills and so on.

How educational therapy can help?

The specific treatments and strategies used by educational therapists will completely vary for different individuals and usually depends on their issues. Besides, here are a few examples of what an educational therapist might do:

• Teach different techniques to enhance work habits
• Help determine behavioral problems that may be caused by certain thinking and learning differences
• Offers a safe environment for students to talk about their school and academics
• Works as a positive link between school and home
• Teach organization skills and time management
• Assist children and students in understanding their specific deficit and challenges

Educational therapy mainly specializes in teaching skills and techniques that will better empower students and adults when it comes to organizing their personal educational problems while enhancing their school work behavioral abilities in the process. But, all this is possible when you get assistance from the right educational therapist, however, this is where many parents make a mistake and wonder why their children are not improving. 

So, to ensure that you choose the right educational therapist, there are some qualities that your potential therapist must possess, and they are:

• A qualified educational therapist must be familiar with all the learning challenges. 
• He/she should know how to work with students and kids with thinking and learning variations. 
• The therapist should understand how behavioral and emotional issues can affect a child in school or at home. 
• He/she should have expertise in academic subjects or skills such as reading, organizing and so on. 

Hence, if your shortlisted educational therapist has all these qualities then luckily you have made the right choice. But, if not then you might research more until you get the right one. After all, it's about your child's overall progress and you don't want to leave any stone unturned.