From Sam’s first lesson I could see how challenging it was for him to sit still. He struggled to listen and found following instructions very difficult. All of this resulted in him not being able to stay engaged and impacted his learning greatly, being tutored, as well as I’m imagining, during class time too. Sam would always need to know before any learning started when he would be able to stop for a brain break – this was a term I wasn’t familiar with until I started working with Sam.
He knew he was behind so many of his peers in class in reading, writing and arithmetic and this I believe had a big impact on Sam and how he saw himself as a learner.
While Sam was making some progress in reading and number work here, his working memory was poor, and he was finding non-contextual information almost impossible to remember. When professionally tested, last year, this struggle was hugely highlighted- it was insanely low.
In February this year (2025), Sam started having Neurofeedback sessions twice a week (20 sessions during Feb to April 2025).
I started to find a difference in his working memory from the start. Fast forward 9+ months, Sam doesn’t even identify as the same child. I believe the work he has done has enabled him to retain information that he was struggling with, prior to his neurofeedback sessions. In September Sam participated in my ‘Master Multiplication at Lightning Speed’ 3-Step, Song-Based Program. He was able to learn and retain all his times tables in 6 weeks.
Being able to sing the times tables, I believe played an important part in Sam being able to retain them in such a short period of time. Achieving learning times tables at this speed, is almost unheard of, even for an average- learning child.
Every week, Sam goes from strength to strength and the child in class who was behind is keeping up and his speed in learning new concepts just keeps getting better and better.
Sam is confident, believes in himself as a learner and is a child who continues to love to learn. That has been my goal for Sam from the start.
Trudy Keating (Tutor, 35+ years experience)