Creative Tutors of Wake County, North Carolina
Category: Auditory Processing
Jan 14 | Development and Academic Success
A child’s developmental level, not just the chronological age, is vital to learning success. Developmental maturity demonstrates that the brain is able to take in sensory information and then process the information in the higher cortical areas of the brain. We are all meant to be born with certain primitive reflexes established. These primitive reflexes assist the mother and baby through the birth process. They then allow the baby to adjust to life outside the womb and to begin the process of training the body and the brain to work together. Typically, these reflexes are inhibited and replaced by more advanced postural reflexes sometime between 6 months - 3 years of age.
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Nov 06 | Music, Music, Music
6,440,000. That's how many results you get when you do a Google search on "music and brain development." Certainly there's no shortage of information backing up the idea that our brains and music are as compatible as Adam and Eve or Romeo and Juliet. The fact is: our brains love music. Our brains thrive on music. Our brains physiologically change in response to music. In Dr. Oliver Sacks' book, Musicophilia, he states: "Anatomists would be hard put to identify the brain of a visual artist, a writer, or a mathematician - but they could recognize the brain of a professional musician without a moment's hesitation." Dr. Michael Thaut writes in his book, Rhythm, Music, and the Brain, "The brain that engages in music is changed by this engagement."
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Nov 01 | Ear Infections, Hearing and Learning
Developing the sense of hearing is also crucial to learning success. As a child grows, his brain learns to interpret sounds in the environment in order to attend to important information and to block out background noise.
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August is here and most of the year round schools are in full swing with traditional calendar schools gearing up for their first day. Families are making school preparations, too. Classrooms crowded with kids are ideal environments for germ growth. Here are the top 5 illnesses that cause children to miss school and ways you can prepare: common cold, stomach flu, ear infections, conjunctivitis and sore throats.
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August is here and most of the year round schools are in full swing with traditional calendar schools gearing up for their first day. Families are making school preparations, too. Classrooms crowded with kids are ideal environments for germ growth. Here are the top 5 illnesses that cause children to miss school and ways you can prepare: common cold, stomach flu, ear infections, conjunctivitis and sore throats.
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August is here and most of the year round schools are in full swing with traditional calendar schools gearing up for their first day. Families are making school preparations, too. Classrooms crowded with kids are ideal environments for germ growth. Here are the top 5 illnesses that cause children to miss school and ways you can prepare: common cold, stomach flu, ear infections, conjunctivitis and sore throats.
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August is here and most of the year round schools are in full swing with traditional calendar schools gearing up for their first day. Families are making school preparations, too. Classrooms crowded with kids are ideal environments for germ growth. Here are the top 5 illnesses that cause children to miss school and ways you can prepare: common cold, stomach flu, ear infections, conjunctivitis and sore throats.
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Feb 26 | Essential Fatty Acids and Learning
Omega-3 fatty acids have become popular over the past few years as awareness of their health benefits in reducing the risk of heart disease has increased. However, these essential acids also play a crucial role in brain function as well as normal growth and development.
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Meet Kim Ashby | Owner
Kim Ashby earned a BS in Nursing from The Catholic University of America and, when she worked outside the home, was a Certified Emergency Nurse with a special interest in trauma nursing. She lives in Raleigh, NC with her husband and three sons. The Ashbys have home schooled their children since 1999. They graduated their oldest son in May 2007. He is attending UNC Wilmington. Kim continues to home school her younger boys. Her oldest son was diagnosed with ADHD when he was in the public school system in the second grade. Her second son has cerebral palsy which has resulted in multiple/global developmental delays. Her youngest son has undiagnosed, mild auditory processing issues.
Kim has co-instructed graduate level courses at UNC Chapel Hill for ST/OT students and Early Intervention students. She is the founder and President of the Board of Directors of GIFTSNC, Inc., a home schooling special needs support group. Kim has presented workshops at a variety of state home school conferences as well as local support group parent meetings and is often a guest speaker at homeschool conferences and is found on many guest speaker lists including Balancing the Sword. She is a Steering Committee member and former Treasurer for Dayspring Home Educators in Cary, NC. She served on the Board of Directors for the Family Support Network of Wake County. She holds a North Carolina Wildlife Permit for Small Mammal Rehabilitation and enjoys working with orphaned and injured wildlife.
"I have never let my schooling interfere with my education." Mark Twain