The learning tree: overcoming learning disabilities from the ground up

Sally's story

IQ testing: uses and misuses

Play and learning: floortime

Building basic thinking

Building advanced thinking

Using all the thinking levels: the Sidwell Friends buddy project

Getting to the roots: avoiding labels

Deciphering sounds

Making sense of what we hear

Organizing actions: motor planning and sequencing

Organizing thoughts

Regulating sensation

Making sense of what we see

Integrating all the roots: the Sidwell Friends nutrition project

Helping Sally: strengthening the trunk and the roots

The learning tree in action: the Sidwell Friends dinosaur project

Reading comprehension

Expressing ideas in writing and speaking

Mathematical thinking and reasoning

Organizational skills

The learning tree in conclusion: the Sidwell Friends Native Americans and colonist project.