Nurturing Minds for Success

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Nurturing Minds for Success

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About Nurturing Minds for Success

Nurturing Minds for Success Learning Centre Ltd. was founded by an Elementary School Special Education Teacher to support students with literacy and math foundational skills development using the Orton Gillingham Approach, an evidence-based approach used to support students with Dyslexia and other learning disabilities.

Since all students, and especially students with learning challenges, benefit greatly from support with self-regulation/mindfulness, and wellness, Nurturing Minds for Success. was also created with a focus on mindfulness and wellness programs as part of supporting students to meet their full potential.

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Shelina R. Shankar is a Professional member of IDA and is listed in the IDA Professional Directory for Services.

At Nurturing Minds for Success, we strive to provide individualized, one-one support to students. A student profile is created that supports us to build rapport, motivate students, support students that have social- emotional barriers that impedes learning, and provide support for parents, in order to optimize academic learning of skills.
At Nurturing Minds for Success, we strive to provide tools and information to educate parents and teachers, by way of our website and workshops, along with links with access to various service providers and resources that will support other areas of student development.
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The Orton-Gillingham (OG) Approach

The OG (Orton-Gillingham) Literacy Approach is a direct, explicit, structured, sequential, diagnostic, and prescriptive approach to teach individuals that struggle with reading and writing. OG makes use of multi-sensory (VAKT- visual/auditory/kinesthetic/tactile) modalities to support learning of phonograms, sight words with phonetic/irregular spelling patterns, and morphology (meaning and use of prefixes and suffixes in context). The same characteristics are used in the OG Math approach to support students struggling with the basic foundational skills in math.

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Vision

To be a leading center, where every child learns tools to succeed as they learn foundational skills in literacy/ or math, so they can create their own future.

Nurturing Minds for Success is about building a community where all children feel safe, loved, respected, and encouraged to develop to their fullest potential.

We are committed to working with parents, educators, and community supports, so we can create a community of purposeful learning, that focuses on the whole child: body-mind-spirit.

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Services

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OG programs

Structured Literacy Tutoring Following The OG Approach To Literacy And Math

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Mindfulness, Yoga

Mindfulness, Self-Regulation, And Yoga Sessions (Individual Or Group)

mental-health

Wellness Program

Nutrition, Exercise, And Healthy Living Sessions (Individual Or Group)

Testimonials

E. M Parent of child with math difficulties.

Shelina is absolutely amazing! My daughter, who struggles and dreads doing math, looks forward to her tutoring sessions. Shelina has a special way of making math fun and easy to understand. I highly recommend Shelina.

S. E Parent of child with learning difficulties in literacy/math, and ADHD.

There are no words to describe how special Shelina is. Shelina began working with our son in grade 2. He could barely write, and he struggled with reading. Since we live on the Sunshine Coast, she agreed to work with him over Zoom. His severe ADHD (inattentive type) makes it difficult for him to focus on the best days, so I wasn't sure online sessions would work. But, as any mom to a neurodiverse child knows, the desperation for access to help is crippling. After the first few sessions, I worried Shelina would give up on him (and us). But Shelina is special. She has patience like no other and formed a connection with him immediately. Over the last two years, our son has made leaps and bounds, and with Shelina's help, his abilities have surpassed our expectations. We are forever grateful for her perseverance, her knowledge and support. Thank you for reminding us that our son's brain is beautiful and that he can (and will) thrive in this World.

M.B Parent of student with Dyslexia and ADHD in Grade 3

Shelina is a gifted educator who genuinely cares about her students and their learning outcomes. She has been able to form a strong bond with our son, despite our sessions being completely online. Our son is engaged and increasingly confident in his skills. Thank you, Shelina!

H. T Parent of Student with Writing Difficulties in Grade 5

Our son really enjoys your time together. You have a special way with kids. Thank you for all you have done this year. Our son has been better off with your help.