I remember sitting in the bathroom, fighting back tears. Why couldn’t I teach this obviously bright child how to read? Why couldn’t he write? Was it me? Was it our curriculum? I think we were on our third or fourth phonics curriculum and nothing seemed to work. I didn’t know if he’d ever learn. Some people thought he’d do better if I gave up and put him in school, but my brother had been so hurt by ignorant teachers I just couldn’t do that. They didn’t understand that some children are twice exceptional – gifted AND struggling learners. They thought he was just goofing off. I knew our boy would have the same problem. At the same time, everyone was saying, “Don’t let them label him!” I didn’t realize that no one had to see his test results but us – unless we needed them to! I didn’t realize that a diagnosis might give us a direction to find help, either. When he was ten or so, we heard Dianne Craft speak at a conference. I was amazed. Finally, someone who understood about kids who “were working too hard to learn!” We ordered the materials she recommended and got to work. It was pretty awful at first. He hated doing the exercises. He thought it was “baby stuff,” and threw a fit every day for a while. Now he stands at our booth (when he’s with us) and tells parents, “Don’t listen to their complaining. This stuff changed my life.” It really did. That was the year he learned to read fluently. Later those materials helped him learn to write. Now away at school, he’s a senior whose college just endorsed him for the Rhodes Scholarship for graduate school. What? Yeah, God is good! Anyway, I thought I ought to tell you our story as the school year is getting started and you might be thinking just what I did back then, “I don’t know if I can do this.” Having a struggling learner is one of the hardest things I faced in homeschooling. Dianne Craft’s materials helped us get through it.   Your friend, Melanie Young

 

We started using the Right Brain Phonics program in February 2016. We’ve seen awesome results.. My first grader has moved from a DRA level 6 to 14 in just a few months. The phonics program combined with Omega 3 supplements have worked beautifully. Praise the Lord for leading us to this site and the miracles he works for us -Melissa Fugate

I attended a Struggling Learner Seminar by Dianne Craft for some insight on how to help my sweet SL. She didn’t just open a door to the road to improvement, she knocked down a wall in my thinking. I can’t wait to try the stuff I learned. Thank you Dianne!

“We have had HUGE success with our 9 yr old. Trouble with math, writing reversals, writing was all over the page. Could not remember spelling words at all…we have a long way to go but she has been flourishing! I learned a whole new approach to teach spelling/math-I will forever be grateful to Diane craft for her program.” – Jacquie C

Thank you thank you thank you!! In just 6 weeks we are seeing such a change in many areas for our boys!! I can’t wait to see what change is like in 6 months!

Our family loves you! After meeting with you and doing everything you recommended our son beat the dyslexia and dysgraphia beast and graduated with a 4.0 GPA. -Heather Slinkard

So today is Monday… They are always hard for us…. The school day started out rough but ended sooo Great!!!! As many of you know S has a lot of dyslexic issues…. We have finished all the brain training, still working on Right Brain Phonics. October 2015 we started the program and she struggled to read Preprimer words….. Today she took the reading placement test and she read on 2nd grade level!! She has went up 4 levels in 15 months!!! PRAISE JESUS!!! As I am typing this she is writing her pin pal with very little help!!! Folks this is God at work!! I really appreciate all that Dianne Craft has done for our family! Quick response to my emails and phone calls when it looked hopeless her and her staff gave me so much support. Thank you!! PRAISE JESUS for getting us over the hump! We still have a hill to climb but it doesn’t feel as steep

I’m 77 years old, am doing BIT with my 11 year old grandson and we’re both noticing huge improvements. The two biggest things for me are the improvement of my memory and balance. I also taught my husband the program….just so I’d know how to use the program. He’s had two strokes and two TIAs and his coordination , tracking speed and concentration were greatly improved. I believe it’s a program that could benefit a great many seniors! Darlene

I have a success story, and we’ve only been doing BIT for 2 weeks. My son is in 7.5 and in beginning swimming lessons since last April. He can do the kicking, but it has looked “awkward” and like he has to move his whole body to make his legs alternate kicking. Even his shoulders and head would go back and forth. Last week, after a week of the exercises, he was not moving his body near as much and his kicking looked significantly smoother and more natural!     -Marika

You greatly helped my son years ago and I’ve used your knowledge on my other children and have referred many friends to your site – even just yesterday! For that particular son, a Saturday school teacher asked me what I had done because now he was the top in the class when previously he had been on the bottom and was even remembering what she had taught him years earlier that at THAT time he could not recall! Again, thank you for your help. God bless you and your work!!!