“NILD is…a dedicated group of highly trained educators who recognize the learning potential of every child.”
 ~Dr. Nancy Mather, an author of the Woodcock Johnson Tests of Achievement

Successful Independent Learning

​The Discovery Program at Christian Academy of Guatemala provides a one-on-one educational support and intervention for students who struggle in academic or perceptual areas, to promote successful, independent learning. The goal of NILD Educational Therapy® is to help students develop tools for independent learning in the classroom and in life. Discovery teachers utilize the NILD Educational Therapy® battery of techniques as tools to develop the God-given potential of each student, enabling them to be ready for the future God has planned for them. Since 1997, we have been able to meet students' needs, making it possible for their families to continue serving God in Guatemala.

The SEARCH & TEACH© Program at Christian Academy of Guatemala assesses each new student in Kindergarten and first grade. This gives a measure of a student's readiness for reading. By looking at the perceptual and discrimination ability of each individual student, intervention by use of the program strengthens underlying weaknesses to allow for reading success in each student's academic career.

NILD® exists to serve students of all ages to develop their cognitive and academic abilities. Over the past 40 years, NILD has developed instructional strategies to develop students’ thinking and learning ability and to assist students to become more effective learners. NILD trains educators of all capacities throughout the world to implement these strategies in their own communities. Recent studies have shown that 62% of students who utilized NILD's educational therapy® over a three year period showed statistically significant gains in their IQs. Growth in the academic domains of Reading, Writing, Spelling and Math was also demonstrated across age levels. NILD not only believes that everyone can learn but also that focused effort with a student can unlock a lifetime of potential.

NILD educational therapy® works to cognitively enrich students while also developing skills for lifelong learning. We believe intelligence is dynamic and
students of all ages can be taught how to learn rather than simply what to learn.

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