Before I came to Arrowsmith last year I could not write, I could not spell - my spelling was terrible and I couldn’t spell basic words - and my reading was a jumble. I did not have a lot of confidence in learning, and I was very messy, unorganized and found it difficult to concentrate.

He felt like he was being heard. And so, he also began to be more confident as he worked through the Arrowsmith Program. He began to develop this growth mindset, and he became more confident in his abilities. Now he's willing to try more challenging tasks, but one of the greatest achievements he's had this year is he was inducted into the National Beta Club, which is awesome not only because he is maintaining an A and B average, but he's doing the work himself.

When I got Emma's psychoeducational report, I found it to be a very disappointing document. It was helpful in terms of identifying the problem, it was not helpful in terms of identifying any recommendations or any solutions. I was basically told, ‘This is your child, this is her learning profile. It's fixed. There's nothing that can be done to change that. And here are the accommodations that you need to put into place in order for her to be able to manage the school system’.