CENTER FOR ACADEMIC SUCCESS (CAS)

The goal of CAS therapy is to help students develop tools for independent learning in the classroom and in life. The focus of our one-to-one therapy is to address the underlying causes of learning difficulties, rather than simply treating the symptoms as tutoring does.

CAS educational therapy is a true therapy in that it aims the intervention just above the student’s current level of functioning and raises expectations for performance, which creates the framework to foster that growth. In CAS therapy, the students become competent, confident learners. They gain mastery over their cognitive weaknesses and use their cognitive strengths for success in the classroom and in life.

The CAS Program is an additional cost on top of tuition at First Baptist Academy. Contact the Director of CAS with any questions.

The CAS Program works on helping students learn to think rather than what to think. It is skill-oriented, improving basic learning skills so students can learn and retain knowledge. Through therapy, the students become better able to focus on instruction in the classroom, accurately hear and remember what the teacher is saying, remember how to spell words as they record them, and record and write information legibly.

During therapy, the educational therapist individualizes intervention by focusing specifically on a student’s areas of difficulty and dealing with problems as they arise during the learning process. There is a strong trust that develops between the student and his/her therapist that frees the student to accept and work on difficult areas.

Learning disabilities are diagnosed through a battery of tests administered by an independent diagnostician. Once a learning difference is diagnosed, an educational therapist will meet with the parent to discuss the various program options available through the Center for Academic Success program at FBA.

Some of the programs are full time or 180 minutes of therapy a week, others are part time or 90 minutes a week. Students are pulled from advisory periods, electives, or PE for their therapy. The program usually takes a minimum of three years and should enable a student to remain independent and successful throughout their educational years.