How To Treat Dysgraphia

Educational Therapy

An educational therapist is an educator who works on an individual basis with a student usually outside the school setting. Educational therapy is not the same as tutoring, although academic studies may be involved. An example would be a student who may experience dyscalculia working with a tutor by practicing multiple math problems to master skills and with an educational therapist exploring the relationships of numbers to each other and identifying basic mathematical facts. Building overall confidence in the student is an important part of the educational therapist's job. When working with children with learning disabilities, this professional might work on building the student's self-esteem, offering reassurance, and serving as a go-between for the student, parents, and teachers. Educational therapist services are not covered by insurance and will have to be paid out-of-pocket. Finding a reliable educational therapist can be done by asking your child's doctor for a referral or contacting the Association of Educational Therapists (AET).

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