Empowering Learning

Training Providers in St. Albans

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15, Crown Street
Redbourn
St. Albans
Hertfordshire
AL3 7JX

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Monday to Saturday: 9am - 7pm

Sunday: Closed


Key Services

adhd, asperger, autism services



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Looking for a different approach to improving learning difficulties? Want to learn new skills to help others? Looking to dramatically reduce the whole impact of Specific Learning Difficulties (SpLDs) - Dyslexia, Dyscalculia, ADD/ADHD, Tourette's Syndrome, Dyspraxia, Dysgraphia, Autism and Asperger's Syndrome?
Have you noticed how people have such exceptional talents coincidentally with often debilitating symptoms of SpLDs?
Are you curious about how some students develop skills naturally, without being taught and others don't?
Would you like to see extraordinary changes quickly?
You can learn to teach others in a single day or on-line over 4 modules.

What Makes Empowering Learning' s Unique Approach So Different?

We work with those who have various SpLD diagnoses, looking past the diagnosis to helping people use their fabulous skills to transform any limiting symptoms they have.

The visual sense is the fastest system we have for learning and is the natural way young children learn - using their imagination.

Empowering Learning is focused on what people can do rather than what they can't do.

Empowering Learning teaches people how to get into the best emotional state for learning.

Families are engaged whenever possible.

Teachers learn how students learn visually, incorporating a full multi-sensory learning experience.

Empowering Learning has studied how people without learning challenges think and behave.

The philosophy is a coaching person-centered approach.

Empowering Learning Teaches People How To Get Into The Best Emotional State For Learning.

How we feel affects what we do. Many students sit in a classroom or test in a state of anxiety when they feel that they are ‘stupid' or incapable of learning due to past negative experiences. This negative emotional state is a barrier to learning. By teaching students how to become calm and relaxed prior to learning they are more likely to succeed.

Families are engaged whenever possible. Having the right motivation to change is essential for any improvements to be made. For many students this is not possible to do without the support of their families. If a learning issue is prevalent amongst other family members then showing whole families how they can all help each other provides the essential motivation. Learning becomes fun as everyone can succeed quickly, homework time is less painful and there is more emphasis on the talent and creativity of the student.

Teachers learn how students learn visually, incorporating a full multi-sensory learning experience. Whilst it is well understood how to teach visually most teacher training does not include how people to learn visually. This is a vital component in understanding the difference between those that develop their natural learning skills automatically and those that don't.

Our Services

We work with those who have various SpLD diagnoses, looking past the diagnosis to helping people use their fabulous skills to transform any limiting symptoms they have.

The visual sense is the fastest system we have for learning and is the natural way young children learn - using their imagination. Visually we can absorb a lot of information simultaneously and quickly. Most students who are struggling are highly visual but are being taught using the slower auditory and kinesthetic senses. Most academic subjects are best learnt visually. This will speed up the whole learning process and is easy to learn and then teach.

Empowering Learning is focused on what people can do rather than what they can't do. What you focus on is what you get more of. Most literacy teaching focuses on phonological deficiencies. Phonics promote sounding out and breaking down words, involving a lot of repetition and drilling which becomes tedious, boring and a chore to practice. Fluent readers however don't read using phonics. They read by recognising the whole word, provided they have seen the word before. Phonics comes in when a new word, not previously seen, is being read. These visual learners are therefore taught how to use their natural learning style and how to put it into practice in the best way.

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2000

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1 to 1 coaching

Coaching is often an ideal mechanism for getting straight to the heart of learning new strategies to overcome the symptoms of learning difficulties.

CPD Programme for schools

Experience has taught us at Empowering Learning™ that the most effective way for students to develop their vital skills of mental imagery is for all teachers in the school to understand the necessity and application.

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Testimonials

Ss Alban and Stephen Infant School is a good school but we are always striving to improve. In particular we look for ways to enhance learning, especially for those children, who may struggle with literacy and numeracy. We have always used visual, aural and kinaesthetic methods with young children but we have been shown a number of activities, which can really support visual learners, and this has been a great step forward. Olive Hickmott has taught our teachers and teaching assistants how children learn visually and how sometimes children confuse themselves. She has shown the staff how to integrate their new skills into the classroom, adding to their Continuous Professional development. Olive has individually taught a few children who have been particularly challenged and coached my staff who have seen for themselves the real benefits of visual learning, being grounded and letting go of stress. We are now developing the ideas into our reception class teaching with the objective that all children build an excellent multi-sensory foundation for literacy and numeracy from the very start.

Paula Holden, Headteacher.


We brought our son to see Olive for a 1-1 session of an hour. Henry is 11 and struggles with all aspects of literacy - spelling reading, writing. After 20 minutes he managed to spell 7 letter words that were previously unknown to him. He could visualise them and even spell them backwards! My husband and I felt very emotional during the session, as Henry's self-confidence blossomed. We have continued to use this technique at home for 5 minutes daily and now (2 weeks later) he can spell all the days of the week and different words for Mathematics. I am very impressed with this technique and have recommended it to several of the children I teach. This programme should certainly be rolled out in schools

Sarah, B.Ed (Primary School Teacher)


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