Chris came to Huntington in Carle Place, NY in the spring of his freshman year. He had been struggling in school since fourth grade due to learning disabilities and classifications. Chris had worked with private tutors and gotten homework help at school through his resource room and extra labs, but he was still failing and had no motivation for learning or school.

The day of Chris's academic evaluation was very difficult. He yelled at his parents that he was not taking this "stupid, senseless evaluation" and demanded he go home. His parents left him anyway. During the evaluation, Chris actually got up and tried to walk out the front doors of the center. After sitting and talking with him to calm him down, we realized that he was upset because the evaluation was too hard for him. We convinced Chris to just do what he could and forget the rest, and he did just that.

His parents enrolled him for 1:1 instruction and Chris began working with his tutor. Eventually, Chris felt that Huntington was not so bad. I was invited to attend a meeting at his school that spring. He was doing well and the teachers were pleased with the input that Huntington provided.

Chris added subject tutoring to his program an extra two days a week for the month leading up to his Regents exam. Chris not only passed, but scored above average. He loves his classes at Huntington now and tells all his friends that the reason he no longer needs resource room is because Huntington totally changed his life. Chris still attends Huntington and talks about continuing with us until he graduates high school and takes his SAT.

FROM: Chris