Hawaii Learning Resource

Results: Since 2003, provided 64 assessments to struggling students and their families in the community and over $65,000 in direct and in-direct assistance for the assessments to those families. Provided All Kinds of Minds developed Schools Attuned teacher professional development training and mentoring to over 100 Hawaii public and private school educators at a reduced cost with local foundation grant funding and donations. Partnered with Kohala Elementary School from 2007 to 2010 to train and mentor nearly all school teachers and key staff using the Schools Attuned model. Provided enrichment classes in Art, Music, and PE to Kohala Elementary School students to enrich learning and to allow teachers time for valuable mentoring. Conducted an Independent Evaluation of the Schools Attuned program at Kohala Elementary School to determine if the model can be replicated at other Hawaii schools. Partnered with Assets School in summer 2010 to pilot a two week summer Academic Enrichment program titled the Summer Spy Academy Camp for students entering grades 2 to 5 to improve learning and social skills, and give parents feedback on their child’s strengths and challenges as well as strategies to help the learning process. Provided 4 Parent Education Sessions in partnership with Assets School.

Target demographics: Hawaii Learning Resource is the dba of North Hawaii Women and Children’s Services, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization founded in 1998 whose mission is to empower all kinds of learners through partnerships that bring advances in teaching and learning to our community. Hawaii Learning Resource programs are modeled on evidence-based research and focus on increasing student success for struggling and gifted students through its four programs: Student Assessments, Teacher Professional Development, Student Academic Enrichment, and Parent Education.

Geographic areas served: Hawaii Island

Programs: The Student Assessment Program contracts with a trained multidisciplinary team which uses a strengths-based approach to assess and guide struggling students, their families, and their teachers. These assessments identify students’ strengths and interests and specific breakdowns in learning in eight neurodevelopmental domains: attention, temporal-sequential ordering, spatial ordering, memory, language, neuromotor functions, social cognition, and higher order cognition. The assessments also give specific strategies to help in the regular classroom and at home. The Teacher Professional Development Program helps educators acquire knowledge and skills to support all kinds of learners. The Student Academic Enrichment Program supports struggling and gifted students by offering enrichment opportunities in art, music, and physical education during the school year, and a two week summer Academic Enrichment Camp. A pilot summer Academic Enrichment Camp was held in June and July 2010 in partnership with Assets School, a highly respected school for gifted and dyslexic students located in Honolulu. The Parent Education Program aims to provide families of struggling and gifted students with knowledge and a better understanding of variations in learning and strategies to more effectively address those variations.