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Unlocking Your Child's Potential

Real-life Chronicles

Derek's Story chronicles one family’s experiences throughout a school year as they deal with their 8-year-old son’s learning differences in a suburban public school. Though pseudonyms are used at the family’s request, all other aspects of the story are true.

Derek's Story first appeared, in installments, in volumes 2 and 3 of the Smart Kids newsletter.

Over the past months, we have periodically released a new installment of Derek's Story to the online public. All five installments are now available below. Click on the following links to travel along with Derek and his family in their struggle to find the right match of programs and teachers for a smart kid with learning disabilities.