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The most powerful, dedicated, useful and loving resources in a child's world are his or her parents. This simple fact is often disregarded, even dismissed, in many professional settings.
The \"experts\" do not and cannot know your child as you do. Their contact is often limited to hour-long single (or multiple) visits. Some trained teachers and therapists interact with your child mainly in group or school environments. Although these facilitators have the very best of intentions, often they must divide their attention between your child and other children. In many instances, test scores are used as more important indicators than the information and insights of the parents.
Here at The Option Institute, we not only acknowledge parents as the child's most important resource, but seek to empower them to the child's advantage. Your knowledge, your love, your lifelong interest and caring can never be matched by anyone else. Professionals do the best they can and, certainly, can provide meaningful assistance. But you can do much, much more because of your unique position in your child's world.
We believe in the power of the family, in the incredible potential of the home as a loving, nurturing teaching environment, and in the child's best resource-the parent! |
