<p>Someone I know is talking about enrolling their struggling high school student in something called LearningRX. Sounds like it costs $6,000, and they "train your brain" to learn more effectively. It sounds fishy to me... does anyone have any experience with it? They have a decent website, and many locations around the country. So it is a legitimate company, but I just find it kind of hard to swallow that they are doing something worth that kind of money. I searched the internet for complaints, found a few, but they have a lot of sales sites for local locations, etc. that make up the majority of the top hits. Anyone have any insight?</p>
<p>I found a couple links
[LD</a> OnLine :: Any opinions on Learning Rx or PACE?](<a href=“http://www.ldonline.org/xarbb/topic/13748]LD”>http://www.ldonline.org/xarbb/topic/13748)</p>
<p>[Learning</a> RX Review | Rip-off Report #303368](<a href=“http://www.ripoffreport.com/tutoring/learning-rx/learning-rx-prayed-on-our-desp-a6fac.htm]Learning”>LearningRx | Ripoff Report TRUSTED BUSINESS | Verified)</p>
<p>I have been a trainer for many years and have worked with all ages
of students including high schoolers. If you are looking for changes in memory,
speed, attention, logic and reasoning etc. this is the best program. The centers
pre and post test every student and publish their results. They are also working
with an independent researcher right now who recently testified in front of Congress
that the program was making significant changes for his treatment group.
The LearningRx centers see 4000-5000 students per year and all parents
are asked how likely they would refer friends or family to the program. On a
scale of 1-10 the company scores a 9.3 nationally, so I would say that parents
and students are very happy with the results.</p>
<p>I would caution that when working with a high schooler even though we can make
big changes in IQ skills like memory and reasoning it doesn’t necessarily mean that the student’s motivation or behavior changes. Many students do change and get great grades, go on to better colleges etc. but even if we improve their skills, they still have to do homework and study. Also, as a trainer I have gotten big results with every students I have
worked with, not just once in awhile. I think that any negative comments were not because
the program didn’t work but because the parent’s expectation were not realistic or they were really looking for a behavior change and not a change in cognitive skills. Again, the student still has to study, it just will take half the time.</p>
<p>I knew a family who went to LearningRX a few years ago. They were very happy with the result and highly recommended it. I don’t have that kind of money so my kids have had to muddle through on their own.</p>
<p>My kids middle school sponsored some sort of information night including them, so I have seen the company’s presentation. IMO it would make a big difference for some kids and not much for others. Another tutoring service in our area is Chyten, they boast impressive results and I know families who credit them with great improvements and other kids who didn’t gain much. </p>
<p>If you have the money to work with and feel the need I would look at a lot of different options before selecting anyone.</p>
<p>I’m not so interested in posts from someone who has just entered the CC forums (1 post) and obviously has an economic interest in LearningRX. Clealy LearningRX has good marketing, this is obvious from the way search results come back on Google for them. I want to hear from families or friends of families who have had experience as consumers.</p>
<p>Bchan1, thanks for your insight. As far as I can tell, this is NOT tutoring, by the way, so I think it may not be accurate to call it “another tutoring service”. It is not subject specific.</p>