Phase 1 - The PACE Program

When we are born, our brains are wired to respond to sounds, sights, touch and smells.  A baby crawls and suckles without instruction.  These sensory motor skills allow the baby to interact with the environment. 

Language and thought are paired with these sensory motor experiences as the brain incorporates new information and skills.  Memory, attention to detail, problem solving skills are all learned through our life experiences. 

These are examples of the processing or learning skills which children in turn use when they enter school to make sense out of the reading and mathematics instruction they are exposed to. 

If these learned, processing skills are not efficient, learning is challenging and children soon realize that they are not acquiring new skills and information as quickly as their peers.  This is demoralizing. 

Because processing and cognitive skills are learned, they can be strengthened by instruction and practice.  This is what the PACE Program does so effectively.

The PACE Program – training more confident, competitive learners

This research based program is designed to change learning skills.  It is a rigorous program and just like an athletic training program it requires effort on the part of the athlete/learner.  Challenging activities are done to build attention skills, processing speed, memory skills, auditory skills and dynamic vision skills. It is a fast moving, intensive program that does not teach academic skills, but rather strengthens the underlying processing skills needed for better academic performance.

The Kelter Center coach/teacher  gives students good feedback and moral support.  Together we teach the students to become more efficient, aware and self regulating learners.