Who Can Use the ELP:

 

Learning specialists and tutors can take the ELP to discover more about themselves and expand their methods of practice. In addition, they can use this instrument to reveal comfortable and empowering compensatory strategies to teach their students. Also, during initial consultations, the ELP can be utilized as a wonderful “ice breaker” which will offer a list of recommendations that a family can effectively implement at home.

Parents are enlightened by the ELP, because they can learn how each family member assimilates and recalls information best. In addition, families can learn how to accommodate the unique needs of each individual member. Parents find this invaluable, because they learn techniques that enable them to work more effectively with their own children. As there is no right or wrong way to learn, family members come to appreciate accommodation and become increasingly sensitive to individual differences. This, for example, may help the family understand that “Frank needs to think aloud,” while “Mom needs time to process to herself.”

Teachers can discover their own unique learning profile as well as their students’. Teachers have a proclivity to teach the way they learn. Thus, in discovering their own profile, they can help to uncover alternative ways to accommodate the diverse learning needs in their classrooms. Many educators in this field love to use the ELP, because it offers a quick and easy tool to uncover strategies that will work for each student in their class. Moreover, teachers can discover the overall profile of their class. This enables them to meet the primary needs of the group at large as well as accommodate individual needs that deviate from the majority and require special attention.

Students find the inventory easy to complete, very informative, and easy to apply. Respondents learn about their optimal ways of encoding and recalling information, compensatory learning strategies, and how best to get organized. They can understand and integrate their learning profile, and then better advocate for their instructional needs. When a student’s unique approach to learning is internalized, attitudes and motivation will improve and academic success will abound. In addition, individuals who take the ELP can learn to utilize and develop strategies that allow them to process information in ways that will help them to assimilate knowledge at a faster pace. Retention is ameliorated and the learning process becomes more enjoyable. If, for example, a teacher presents information in a way that does not aid the learning process, the student can supplement the teacher’s presentation through encoding the information in complementary ways. Thus, if an auditory modality is not optimal, one can view images of the subject on the internet to make it visual, rewrite their notes to make it tactile, organize the information in a web to make it simultaneous, or break a process into definable steps to make it sequential.

Employers can use the ELP to gain a better understanding of each employee’s learning needs. The work place is a constant learning environment in which both employers and employees can improve working relationships and create an atmosphere that is more productive and organized.

Career counselors can use the ELP to help uncover appropriate future occupations for respondents. For instance, tactile learners love to work with their hands, thus careers such as massage therapy, sculpting, and architectural design may prove to be most fulfilling for them.

Testing Professionals can utilize the ELP to enhance reports. Furthermore, the ELP can uncover a respondent’s unique learning profile as well as offer specific learning and organizational recommendations that can be used in the classroom, at home, or at work.

Testimonials 

"These assessments have been wonderful in my work.  I have found the ELP to be very easy to use and fast to score. I often use them to help develop learning profiles for my clients.  Also, after the ELP, I find I usually engage in productive conversations about how the student (or adult – work with college kids, Wall Street guys, etc.) learns and help them come up with examples in their lives about how each dominant category represents them.  Finally, I do group workshops and have given the ELP out to groups of people, which has been productive as well."

Evan Flamenbaum, M.A., M.A., M.S.W.

“We need to use an eclectic approach and incorporate as many learning modalities as possible into our daily routine… By surveying the group (using the ELP) in the beginning of the year, we can discover their preferred styles and develop lessons plans, which complement them. If we are sensitive to their differences, we will teach the greatest number of respondents.”

 

Teacher, Ossining, NY

 

“This survey and the recommendations are incredible. I think we, as teachers, spend a great deal of time getting to know the types of learners we have in our class. What a helpful tool to use after the first couple of weeks of school. I would love to use this tool early on and then tailor my lessons to the types of learners and their strengths.” 

 

Teacher, Chappaqua, NY

 

“The ELP revealed that most of my respondents learn differently than me, since almost none are predominately verbal or visual. For the future, I will have to come up with more diverse activities/methods for this group that tap into their learning strengths, not mine.” 

 

Teacher, Yorktown, NY

 

"Erica, I find the material very thorough and insightful--it's a perfect concept and I think it's high time the schools started approaching learning and teaching in this method." 

 

Parent, Irvington, NY

 

"This is an excellent diagnostic tool for revealing different learning styles and natural talents. I highly recommend it to anyone who is serious about finding the optimal methods of learning for themselves, children or other loved one. The insight gained is invaluable." 

 

Parent, Ardsely, NY

 

 

 

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