Mission

Marburn Academy is Guided By a Unique Dual Mission:

Marburn's First Goal

The first goal is to provide Central Ohio with a school offering the finest education for bright children who learn differently. State-of-the-Art programs and teaching approaches that are solidly based on scientific research help us to reach this high expectation.

State-of-The-Art Programs

State-of-the-art school programs, featuring scientifically-validated teaching methods are designed to enable bright students with learning differences such as dyslexia and ADHD:

• to acquire the high level academic and cognitive skills,
• to develop the talents, personal values, self-management skills, and social skills,
• and to build the self-knowledge and strength of character which they will need to graduate from high school, to succeed in college, and to engage in meaningful and rewarding careers.

Teaching Methods

Marburn’s teaching methods are constantly being refined to incorporate the latest findings from the fields of education, cognitive science, and brain research as they apply to the unique learning needs of students with learning differences. The goal of the curriculum is to enable students with dyslexia or ADHD to realize and fulfill their potential in academic, intellectual, social, and emotional development.

 

Remediating skill deficits, building self-awareness and self-advocacy, and developing thinking skills are the main objectives of the first phase of the program. When skills in the deficit areas approach grade level, students then become eligible for entry into the second phase of the program. This phase is focused on building the students' capacity to employ their new skills independently, on more demanding tasks, in larger groups, and with less individual attention and support. Success in this phase ensures that a student is prepared to succeed in high school and college.

 

In both phases of the program, the ultimate goal remains the same: to enable students with learning differences to acquire the skills, self-knowledge, and strength of character they need to be successful.

Marburn's Second Goal

Marburn Academy's second goal is to serve as a catalyst for improving the quality of education available to people with learning differences throughout Central Ohio and the state.

In this role, Marburn Academy acts as a resource for parents, a demonstration center for model programs, and a training center for educators, physicians, psychologists, and other professionals. Hundreds of parents, teachers, and undergraduate college students annually take advantage of Marburn’s visitation program to observe model programs in action in the classroom. Free Community Parent Seminars acquaint Central Ohio parents with the latest research findings on effective program design for students with learning differences. Research has established that Phonemic Awareness deficits are the major cause of reading difficulties in children. Our summer Phonemic Awareness program for 5-6 year-olds introduced Phonemic Awareness training to the Central Ohio area. Marburn's monthly free Early Reading Screening clinic provides parents of 5-7 year-olds with early warning of the potential for reading problems, before children encounter failure. Faculty training sessions conducted at public schools and educators’ conferences have served over 10,000 educators in the past decade.

And in addition, Marburn Academy annually provides accredited Orton-Gillingham training to teachers and tutorial instruction for dyslexic students.

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