Wunderling Learning Center

Ruthie is an absolutely amazing human being. She is the first person to «totally get» my son and his learning needs, and has been working with him for several years. He has progressed amazingly, thanks to Ruthie. In addition, Ruthie is an amazing advocate for her clients when it comes to meeting with teachers and school districts. Ruthie Wunderling is one of these educators and individuals who is irreplaceable and a true gem.

Ruthie is a rock star. Our daughter had great results with the PACE program.

I wanted to write a further follow up on the PACE program now that we are a ½ a year into this program.
I have seen remarkable changes in one of my children in relation to his test results — from a child that was average to a child that is now getting A’s and B’s on most of his tests. The only thing I can contribute this to is the PACE program. It has taught him techniques and ways to memories information.
Last year he was nearly failing math — this year he’s a A/​B student. In science and history he is A+ — this program has given an average child a winning edge.

My daughter was diagnosed as having dyslexia in the 4^th grade. I did everything to work with the Cupertino Union School District to provide services to my daughter who was in special education since 2^nd grade. I knew that she also needed extra support at home that I was not able to provide. I went to Sylvan and Kumon which provided me with conflicting reports from the school district. I finally had my own neuro — psychological report which took place over a few days which helped me to understand how to work with my daughter, but I still needed a education therapist.
I went to Linda Mood Bell (recommended by psychologist) and paid for an expensive assessment as it is required for their program. I still did not feel comfortable as I knew that my daughter needed remediation before cognitive training. It seemed too much torture to have her there 5 days a week for 4 hours a day over the summer. I could not commit to spending a small fortune on something that I was not sure of and that was not customized to her needs. It was very stressful.
It was then that I started to research private school specialized in learning difficulties and dyslexia. I visited Charles Armstrong and Los Altos Christian School… just to name a few… but I could not wait to apply for the next year or be on a wait list.
Through research I knew that my daughter needed education therapy by someone who was trained in Slingerland methods. I did research online and found the Wunderling Learning Center through the Slingerland Institute site. My husand and I visited Ruthie who has extensive experience tutoring children with learning difficutlies. I felt at ease with her and confident in her abilities. She explained an ideal plan to work with my daughter which included assessments based on her observations working her as well as specific testing. Most of all we needed someone we could trust to work with our child.
My husband and I decided to start off with 2 days a week of education therapy after school and started in July 2007. For the past several months Ruthie has helped us to work with our daughter at home, provided specific strategies to to address her learning issues and keeping focused. She has helped me through my daughters meltdowns over math and language arts. Ruthie has a talent to work with children and is commited to education. She also continues her education to provide additional services to her clients. She is now a PACE certified instructor and has added this as another tool to work with my daughter.
It is February 2008 and my daugher got a 97% on her science test and has mainstreamed into a regular Math class. This is huge difference from last summer and my husband and I are very proud. We will continue with the education therapy with Ruthie.
Do your research before making a commitment to put your child in any program. Many of the cookie cutter programs may try to take advantage of your need to provide for your child.