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Cougar Learning Center for Success
The Cougar Learning Center for Success is an expanding department within our school, dedicated to meeting the needs of families and supporting each child’s growth and academic success. We strive to provide support at every stage of learning, including early intervention programs like Search & Teach to help prevent learning failure in younger students. To achieve this mission, the Cougar Learning Center for Success offers two key resources: the THINKLab and Educational Therapy.
THINKLab: Rooted in the principles of the National Institute for Learning Development (NILD), the THINKLab provides a dedicated, supportive environment where students receive both learning and testing accommodations. With ongoing academic monitoring, our director and lab instructor collaborate closely with classroom teachers to schedule students as needed for assignments or tests requiring accommodations. This coordinated effort ensures each student receives the right support at the right time.
Educational Therapy: Educational Therapy is a personalized, one-on-one intervention program designed to target the root causes of learning difficulties. Our trained therapists carefully review each student’s educational tests results and develop customized therapy sessions to address their unique needs. The goal is to empower students to see themselves as capable, confident learners—equipped to overcome cognitive challenges and build on their strengths for success in the classroom and beyond. For our youngest learners, we incorporate the Search & Teach program as an essential part of our early intervention strategy, focusing on identifying and strengthening foundational skills before potential learning difficulties escalate.
Entrance Requirements & Fees: Admission to the Cougar Learning Center for Success programs requires appropriate testing, unless previously completed, and includes additional fees. Students should have a diagnosed or suspected learning deficit, cognitive processing disorder, or other academic struggles that impact their ability to acquire, retain, or apply knowledge effectively. Due to the individualized nature of educational therapy, space is limited. Once the program reaches capacity, a waiting list will be maintained.
Your child may need access to the THINKLab if they already have recommended accommodations based on prior testing. Your child may also need access if their teacher, principal, counselor, or therapist has academic concerns and suggests testing.
Accommodations are based on the student’s individual needs. More information can be given about your child’s accommodations by clicking here.
Accommodations are determined through specific psycho-educational testing done outside of NCS. Our staff will then review the testing, recommend accommodations, develop an individualized accommodation plan, and speak with the parents, principals, counselors, and teachers regarding those accommodations. NCS will not diagnose or administer the required evaluation for entry into the program. Testing must be completed by an approved outside testing agency or diagnostician. For information or recommendations regarding evaluations or ISD testing, please click here.
The THINKLab will continue to grow. Our goal is to provide our students with the resources to succeed in school and beyond. As the THINKLab grows, parents will be notified of the services being offered.
National Institute of Learning Development (NILD) educational therapy focuses on developing clear, efficient thinking. Students are given tools to enable them to overcome specific learning weaknesses. Tutoring typically focuses on content, while educational therapy builds efficient learning processes. NILD Educational Therapy is skill-oriented, improving basic learning skills so students can learn and retain content.
Students become better able to:
Educational therapists become better able to individualize intervention by:
An NILD educational therapist is a highly trained individual who works with struggling learners in a one-on-one or group therapy setting. Educational therapists are specifically equipped with the ability to identify and assess student learning needs. They create and implement individual educational therapy plans utilizing the NILD techniques specific to each student’s learning goals.
