TAL Academy held an information session for professionals and prospective parents on Sunday, January 7. Many gathered at TAL to hear about their innovative, research-based program and to tour the facility. TAL is a new Yeshiva elementary school for bright children who have a diagnosed Language Based Learning Disability such as dyslexia. TAL opened in September with 18 children in 3 cohorts in grades 2-4. The information session program featured presentations by TAL principal Mrs. Sara Taib, Kriah Director Mrs. Brocha Kresch, and Dr. Lydia Soifer, the TAL Language and Methodology Consultant. Mrs. Taib kicked off the program by explaining who is a TAL student is and what the TAL program does.
Mrs. Kresch demonstrated how she implements her Kriah program. Parents were wowed by the progress TAL students have made in the few months since the beginning of the school year. Finally, Dr. Lydia Soifer described what the experience in school is like for a child with a Language Based Learning Disability. She spoke about how she has seen countless bright and capable children who were written off as dumb or lazy because they were not taught in a way they understood. Her talk resonated with many of the parents in attendance, many of them nodding in agreement throughout her speech. After the presentation by the TAL administration, TAL premiered their TAL video. Afterwards, Executive Director Rabbi Aryeh Dachs gave a tour of the TAL facility. Application season is underway. TAL is excited to expand to include children in grades 1-5 for the 2024/2025 school year.
