If your son or daughter has a learning disability and does not have an interest in attending college, you may be concerned about his or her future. But even if your child never attends a traditional four-year college, there are other ways your child can receive the training that is necessary to be set up for a lucrative career.
Caters to Kinetic Learning Styles
People learn in different ways and traditional scholarship tends to place heavy focus on reading, writing and auditory learning. What is less focused on is kinetic learning, also referred to as hands-on learning. In contrast, trade and certificate programs are more geared toward helping your child learn by doing. For example, a vocational program teaching web page design would have your child designing actual websites while spending less time reading about web page design. If your child is a kinetic learner, you may see an explosion in your child's academic performance.
Teaches Learned Creativity
Even if your child understands that vocational training is very different from a traditional college experience, emotions can make it difficult to take the plunge into this career path. In particular, those with learning disabilities often develop a fear of failure. But one way to overcome a fear of failure is through the process of learned creativity, which is where your child learns to come up with innovative ways to overcome adversity. By attending vocational training courses, your child may develop a greater ability to overcome his or her fear of failure.
Has an Obvious Purpose
Fear of failure sometimes manifests itself as your child questioning the value of education. Your child might say, "What is the point of everything I am learning in school?" But with vocational training programs, the purpose of training program is more obvious and directly related to your child's future.
Is Related to Work Experience
Getting a job and acquiring work experience often helps complement your child's vocational training. For one, having a job helps your child better understand how vocational skills can assist him or her at work. Working a job also teaches skills that are universally needed in most careers, such as:
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Cooperating with others
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Following directions
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Complying with authority
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Performing work at a satisfactory level
These skills will also be necessary when receiving vocational training.
You can help motivate your child to go to college by having realistic expectations. Even if you pictured your child attending a four-year college, if his or her path will more likely be toward vocational training, your open-mindedness will improve the odds that your child will maintain the motivation that is necessary to follow-through.
For more information about vocational training, contact a company such as Hillside Enterprises - AR & C Long Beach.