Learning at Edmonton Academy Is Designed Just for Your Child

Edmonton Academy offers a specialized program designed specifically for students with learning disorders. Our approach emphasizes understanding each learner’s profile and teaching in ways that allow students to access the curriculum meaningfully.

We focus on:

Structured, predictable learning environments

Small class sizes

Explicit instruction

Skill development and confidence building

Customized Strategies for Diverse Learners

At Edmonton Academy, we use evidence‑based, research‑driven strategies to support students with learning disabilities and help them succeed academically and socially. Our individualized methods include multisensory instruction and tailored teaching approaches that build confidence and mastery. Learn how our strategies work for your child. Contact us today.

Beyond good teaching and universal strategies available to all students, Edmonton Academy uses both:

Compensatory approaches: Strength-based strategies that accommodate areas of need and support independence.

Remedial approaches: Targeted strategies and interventions to address learning gaps and build foundational skills.

These strategies are applied thoughtfully based on each student’s individual learning profile.

Personalized Support for Student Success

Our Strategies

Edmonton Academy classrooms are built on the universal design for learning educational framework founded on research that guides the development of flexible learning and learning environments. Using the Alberta Education curriculum, our student programming is designed following these evidence-based instructional practices and specialized interventions proven effective for students with specific learning disorders/disabilities:

Reduced instructional group size

Low teacher-to-student ratios.

Embedded support of cognitive processes

Integrating the development of executive functioning and self-regulation into the classroom and into academic teaching for struggling students.

Intensified instructional delivery

Use of explicit instruction.

Systematic instruction (differentiated based on student needs).

Opportunities for students’ response and feedback (development of self-regulated learners).

Intensifying instructional delivery for struggling students.

Increased learning time

Daily learning strategies block, additional tutoring, processes to closely follow student’s programming and success, including review/study skills and homework.