Seeds of Learning
The Seeds of Learning: A Cognitive Processing Model for Speech, Language, Literacy, and Executive Functioning
The Seeds of Learning: A Cognitive Processing Model for Speech, Language, Literacy, and Executive Functioning
Tera Sumpter, M.A., CCC-SLP, offers a groundbreaking and holistic approach to the assessment and treatment of childhood learning disabilities. This revolutionary method assembles the puzzle pieces of learning, connecting the dots from the fields of psychology, neuroscience, and speech language therapy to provide a comprehensive process for understanding and assisting children who struggle with learning. This book is written for speech-language pathologists, occupational therapists, teachers, parents, psychologists, reading specialists, and more.
"We have all looked into the eyes of a child who struggled with communication and/or academic development. You probably vividly remember feeling disappointed and helpless as you tried various interventions and made recommendations, only to be disappointed with minimal improvement. Tera Sumpter offers a brilliant, beautifully written ray of hope as she explains a cognitive, holistic framework that provides practitioners with a path forward. Thank you, Tera, for continuing to push the boundaries and to think outside of the box, and for challenging all of us to do the same." −Myrita S. Wilhite, PhD, AuD, CCC-A, Director, Speech and Hearing Program, Cleveland State University
"Tera Sumpter’s book succinctly and eloquently provides an integrated neurobiological model and intervention process for strengthening a child's cognitive processes and executive function. The idea that speech and executive function are interconnected and that by working through specific skill enhancement in multiple functional domains one can achieve greater success in overarching cognitive abilities is beautifully illustrated in case examples and based in well researched models. By looking at the whole child and fully assessing areas of strengths and weaknesses, she is able to provide a better rationale for targeted interventions that go beyond the superficial diagnoses of reading disabilities or speech disorders to effect real change." −Joseph Austerman, DO, Section Head, Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, The Cleveland Clinic
"Mrs. Sumpter's book is a description of the model and diagnostic techniques that support her successful approach to young children with learning disabilities and it has the potential to be a very useful manual for the practitioners in her field. I recommend Mrs. Sumpter's manual as much as I have recommended her service to friends and colleagues who happened to be parents to these beautiful children." −Bartolomeo Giannattasio, MD, PhD, Director of Electrophysiology, Southwest General Health Center, Middleburg Heights, OH
"Tera's cognitive model has helped me understand areas of speech therapy that I've grappled with for years. It's the missing piece that I wasn't taught in school." −Heather Eisenman, MS, CCC-SLP (Fairbanks, AK)
"A must for ANYONE working in schools!" −Mehreen Masoud, MSc Cert MRCSLT (London, UK)
"Tera provides a fresh perspective on how to address the underlying issues for all areas of therapy. It makes you think and re-wire your own brain to better serve your students. She make it easy to understand, and she gives you the research behind it." −Jamie Blakeley, MS, CCC-SLP (Johnson Creek, WI)
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"Finally, we have a valuable and functional qualitative tool that fills the gap between an executive functioning need and what the need looks like in our daily lives. SEFF-Q presents an overview of the executive functioning system from root, leaves to flower skills; it also shows us where our students' most foundational needs are so that we can teach within their zone of proximal development."
–Agnes Hwang, SLP
"So here it goes (I'm a little obsessed): The SEFF-Q, developed by Tera Sumpter at Seeds of Learning, LLC, is an extraordinary tool that provides an in-depth, easy to understand explanation of Executive Function and all its intricacies. This improved questionnaire breaks down EF skills into Root, Leaf and Flower skills, giving a comprehensive view of each subset. Unlike standardized tests, which often lack reliability, the SEFF-Q pairs with an observational checklist to provide a more accurate and holistic picture of a person's EF abilities. The color- coded system makes it easy to spot potential weaknesses at a glance, while the research backing the framework adds credibility. This will become an essential resource for anyone looking to better understand and improve their students’ executive function skills."
–Jane Shomberg, SLP
"The SEFF-Q by Seeds of Learning, LLC, is EXACTLY the tool I have been searching for! It provides a straightforward, systematic and comprehensive way of making observations about executive functioning skills. As a longtime student of Tera Sumpter, the developer of the SEFF-Q, she has always emphasized the importance of looking for patterns of processing when we are determining how to best support individuals with executive functioning needs. This tool allows us to do exactly that by making it clear where likely areas of strength and challenge are observed. Teachers, professionals and parents have often expressed to me that the standardized tests and questionnaires out there are hard to understand and complicated to complete. The SEFF-Q is not like that at all! It takes all the overwhelm and guesswork out of the process of gathering important information."
–Tara Glickman, SLP