My Mothers Business

Skills Training & Tutoring Specialist

 www.ArleneBarrett.com

Created the website above for my mothers business. 

a Fighter, a Tiger and an Advocate:

Hello, I am Robert Barrett and I am one of Arlene's children.  It is important for you to know my mom is a tiger, a fighter, and an advocated in achieving what it takes to give her children and her client's children the attention they deserve.

Hence why I created this website for her profession.

This is my account on why you can trust my mother.

       Children with learning disabilities are much more common than most parents are aware.  You may be one of the countless parents today who have become powerless in giving their children the tools they require to succeed in school. You may be one of the many parents whose children are told by their teachers that there child is not trying hard enough.

These great misinterpretations are principally due to the many educators who misguidedly do not recognize ADHD and Aspergers as authentic learning disabilities.

These teachers are prone to false expectations, often placing full responsibility to correct the child's needs on the parent or more commonly solely on the very child their self.  

This erroneous attitude of these teachers  have made these children almost impractical to rely exclusively on the educator.

For these particular children to succeed they need educators who can give your child the learning environment your child requires. Though some parents simply give up and allow mediocre results through their children's school careers, you do not have to watch your child coast through school with Cs and Ds. There are other options!

I recall an example of one of my mother's life changing educational conquest. Several years ago in my freshman year of high school I recall being asked to go down to the school office.

As I dragged my feet into the office I preceded down a hall layered with offices. When I reached the end of the hall there stood in front of me that dreaded conference room--all five of my teachers sitting around a conference table and all five of them appeared to have faces of unpleasantness.

Now the teachers are not what stunned me the most. It was as I turned my head to see at the other end of the table my mother.

I could tell something important was going on because the teacher's faces where not as impressionable as my mother's face, this was because I could see she had her game face on.

My throat gulped as I was requested to sit next to my mother. I do not remember what I was asked or what was said to me, I simply recall the clock moving really slow.

I was then asked to sit outside the door as they conversed. I do not know what was conversed in that meeting, although I can remember hearing my mother's tone becoming more definite.

 After some time the talking stopped. I could hear steps gradually walking to the door and the door slowly open. The suspense was killing me.

There I saw my mother step out of the room and to my eyes I saw an image that was stained into my memory forever.

She had distressed eyes with an impression of absolute exhaustion. I could tell she had fought a great battle.

It became evident to me that she was trying very hard to hide her emotions of this strenuous experience.

I can still see the teachers faces, most of them with pretend impersonations of acceptance.

Although I couldnt hear the conversation, I was not ignorant to the fact that most my teachers did not believe I had a learning disability. An educators ignorance is a enduring struggle that has plagued my life and countless of other students.

The following days, I noticed a change in one of the five teachers. My art teacher was paying additional consideration to me and my projects; he gave me encouragement more often than usual. I enjoyed that teacher and I felt his extra effort went along way for me.

The other teachers I will never forget either.

They became quite contradictory, almost cynical towards me. I can still see the frustration in some of my teachers eyes as they seemed to double their efforts on how often they could criticize my school work. I could sense their lack of patience with me.

I figured my mother must have said something to really put them out of their comfort zone because that couple weeks in my eyes was wretched.

I felt I had reached a cold bitter wall and was time to give up.

But my mother is not me. She again walked right back into that school and caused a storm in that school.

I was quickly changed into different classes until I was placed into classes where the teachers actually recognized my needs.

It was a struggle through high school although I finished high school, yet I finnished with a 2.8 GPA.  If you knew me personally you would say that is an incredible accomplishment.

Now it is not just me she fought for, I had close friends who also struggled in school. I would mention these friends to my mother and they would often be given better help at school.

My mother became the go to mom when my friend's parents had insufficient connections to the school system.

This experience and many others is why I am convinced that without my mother's vigorous efforts I and many others would have never made it through school.

     Like I mentioned, those who know me closely such as my beautiful wife and unique siblings, have little doubt in their mind that I struggle with more than one learning disability.  We all agree that my mother's efforts have made drastic changes in my functional ability; and in our defense, I can honestly say that through the efforts of my mother that I have learned to develop many routines, habits and skills that have helped me to accomplish my ambitions.

 I am currently finishing up my Advertising and Pre-Law degree at Brigham Young University Idaho.

I have a wonderful wife and a perfect baby girl who empower me to believe I can reach any objective.

Today is April 16th 2011. This morning I checked my final GPA of the semester of 3.7 and my total cumulative GPA of 3.05.

My dad has been talking non stop about how proud he is I have a 3.0 in college and about plans for Law School.

Pretty much my point is I love my mom and owe her my life.

    

So parents who have felt you have exhausted your efforts to change the school system; relax and get excited!

There is someone out there that understands your child's needs and has had great experience and success with helping these unique individuals.

My mother has worked with numerous children of all ages and has the skills and resources necessary to facilitate your child's deserved potential.

You can trust Arlene Barrett as your child's Skills Training & Tutoring Specialist. I give you my word on it! (Please see the About Page www.ArleneBarrett.com to learn more about my incredible mother Arlene.)