Cognitive abilities are brain-based skills we need to carry out any task from the simplest to the most complex. They have more to do with the mechanisms of how we learn, remember, problem-solve, and pay attention, rather than with any actual knowledge.
Remedial education, also known as basic skills development, is instruction provided to students who need more support in core areas such as reading and math.
The goal of a “psycho-ed” assessment is therefore to identify areas of strength and weakness cognitively and academically so that these areas can be targeted through intervention or additional support.
Phonological awareness, or the ability to detect or manipulate the sounds in words independent of meaning, has been identified as a key early literacy skill and precursor to reading.
Life skills are a set of cognitive, personal and interpersonal skills for high performance in life. Life skills training helps the students to take the right decisions, solve the problem logically, take care of their relationships and cope with the adverse situations.
Career guidance refers to services and activities intended to assist individuals, of any age and at any point throughout their live, to make educational, training and occupational choices and to manage their career.