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      • Client Forms
      • Occupational Therapy
      • Speech Therapy
      • Neuro Integrative Clinic >
        • Treatment Models
        • NI Clinic Pricing
      • Audiology Services >
        • Auditory Processing
        • Workshops
        • Auditory Interventions >
          • JIAS
          • CAPDOTS
          • Acoustic Pioneer
      • Vision Services >
        • OptomEYES Vision Therapy
      • Insurance Payers
      • Teletherapy Services
      • Partner Clinics
    • Brain Training >
      • Neurofeedback >
        • Neurofeedback Rentals
        • Advanced-Brain Summer Intensives
      • Audio-Visual Entrainment >
        • Advanced-Brain Wellness Program
      • Brain-Training Workshop Series
    • Home-Based / PCA's >
      • Get Started / Qualify
      • Waiver Services
      • Intake Form
      • Become a PCA
    • MLRC / S.M.A.R.T. >
      • S.M.A.R.T. Program >
        • How S.M.A.R.T. Works
        • S.M.A.R.T. at My School
        • S.M.A.R.T. Mentoring
        • S.M.A.R.T. Steps
        • Research & Resources
      • Workshops >
        • S.M.A.R.T. Elementary
        • S.M.A.R.T. Pre-K
        • Bridging The Gap
        • Auditory Processing Workshops
        • Hosting a Workshop
        • CEU & Credits
        • Registration Policy
      • S.M.A.R.T. Supplies >
        • Downloads
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      • Third-Party Billing
      • Hearing & Vision Screening
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Curriculum & ASsessment


Meeting a child where
they are developmentally

Meeting a child
where they are

At Turnquist Child Enrichment Center, we use Creative Curriculum®, a comprehensive curriculum based on research and focusing on meeting children's basic needs, fostering secure attachments to caregivers, promoting all aspects of development, supporting cognitive and brain development and preparing children to be successful in school and life. The Creative Curriculum® helps us develop a framework of quality care that teachers and staff apply everyday to give children daily, positive early learning experiences. To read more about Creative Curriculum®, please visit teachingstrategies.com. 
​Creative Curriculum® Assessment
We use Teaching Strategies GOLD to continuously assess how children are progressing from birth through kindergarten. To read about this highly credible and researched assessment tool, please visit 
creativecurriculum.net.

Ages and Stages Questionnaire
We also use the Ages and Stages Questionnaire (ASQ) to measure your child’s developmental and social-emotional levels from one month to 5 1/2-years-old. ASQ allows us to create a partnership with you to ensure we are the best educational team for your child. To read more about ASQ please visit
 agesandstages.com.
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Stimulating maturity through
accelerated readiness training

During your child’s time at our center, he or she will be introduced to S.M.A.R.T., an exciting, movement-based program that stands for Stimulating Maturity through Accelerated Readiness Training. This multi-sensory approach to learning involves brain stimulation activities that help prepare your child learn. It develops visual, auditory, balance, fine and gross motor readiness skills, all of which are all essential for classroom and academic success.

The S.M.A.R.T. activities also improve your child’s physical fitness, strength, coordination and ability to pay attention. Once these readiness skills are in place, your child will have the foundation necessary to succeed in elementary school.

S.M.A.R.T.
Activities

During your child’s time at our center, he or she will be introduced to S.M.A.R.T., an exciting, movement-based program that stands for Stimulating Maturity through Accelerated Readiness Training. This multi-sensory approach to learning involves brain stimulation activities that help prepare your child learn. It develops visual, auditory, balance, fine and gross motor readiness skills, all of which are all essential for classroom and academic success.​

The S.M.A.R.T. activities also improve your child’s physical fitness, strength, coordination and ability to pay attention. Once these readiness skills are in place, your child will have the foundation necessary to succeed in elementary school.
S.M.A.R.T. activities involve a number of purposeful exercises, including:
  • Crawling 
  • Spinning 
  • Rolling 
  • Creeping 
  • Balancing 
  • Overhead Ladder
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The S.M.A.R.T. activities will be integrated into the daily classroom schedule in a fun and positive way to help your child reach his or her learning potential. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact your child’s teacher.

​For additional information about S.M.A.R.T., please visit the
 Minnesota Learning Resource Center.
Our Mission is to promote the maximum development of the whole child and adult through innovative, individualized and comprehensive brain-centered programs and services.
Location & Contact Information
1800 NE 2nd Street, Minneapolis, MN 55418
(612) 789-1236 / actg@actg.org

Main Fax: (612) 706-5555
Fax for Home-Based Services: (612) 706-5509
Fax for Clinical Services: (612) 746-5144

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