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Welcome to SCEL

Are you interested in how children and adults can become better thinkers? Better problem solvers? Better decision makers? Would you like to know more about how to assess someone’s learning potential? The Southeastern Center for the Enhancement of Learning (SCEL) offers programs and curricula that have been shown to enhance learning skills. As a result of our proven training, we can equip the parent, teacher, therapist, employee or employer, with the necessary skills to help themselves and/or others – from ages three to adult – become better lifelong learners.

SCEL Announces Tenth Annual Workshops

The Southeastern Center for the Enhancement of Learning will host its tenth annual Feuerstein Workshops in June of 2010 at the SCEL Training Center in Metro-Atlanta, Georgia, USA. Classes are scheduled for June 7-25 from 8 A.M. to 5 P.M. Classes in all Levels of IE Standard and IE Basic are being planned.

Although it may be necessary to make adjustments in offerings, Director, Dr. Martha M. Wood, has announced the following schedule for courses and trainers:

Registration fees include all materials, (Resource Notebook, Teachers Guides and Student Pages-- with stencils for Level III), continental breakfast, a light lunch each day, and two hospitality breaks each day. Each participant will receive an official ICELP Certificate of Training.

As always, classes are contingent upon adequate enrollment. If it should be necessary to cancel classes due to inadequate enrollment, applicants will be notified by May 10, 2010.

The Conference Hotel will again be Country Inn and Suites, and transportation from the hotel to the training site will be provided. Information on accommodations is on the website. Public transportation is available from the hotel to downtown Atlanta and many points of interest.*

Non-refundable travel tickets should not be purchased until classes are confirmed. Inquiry can be made through info@scel.org for the status of classes or for additional information.

*NOTE: There are many interesting, historical, cultural, and educational points of interest in Atlanta and the surrounding areas. We hope you will make plans to spend some extra time before or after training to take advantage of this opportunity to visit some of these places. (Because of the time required for IE Training, it will not be possible to make sight seeing trips during the day while in training.)

Download Registration Form 2010

Download Information on Accommodations 2010

The SCEL Training Experience - What makes it special?

Any Cognitive Enrichment Training is a special experience, but we like to think that Cognitive Enrichment Training at SCEL is “extra special.” The main thing that makes it so special is the fellowship with some very interesting people--from our certified trainers to our interesting mix of novice and experienced participants. Trainees come to us from a wide variety of settings: public schools, charter schools, private schools, special needs schools, home schools, educational therapy settings, and clinical practice. Add to this the geographical diversity –which in past years has included participants from eleven different states (literally coast to coast from Georgia to California) and ten different countries –mainly from Europe, but also including Russia, UAE and Thailand, and you have fertile ground for intellectual “sharing.”

A second thing that makes our training “extra special” is the quality of our training staff. All of our certified trainers have earned doctoral degrees, have extensive classroom experience, and have completed many hours of Cognitive Enrichment training—some of which, for each trainer-- has been through International ICELP Workshops. Their dedication to our training makes it possible for us to offer smaller classes in order to meet individual training needs.

We try to limit our classes to ten participants, and, with our own staff trainers, can often offer classes with as few as six trainees. Each class is conducted by a certified trainer who is present for all the sessions –even if there are occasional guest presenters. This insures continuity and efficiency of time use, and more importantly, provides a contact person for after training follow-up. (For information on SCEL Trainers check the website under Contact Us.)

The availability of Teacher’s Guides and a Training Notebook with resources for each course is also an important extra. We feel that part of our training is to help participants learn how to use the Guides. We have chosen to include them in our registration fee rather than make them optional and available for purchase at additional expense. We also provide internet access at the training site.

As important as these aspects of our training are, however, there is another element that really makes the difference—that is a big dose of Southern Hospitality. In order to minimize the interruptions inherent in full day training, we furnish lunch, with a choice from our menus, and two breaks daily with fresh fruit and veggies, as well as traditional snack foods. Breaks and lunch are valuable times for discussion and interaction among trainers and participants. (Bottled water is available throughout the day.)

Our trainers are sensitive to individual needs, and are anxious to give our trainees individual attention, but our main resource in this department is our hospitality chairperson. She is available to help with any problems that may arise.

Finally, when you train at SCEL, we say, “We are yours forever!” You are free to contact us at any time for advice or just to chat.

News and Announcements

SCEL Celebrates Tenth Anniversary - A message from Director, Dr. Martha M. Wood

It hardly seems possible that it has been ten years since we established the Southeastern Center for the Enhancement of Learning in Metro-Atlanta, Georgia. Our first thought when we discussed how to celebrate this milestone was to have a party. We even set a date, but upon reflection realized that those who had trained with us were scattered all over the world and it was unlikely that many of them could come for a “party.”

Instead, we are asking you to celebrate with us by taking a trip down memory lane and sharing with us some of your recollections from your SCEL Training. Send us an email or give us a call just to say hello and tell us what you are doing.

Our celebration will be in the form of sharing with you in our current Newsletter, which you can download, some of the pictures we have taken over the years. If we missed your class, and you have some pictures to share please send them on to us.

Each year before training, we check our master data base against the latest registration forms and email contacts to try and keep our contact information current. It has also become a time to reflect on the people we have worked with. What a blessing you have been to us! Thank you!

LPAD Practitioners

Since its inception, SCEL has been vitally interested in making training for the Learning Propensity Assessment Device available in the United States. For several years we were the only ATC that offered LPAD Training, and we frequently have inquiries from parents and others about LPAD practitioners in particular locations. Sometimes from our own knowledge we are able to make recommendations from among those who have trained at SCEL, but often those seeking the LPAD have to come to Atlanta in order to have access to one of our three LPAD practitioners.

As a service to those seeking LPAD practitioners, we would like to post the names and locations for those who would be willing to take referrals for the LPAD assessment. If you would like to be listed as a certified LPAD practitioner, please contact our office manager Lois Colllns at: info@scel.org.

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