All you need to know about the Orthopedagogue

Your child is in elementary, middle, or high school, and you have noticed the following signs:​

• Experiencing difficulties with learning:​
  • – Attention​
  • – Understanding instructions​
  • – Memorization / recalling information​
  • – Problem solving​
  • – Organizing work and managing time​
• Sometimes lacks motivation
• Has difficulty managing emotions during learning
• Needs support related to a learning disorder​

The Orthopedagogue is a specialist in learning strategies:​

• They offer methods and tools to​​
  • – Learn better,​
  • – Understand better,​
  • – Organize better,
  • – Retain information more effectively.
• They help each individual overcome obstacles and develop their full potential.
• They rely on research in educational sciences (pedagogy, didactics…) and cognitive sciences (including neuroscience).​

Sessions with the Orthopedagogue aim to develop several skills in the child:​

• Learning how to learn
• Engaging the child in their learning (La Garanderie)
• Providing them with calmness in their learning​
• Building their self-confidence​
• Developing their autonomy

The Orthopedagogue supports “atypical” children when these atypicalities impact learning:

• Learning disorders
• Dys disorders
• ADHD

However, more and more parents of “typical” children are turning to an orthopedagogue to help their child acquire the foundations of neuroeducation and reach their full potential.

The Orthopedagogue works in all areas related to the development of learning strategies:​

• Executive Functions​
• Memory
• Emotion Management​​
• Learning Methodology
• Metacognition

The intervention methods of the Orthopedagogue are varied and rely on several approaches:

• Methodologies focused on “learning how to learn”
• Cognitive and metacognitive processes supporting learning
• Compensatory tools and educational accommodations

Seeing an Orthopedagogue is like having a coach to help you learn better!

They help you find and use the right methods so you can feel better and succeed at school.

Their goal: to help you feel more confident in class – and proud of your progress!

1. First, we start by observing!

📖 The Orthopedagogue will ask you questions about what’s easy or difficult for you at school, and might watch you do a few small exercises (no grades — it’s just to understand you better!).

2. Next, you’ll investigate how your Brain works — like a detective.

🔎 The Orthopedagogue is an expert in how the learning brain works.

They’ll help you uncover all its secrets, because the more you understand how your brain works, the easier it is to find the right strategies to feel more confident at school!

3. Practice — but most importantly, play!

🎲 Just like a coach trains a top athlete, the Orthopedagogue will guide you through exercises and games to build certain skills — until they become automatic.

4. And afterwards?

✅ Between sessions, you’ll get small missions or strategies to try out at home or in class to help you make progress. Don’t worry — it’s all done step by step, and it’s perfectly normal if it takes time. You’ll go at your own pace!

Sessions with an Orthopedagogue can take place in different locations:

• In their office (private practice)
• At school, to support the work of teachers and education professionals
• In a specialized center
• At home
• And even remotely, using a computer or tablet!

At the Orthopedagogue’s, you’ll meet 5 Babaoos — your brain’s 5 super-allies!

• Inhi is your Brain’s bodyguard. He’ll teach you how to keep a cool head and say, “Stop! I think before I act.”
• Atteni is the guardian of your Attention. With her, you’ll learn how to focus in the right place, at the right time, for just the right amount of time.
• Memtra is your memory ally. She’ll show you how to work with information so you can remember it better — without losing it along the way!
• Flexi is the calmest of the Babaoos. If your first idea doesn’t work and you feel stuck, don’t worry! She’ll help you adapt and find a new solution.
• Plano is your problem-solving partner. He’ll teach you how to organize your work step by step. He’s definitely the most organized of the Babaoos!

With each Babaoo, you’ll play, explore, and train to develop helpful habits that make school easier, boost your success, and build your confidence!

The Orthopedagogue is the superhero of learning strategies!

Thanks to their expertise, they help children overcome school difficulties by providing concrete, personalized tools to optimize the way they learn. Their role is essential in preventing school failure and restoring confidence to struggling students.

A superhero because they face many challenges every day:

• Time management expert
• Board game master
• Ensures the skills developed during sessions transfer to the child’s real life — and stay with them for life!

💡 Attention: Why work on it in Orthopedagogy?
A child who struggles to control their attention finds it hard to follow a lesson, read a full text, or stay focused on a specific task. Strengthening attention improves their ability to focus on what really matters at the right moment and to learn better.

💡 Working Memory: Why work on it in Orthopedagogy?
Working memory allows you to hold information temporarily to process it, like when a child needs to remember a sentence before writing it down or a mental calculation before writing the answer.

💡 Inhibitory Control: Why work on it in Orthopedagogy?
A child who rushes when reading, solving problems, or writing often makes mistakes they could have avoided by taking their time. Working on inhibitory control helps them think before acting and apply the most suitable strategy for the situation.

💡 Cognitive Flexibility: Why work on it in Orthopedagogy?
Flexibility is essential to change methods if one approach doesn’t work, to understand that a problem may have multiple solutions, or to adapt to different spelling and math rules.

💡 Planning and Organization: Why work on it in Orthopedagogy?
Many children struggle to organize their ideas before writing, structure a line of reasoning, or manage their homework. Working on this skill prepares them to anticipate their tasks and structure their work.

Here are some quotes about Orthopedagogue and its key role in child development:

“Orthopedagogy builds a bridge connecting learners, their parents, and the school system”
Isabelle Lapierre, Quebec

“Harmonizing practices to ensure consistency and recognition”
Jérôme Bianchi, France

“Making the link between school and scientific research”
Jérôme Bianchi, France

The following directories can help you find a remedial educator in France and Quebec:

France:

• Directory of the Union of Orthopedagogues of France
• Directory of the French School of Orthopedagogues

Quebec:

• Directory of the Quebec Association of Orthopedagogues
• Remote Remedial Educators: AIDEOR Network

Babaoo is the fun and scientifically sound app that stimulates Executive Functions and develops Metacognition in both atypical and typical children.

A turnkey program to learn how to learn and master each executive function through:

• Metacognitive content integrated into short sessions
• Targeted mini-games to raise awareness, automatize, and contextualize
• Missions to complete in real life, supporting transfer during and after sessions

Babaoo offers several modes that will interest you during sessions and between sessions with the child:

🎯 Training Mode

• Mini-games that specifically stimulate Executive Functions, supporting children as closely as possible to their needs.
• A playful and progressive approach allowing children to train without frustration.

🧠 Adventure Mode

• An immersive universe that encourages discovery and reflection while having fun, at the child’s own pace, between your sessions at home.
• An engaging way to strengthen metacognition, helping the child better understand their own cognitive processes.

🚀 Missions

• Concrete challenges to complete outside of sessions, encouraging the transfer of strategies into the child’s daily life.
• A tool that promotes involvement of the child’s environment, both at home and at school.

➡️ Read our article about Anick Pelletier, an Orthopedagogue like no other!

🎥 Watch the full interview video with Anick Pelletier