Up to 40% of Learning Is Lost Every Summer | May 2026
Every June, millions of students walk out of school buildings and into a season that feels like freedom. Beneath the surface of lazy mornings and late-night screen time, something else is happening: the slow but measurable erosion of academic skills earned through nine months of hard work.
Researchers call it the "summer slide." Parents call it frustrating. And for families of neurodiverse learners, it can feel like starting over every single fall.
What We're Building This Summer
Our Summer Programs are designed around one goal: preparing students to thrive from the first day of the new school year — not scrambling to catch up. It's targeted, personalized one-to-one support designed for learners of all abilities and at every stage of the learning process.
Executive Functioning Skills
Your student might be intelligent, curious, and completely capable. And still, they can't get started. That's executive functioning. We work on focus, planning, time management, and self-regulation, calibrated to your student's grade level and wired for the school year ahead.
Targeted Academic Skill-Building
Two to three months of regression in reading and math is the average. For neurodivergent students, the gap can be steeper — and the re-entry in September can feel like starting over. NSA's one-to-one academic support doesn't drill content. It restores confidence and holds the line so September doesn't feel like a punishment for having taken a summer.
Summer Preview + Enhancement
The anxiety of the new school year isn't just emotional, it's cognitive. New teachers, new expectations, new systems, all at once. Our Summer Preview + Enhancement previews exactly what's ahead, so your student walks through the door in the fall already oriented and confident.
Study Skills
Note-taking, annotation, managing information overload, and preparing for academic rigor without crumbling under it. These are the study skills schools assume students already have — and rarely teach. NSA teaches them directly, strategically, and in a way that sticks.
Free Resources to Start With
You don't have to wait until summer officially starts to take action.
Summer is the right time to understand what executive functioning actually looks like in your student — not the textbook definition, but the real one. What does task initiation look like when no one's watching? What does time blindness cost them daily?
This free guide gives you a clear picture of the nine EF skill areas, how they show up in real student behavior, and what targeted support actually looks like.
The Executive Functioning Skills Assessment
Before you invest in anything this summer — including NSA — know where your student actually stands.
This free assessment identifies which executive functioning areas are your student's strengths and which need the most attention. It takes fifteen minutes and changes how you see the whole summer.
Community Events & Deadlines
Summer Programs Enrollment — Now Open!
If your student needs stronger executive functioning, academic confidence, study systems, targeted skill-building, or support preparing for the next school year, now is the time to start the conversation. Personalized one-to-one support is tailored to each student’s goals, learning profile, and school expectations.
What Educators Are Carrying Forward: CATDC Neurodiversity × Co-Regulation Part II
Concrete tools such as re-entry plans, five-minute warnings, and micro-scripts were repeatedly named as practices still actively being implemented from Session I into Session II. Educators reported that these tools reduced cognitive load during high-stress moments and created more regulated interactions with students and families.
They are more likely to sustain neurodiversity-affirming practices when they feel seen in the process, when systemic challenges are named honestly, and when professional development moves beyond theory into long-term partnership and implementation.
If your school is ready to move beyond one-time training and toward meaningful, sustained change, we’d love to partner with you. Bring this professional development experience to your school or district.
