Episode 023 Ryan and Shakira Rouse Your Child's Education is Key

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QUOTES

[11:40] My greatest weakness wasn’t my learning disability; it was not knowing about it.

[16:30] The same way people say it takes a Village to raise a child, is the same way it takes a team to help a student with exceptional needs to succeed.

[35:39] Go in there, speak your voice, and don’t be afraid to speak out, especially for your child.

Welcome to the jump podcast. Where we’re all about bringing interesting people on the show and having them tell us how they jumped into action, how they tried something different.

Joining us on the show today, is Ryan and Shakira.

My good friend Ryan runs a ‘hub’, The Afro-Caribbean business network, where he’s a co-founder. They work with entrepreneurs of Afro-Caribbean heritage and help them with their business ideas, strategy, implementation and growth.

Ryan has tagged a student of his and entrepreneur Shakira Rouse. Shakira won the ACBN first ever grand competition with her Special Compass idea, which is an education service focused on helping students with learning disabilities and special needs.

Shakira joined the competition to put herself out there. She’s always threw herself out there whenever an opportunity comes, and always takes the ‘No’ as progress and growth towards her entrepreneurial journey. 

The program that Shakira runs is particularly interesting and dear to me, since I also experienced the same problem whilst growing up in school. Were it not for one particular teacher, Mr. Livingstone, who decided to approach my situation in a different way, I probably wouldn’t be where I am today.

The Special focus campaign.

Shakira started the special focus program because of her own personal experience. She was diagnosed with hyper learning disability when she was just at grade 2. So needless to say, it’s been a long and tough school journey for her. She struggled in all the ways she could, she worked really hard, put in the extra effort and talked to professors, but it all never seemed to help.

She confided in a friend who also had a similar problem and found out she could get help on campus with her learning problem. She signed up and got the help she needed and eventually graduated with a degree in Spanish.

Once she graduated, she went back and started on another undergraduate degree programme in French.

Timestamps

[15:50] The idea for the name Special Compass

[17:58] Are we failing as parents to help kids with special needs?

[25:42] Get tips on how to improve your kid’s passion on education

[30:39] Spotting when your kid needs help.

Resources

Resources

Website - http://www.specialcompass.ca/

Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/specialcompasscanada/

Email – [email protected]

Phone no. – 6472746062