“I’ve Got to Figure This Out!” Claire’s Story

“I’ve Got to Figure This Out!” Claire’s Story

Our daughter, Claire, is 20 years of age. She was diagnosed as “Other Health Imparied” at the age of 5. In her case, it was a catch-all label for “ADHD Sensory Motor Intergration Dysfunction, Speech and Language Disorder, Tourette Syndrome, and...
Academic Scores Increase – Update on Rose

Academic Scores Increase – Update on Rose

Rose’s Gains Continued and Generalized We are continually asked if the brain training our students do will transfer to academics and if their cognitive skills will continue to progress. The answer is YES! As you may recall from the March newsletter, I worked...

“The Summer That Changed Everything” – Sara

“Throughout elementary school to where I was last summer as a college sophmore, I had noticed some issues with my reading skills. When reading an assignment in class, I noticed that I was usually always one of the last or the last person to finish reading....
“Unstuck” and Ready for the Challenge! – Rose

“Unstuck” and Ready for the Challenge! – Rose

My daughter Rose has Down Syndrome and is 11. She seemed to have gotten “stuck” in her learning this last year, at least as evidenced by “MAP” testing at school. These are the tests that they give at the beginning of the year, in December, and...
Lazy or Lagging ?

Lazy or Lagging ?

  The role of working memory in learning. Working memory is a stronger predictor of personal and academic success than IQ. But what is working memory? You are using it right now as you read this article and remember the information. Working memory is our ability...
“My Brain Shuts Off”

“My Brain Shuts Off”

  Rory is an incredibly bright ten year old whose logic skills are amazing. However, one minute he’s “on” and the next he’s “off.” Attention issues….maybe…but probably not. You see his working memory literally stops...