Equipping Minds To Learn Four Year Case Study with a learner with Down syndrome The principal could not believe this had happened. Until this time, Marie had made minimal progress and her academic test scores had remained static from third to fourth grade. The change...

Carol is a passionate, creative and inspiring educator! She is driven by a deep desire to help others and a belief that everyone can enhance their ability to learn. Her work is grounded in research and years of experience. Equipping Minds is unique and innovative –...

From Living Well 50+ (Jan/Feb 2015) Mediated Learning Experiences maintain cognitive skills When we talk about a person with special needs, we often think of children in school. But some of us who are aging may find ourselves or those close to us having special needs....

We have seen tremendous improvement in Hayden's cognition since we began.  Even though we had previously worked on his primitive reflexes, we made that a part of our daily work again and I'm glad we did!  One of the biggest improvements we have seen from that is in...

I wanted to share the following testimony from Bella's grandmother. They begin each session with Bella's Prayer: "Open my eyes to see, Open my ears to hear, Open my mouth to speak words, Open my mind to understand everything. I love you, Jesus. In the name of the...

My daughter Serena has been doing daily therapy with Carol since last July.  Serena is 14 years old and has Down's syndrome. I have always homeschooled Serena and her siblings and last year I found to be my hardest year schooling her.  We just weren't progressing as I...

Participants: Jennifer, 49 years old, Robert, 64 years old. Ruth, 14 years old We started the program on May 28, 2018, and finished on July 8, 2018.  We did the activities almost every day. Ruth and Jennifer completed all the exercises outlined on pages 44-47 of the...

We strongly recommend the Equipping Minds cognitive therapy program without any reservation.  Our son was diagnosed with progressed Lyme's disease in December of 2016.  It was causing brain fog and an inability to focus.  He underwent a short round of antibiotic...

"The most exciting part for me, as a parent (and a professional), is to see how my daughter's confidence is soaring! She is not afraid to try things now that before were just too overwhelming to her. Self-confidence is critical to a child's success not just in school...

The following is an email I received this week from a parent. Her son, Craig, did our cognitive development program this summer. We focused on working memory, processing, comprehension, and critical thinking. The new year has started off very well. We have seen some...

Jennifer is a friendly 29-year-old woman who started at Equipping Minds just six short weeks ago and is already experiencing dramatic changes in her life. When Jennifer first joined us she questioned how "playing brain games" would help her in her job. She has greatly...

Cognitive skills are not all about academics-it's valuable life skill! Recently I wrote and shared about the academic success that my daughter Rose Meurer has had with the help of Equipping Minds of Kentucky. If you recall from the last letter that Rose has Down...

At a time when I felt completely overwhelmed and isolated, Equipping Minds came along and provided us with help and encouragement via Skype.  They took the time to help me understand their workbook so I could implement the games and activities at home.  They seemed to...

I remember when our son, Greyson, was first diagnosed with Lyme disease. We had no idea he would face so many cognitive challenges. Even after successful treatment for Lyme, when the infection was no longer present, he was left with several cognitive issues. We were...

“Getting good grades was not a problem. However, we sensed frustration with completing homework and saw issues with processing speed and retention of information over time. The pre-test confirmed those suspicions and revealed a marked deficit in visual processing. The...

"Our daughter with Down Syndrome has just completed a 12-week brain training program with Carol which has been life-altering! She has more than doubled her working memory, her processing speed has increased, and her speech and articulation has improved. She is able to...

A middle school student was getting good grades but was spending hours on homework and not retaining the information. "More importantly,  she has not panicked over the amount (sometimes it has been a load) of homework and has not been to her tutor so far, just sits...

"I had the opportunity to attend a session presented by Carol Brown at an educational workshop last September at the Marriot in Louisville, KY. She presented a topic titled "The Evidence is in... IQ can be changed". I am a teacher in Louisville, KY and Mrs. Brown's...

Equipping Minds was the program that was finally successful for my daughter. In 2nd grade, she was identified as having both an auditory and visual processing deficiency. And that was after attending a six-week intensive onsite learning center and countless online...

"How difficult is the moment when, as a parent, you realize that your child learns differently or struggles to learn? I remember the course of how we discovered our son’s visual processing issues, I recall the frustration of seeing him work diligently to learn what...

"Wow, because of Equipping Minds I am free, I am free at last! I was spending 2 1/2 to 3 hours every day with my daughter doing her homework after school. Now after just 3 months of being under the tutelage of Kyle and Carol Brown she has become confident and...

"When soccer became more complicated, she talked about quitting and was hesitant when she did play. The first thing we (and other parents) noticed was how much better she began playing after her time with Carol. She now has become more aggressive and confident in her...