P2 Back-to-School Homework Meltdowns and How to Overcome Them

Last week I gave you some ideas for those families in crisis mode with dealing with homework meltdowns.  The number one takeaway from last week to manage crisis situations is to get your child's emotions back down and under control.  Your child most likely will not be able to tell why they cannot do their [...]

Back-to-School Homework Meltdowns and How to Overcome Them

Well, it is almost back-to-school for our children.  Some schools will be opening doors in August across our country.  Others will start after Labor Day.  The one thing they all have in common is homework.  For those students who do get homework, this can be the most stressful time of the day.  For families dealing [...]

Setting People Straight About Dyslexia

  I found this article online and wanted to share it with you.  It is from The Yale Center for Dyslexia & Creativity.  Enjoy! SETTING PEOPLE STRAIGHT ABOUT Dyslexia               Kacie after MRI.  Photo by S. Shaywitz         Source: Overcoming Dyslexia by S. Shaywitz         Finance guy [...]

Do you know what Opsoclonus-Myoclonus Syndrome is and who it affects?

  Have you ever seen a person that has rapid eye movement? It looks like their eyes are jumping all over the place like they are dancing. This person may have Opsoclonus-Myoclonus Syndrome.   Opsoclonus is defined as an unusual disorder of eye movement.  This is where the eyes involuntarily dart around and Myoclonus is defined [...]

Brain Games: Pattern Memory

This is a classic word scramble game. In this game you will be given a set of scrambled letters, and you are required to rearrange them into a meaningful word. If you are stuck, you can click the hints button to get the meaning of the word.  Find more games – added weekly to this [...]

Is your Child Struggling with a Learning Disability?

Even the brightest students and the ones that score very high on an IQ test may have problems reading. Some may thing they’re stupid because they can’t read, but if you look at the tests and their grades in other classes, you’re sure to see this is far from the case. If you think your [...]

Brain Training Research

Brain training has been researched for a number of years and the findings are important in how we help our children progress in their learning and grow in their education. With the research, people are finding that brain training is not just for children anymore. It’s something that can and should be used on adults [...]

Transforming your Child through a System Part 2

In part one of this series we talked about how you shouldn’t focus on strong skills.  I know that sounds strange, right?  Everywhere you go today, you are taught to find your child's strong skills and focus on them.  However, brain trainer's do quite the opposite.  We focus on the weaker skills since those are [...]

BrainWare Safari for Summer Sale — Single User

BrainWare Safari is an award-winning software program incorporating decades of proven clinical cognitive skill development techniques into an engaging video-game format.  Why I LOVE this product: I have had used this product by itself as a complete brain training program and also as a complimentary piece within a full brain training program.  In both scenarios, the [...]

How to Transform Your Child into an Independent Learner – Part 1

Using a system to help your child will work if you identify the current level of cognitive learning skills. You need to create an action plan that will target the weak skills and strengthen them. You shouldn’t focus on the strong skills. They’re already strong, so you need to focus on the weak ones so [...]

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