What’s involved in Testing for Dyslexia?

Dyslexia is thought to be a learning disability, but what you need to know is that’s not true. There is a revised definition that came from the International Dyslexia Association and they define Dyslexia as a neurologically-based disorder that interferes with the acquisition and processing of language.   Many people think there is a simple [...]

Processing and Cognitive Enhancement (PACE) Webinar Replay

Get your copy of the most popular topic in brain training today for only $14.97.   You get a first hand glimpse of the program components, what it entails, how it works and more.    Get all the details now.    Get more details about PACE now Related Posts:Why Chess is Good for KidsNorman Doidge the [...]

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 [...]

Events | Webinars

Webinars, Teleseminars and Radio Shows   Replay of My FREE Mental MasterMind Webinar Reading and the Brain: Language Tune Up Kit at Home – 5/12/2010.  Register Now for Access http://tinyurl.com/24nppna Replay of Mental MasterMind Memory 101 Webinar – 5/3/2010.  If your child has a hard time remembering directions or bringing homework home or remembers only [...]

Colleen Bain, M.A. Awarded Industry Expert for 2010 by Who’s Who of Cambridge

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Stop Committing Children to Virtual Wheelchairs – by Roger Stark

For the first time since 2003, 4th graders failed to make any progress in reading on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP).  Why improvement before and none since?  The push with NCLB (No Child Left Behind) raised the concept of accountability, measuring and providing consequences for not meeting Adequate Yearly Progress.  What this suggests [...]

Activities – Paperless Tic Tac Toe – Strengthen Cognitive Skills

  Paperless Tic-Tac-Toe:Take the classic game of tick-tac-toe and assign each box a number. Have your child visualize this grid in her mind and call off the box number in which she wants to place her mark. Also, try playing tic-tac-toe by drawing the grid in the air and pointing to the box you want [...]

Brain Games – Sandwhich Shop (Following Directions)

In this game you need to run a sandwich shop and make sandwiches based on customers' orders. Use the mouse the drag the ingredients to make a sandwich. Hams and eggs must be put to the pan to be cooked first before they are ready to be put into the sandwich. Don't overcook the hams [...]

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 [...]

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