Will Art Therapy really help with Learning Disabilities?

When you have a child that has a learning disability, you’re always looking for ways to help them learn and overcome the problems.  When you find something that works, you need to stick with that technique. You may run into a problem where the technique you use stops working and not know what to do.       [...]

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 [...]

Brain Awareness Week 3/15 – 3/21 2010

Brain Awareness Week (BAW) is the global campaign to increase public awareness about the progress and benefits of brain research. Every March BAW unites the efforts of universities, hospitals, patient groups, government agencies, schools, service organizations, and professional associations worldwide in a week-long celebration of the brain.  Founded and coordinated by the Dana Alliance for Brain Initiatives [...]

Learning Skills 101 – Sustained Attention

So far, we have been discussing what learning skills are and how they impact a student on a daily basis.  If you recall, we stated that learning skills are the underlying mental skills formally known as attention, visual/auditory processing, memory, processing, word attack and auditory analysis.  Most of our children experience these skills through reading, [...]

Learning Skills 101 – What is Working Memory?

To Review: So far, we have been discussing what learning skills are and how they impact a student on a daily basis.  If you recall, we stated that learning skills are the underlying mental skills formally known as attention, visual/auditory processing, memory, processing, word attack and auditory analysis.  Most of our children experience these skills [...]

Learning Skills 101 – Visual Processing

To Review: So far, we have been discussing what learning skills are and how they impact a student on a daily basis.  If you recall, we stated that learning skills are the underlying mental skills formally known as attention, visual/auditory processing, memory, processing, word attack and auditory analysis.  Most of our children experience these skills [...]

BrainWare for Professionals

BrainWare Safari for Professionals Cognitive Skills Defined Cognitive Skills Strengthened by BrainWare Research Summary of BrainWare Implementations in Schools Cognitive Skills and Math Cognitive Skills and Reading A Study of the Effectiveness of Cognitive Skill Therapy in Video Game Format Dr. White, Superintendent of Indianapolis Public Schools provides Letter of Recommendation for BrainWare Safari   [...]

  Attention Moms:   Imagine, for a moment, that it's 3 months from today…. You  are looking at your child who is able to do homework easier and more independently, doing well in school and overall happy with life.   What would this be worth to you? "STOP struggling with tutors, endless meetings with teachers and homework [...]

Visual Dyslexia

Have you heard of visual dyslexia yet?  I just started doing research on this because my daughter, who suffered from a brain injury, has a lot of visual processing issues.  The visual processing issues impact her reading fluency.  She came home from school the other day saying that she wanted to be checked for eye [...]

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