Tag Archives: visual processing
15
Mar

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 [...]

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04
Feb

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, [...]

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02
Feb

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 [...]

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29
Jan

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 [...]

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27
Jan

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   [...]

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19
Dec

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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23
Oct

7 Differences Between Tutoring and The Student Transformation System

Tutoring (Similar to Sylvan and Huntington) Brain Training using The Student Transformation System additional academic instruction to help a student improve grades in school intensive, specialized training program designed to make learning easier and more efficient increases subject knowledge and related general knowledge improves the brain’s ability to process information in any academic subject helps [...]

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