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Ask any parent who has picked up their 13-year-old from school about the fastest way to dead-end a conversation and you’re sure to get the same response from the majority: “Ask them how school was.” After school questions can lead to either a major freeze-out OR the potential of deeper questions. For most of us, the ...

+ 3 Other Fun Facts About Attention Many of the clients who come to LearningRx with an ADHD diagnosis (for themselves or their child or teen) are at the very beginning of their search for help. They often don’t know about the different types of attention, that ADHD is actually rooted in clusters of weak ...

LearningRx Atlanta-Buckhead’s owner and executive director, Susie McDaniel, has good reason to believe in the benefit of cognitive skills training. She’s had personal experience with it. When her two sons were young, Susie enrolled both of them in brain training with LearningRx. In addition to improving crucial core cognitive skills, Susie’s sons have benefitted from ...

Boosting cognitive skills in adults can increase efficiency and productivity at work, improve memory, and aid in learning new things, among other benefits.

There are many factors that promote a healthy brain, including exercising regularly, getting enough sleep, managing stress, and maintaining healthy relationships. Incorporating the following nutrition tips will help put you on the road to better brain health this year.  Read the full article HERE.

One of our students grew in both skill and confidence this past year. Read about his LearningRx journey HERE.

Back-to-school jitters are perfectly normal and after a school year that was anything but normal, they are almost certain to creep in again this fall. As parents, we can feel helpless when our kids express apprehension or anxiety about school but there are some powerful ways we can support our children during this transition.

A traumatic brain injury (TBI) can cause a variety of physical, behavioral, sensory, and cognitive disabilities, which can vary depending on the severity and location of the injury as well as the health of the patient prior to injury. While many of these disabilities can be long-lasting, others can see significant improvement over time with the right ...

As the days get warmer and spring fever takes hold, it can be difficult to keep children focused on schoolwork through the end of the academic year. From elementary to high school, and even at the college level, it’s common for students to begin to ease back on their efforts as the end of the ...

Because COVID-19 has been around for just over a year, we’re still in the throes of gathering data and trying to understand how the virus behaves. Who is at the greatest risk? What can a person do to reduce the likelihood of contracting it? What are the long-term side effects of the virus? Even though ...