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Eme came to LearningRx after telling her parents she wasn’t confident in her learning skills, especially math. She was losing confidence in herself and didn’t enjoy school or homework. Since completing a personal brain training program, Eme has much more confidence, her math skills have improved and even her swimming has benefited! She says she ...

When Elle was in third grade, her mom was told not to expect Elle to ever be able to read due to a learning disabilities. Tutoring ended up serving as an accommodation, with the tutors reading to Elle so she could avoid doing it herself. Finally, Elle’s mom enrolled her in personal brain training to ...

A new study out of the University of South Australia indicates that women who give birth at a younger age have an increased risk of their child developing ADHD later. This is especially true for women who have their child before they turn 20. The research included data on more than 220,000 women. Read more ...

When Gavin’s mom started looking for help for her son’s learning struggles, she was disappointed to find that many programs simply offered tutoring—reteaching academic information—rather than working on strengthening fundamental brain skills. She was excited to find that LearningRx’s cognitive skills assessment confirmed her concerns about weak cognitive skills and could create a personal brain ...

A June 2019 article in ADDitude magazine reports that ADHD diagnoses for women in mid-life is on the rise, helping to close the gender gap by 31% for adults with ADHD. Although men still outnumber women when it comes to ADHD diagnoses, more women are getting evaluated and diagnosed now as awareness increases among adults. ...

As an adult, Wayne learned that a childhood brain injury may have weakened his cognitive skills, leaving him to struggle with reading his entire life. At 72, he went to LearningRx for a cognitive skills assessment, which showed that his brain skills were all very low compared to his peers. He enrolled in a personal ...

After a bike accident left Drew with a serious traumatic brain injury, a hospital stay, physical and occupational therapies helped addressed his physical injuries, but he needed help addressing his cognitive deficiencies. The Chattanooga Brain Injury Association suggested that he enroll in LearningRx personal brain training. With hard work, Drew was able to improve his ...

After years of homeschool, Sahara struggled to join the traditional school setting, especially when it came to studying and test taking. She also struggled with confidence when showing her 4H animals. Sahara’s parents wanted to find a personal brain training program that would target and work on specific skills to help her organization, studying and ...

When Carson came to LearningRx, he had been diagnosed with ADHD and was struggling with schoolwork. Rather than just relying on tutoring or pills to improve attention, Carson’s mom brought him in for a cognitive skills assessment. The results showed that attention wasn’t necessarily the root of the issue; Carson was struggling to process information, ...

Wesley is one of the hardest-working young men you’ll ever meet. The Raleigh high schooler loves all things agriculture and has always wanted to attend college at North Carolina State. Unfortunately, his struggles at school were holding him back, leading him to believe his dream was out of reach. He had difficulty completing schoolwork and ...