Brain Training Articles & News, Page 6

Claire is 10 years old and very bright – her logic is in the 94th percentile!  However, she really struggled with reading fluency and comprehension and had developed a lot of anxiety related to writing.  Faced with the task of expressing herself through writing, Claire would freeze-up and had severe writer’s block.  She was advanced in math and science ...

When students struggle with attention issues (or ADHD) it often undermines their abilities and mutes how intelligent they are.  That’s because attention is the gateway to engaging key skills like logic and reasoning, which is a very strong skill for many students who struggle with attention and focus issues.   So why do some students struggle with ...

Josiah is a 16-year-old who was completely frustrated with high school. Homework took forever and his parents had to be constantly nagging him to complete it. To read the full blog, click HERE.

Max is 6 years old and came to LearningRx because he could not read. He was struggling with letter and word recognition, and this was also showing up as difficulty with numbers. Max had an initial assessment which uncovered that the root cause of his reading difficulties was lower memory skills, auditory processing and processing ...

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At LearningRx, we work with many students who have high intelligence – strong logic and reasoning and other skills – but who struggle to stay on top of their work, organize their thoughts or materials, pay attention and stay motivated. It’s common for parents to hear feedback like, ‘Your child is really smart, but….”. Often ...

Although LearningRx doesn’t diagnose or treat traumatic brain injury (TBI), our personal brain training programs have helped clients with these injuries enhance their cognitive abilities. We start with a Brain Skills Assessment, which provides a thorough understand of the person’s cognitive skills—including which are strong and which aren’t up to par. Cognitive skills are an ...

Congratulations to our Eagan Director of Training, Julie Bertelsen, who has been with us at the Eagan location for the past 10 years! Julie is a former educator who has a passion to help struggling students excel! Julie’s first experience with LearningRx was through her son. She enrolled her son when he was 16 and ...

Meet Student of the Year, Vivian, from Burnsville! Click here to read the full story. Watch LearningRx – Student of the Year

Every year for the past 10 years, the Eagan LearningRx center has won the "Community Impact" award and "Excellence in Customer Service" award. These are awards we are so proud of as we consistently hear from our families that their child loves coming to LearningRx and that their overall experience is top shelf. In fact, ...