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Maybe you’re mad at yourself for misplacing items or leaving things behind. Maybe you’re frustrated when a big project goes sideways. When you want to improve your working memory, brain training can help you target this cognitive skill. But what is working memory, anyway?  Working memory is sometimes confused with short-term memory, but these two ...

It’s easy to talk about thankfulness during this time of year. But instead of just isolating these practices to a holiday in November, what if we took this as an opportunity to begin a consistent practice that would have major impacts on our daily functioning? Gratitude changes your brain at a biological level, and its ...

Since November is National Adoption Month, it seems like a good time to talk about how to support adopted children with learning differences. Adopted children are more likely to experience learning differences, and those differences present unique challenges. Added struggles due to their early life experiences, adjusting to adoption, and their school and social environment ...

Thanksgiving week is a great time to talk about gratitude as a family. But the effects of gratitude go way beyond one week of the year! Consistent gratitude makes kids and adults more energized, less stressed, happier, and more confident. Here are 5 helpful tips to take your family gratitude rhythms beyond Thanksgiving week: Dinner ...

It’s the season of thankfulness, and if you’re thinking, “Man, my kid doesn’t really get what gratitude even is!”, you are not alone. We teach our kids to say “Thank you” at a very early age, but how do we help them take gratitude beyond this basic pleasantry? Here are 7 gratitude tips to make ...

Lily’s parents knew she was smart – her logic was over the 90th percentile!  However, school was difficult and often overwhelming especially in the higher grade levels of high school and college.  Her parents knew they needed to help Lily.  Lily’s assessment detailed that she had strong skills, but her working memory and processing speed were lagging.  These lower skills ...

Lily was a 19-year-old who was very bright but who also always struggled. Her parents hoped that her difficulties would work themselves out, but they did not. As a result, her parents knew they needed to help Lily.  Her initial assessment showed that Lily had very strong skills, but her working memory and processing speed were ...

Lily was always told she was very bright – and she was – her logic was over the 90th percentile!  Despite this, she was struggling – especially in the tougher grade levels of high school and college.  Her parents knew they needed to help Lily.  Her initial assessment showed that Lily had very strong skills, but her working memory ...

Family game night is a great way to connect, unplug, and spend time together. But an added bonus is that many fun family games also strengthen brain skills! Building things like attention, memory, processing speed, visual processing, and logic in a game-like environment can benefit you and your kids in other areas of life as ...

We’re already halfway through the first semester of the school year, which means thatparent-teacher conferences are coming to a close. As a parent, you might be wondering: howdo I use what I took away from the conference to encourage a positive future for my child? Well,with the help of Colorín Colorado’s article “Tips For Successful ...