Brain Training Articles & News, Page 92

If your child is struggling in school, the first option that comes to mind is probably hiring a tutor. After all, if your child is struggling with the content of the class, repetition is the key, right? Not necessarily. You see, a tutor is a great option for repeating information from missed classes, helping students ...

National STEM/STEAM Day is coming up (November 8) and there’s no need to be embarrassed if you don’t know what the acronyms stand for. Often referred to as S.T.E.M. (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math), the addition of the A was to include “Arts.” Part of the shift came from the realization that a big part ...

When Aaron’s family enrolled him at LearningRx Costa Mesa-Irvine, he was struggling with his grades and reading was a nightmare. Although an initial Brain Skills Assessment showed that some of his cognitive skills were strong, his long-term memory and auditory processing were weak. Aaron struggled to focus on reading, writing and following verbal instructions. But ...

When looking at the impact of working memory (WM) on reading, the research is direct. The key role WM has on reading performance is because tasks entail using both information processing and storage synchronously (Bergman Nutley & Söderqvist, 2017). Think of it as if someone wanted to understand the text, she must first visually process ...

November is National Adoption Month and while the general purpose of the celebration is to raise awareness about the need for adoptive families for children and youth in foster care, it’s also an apropos time to express ways to support adopted children with learning disabilities. A research brief published on the “Institute for Family Studies” found ...

Here’s a segment with TCL Reporter Kelli Hanson interviewing LearningRx Save Executive Director Rich Frieder in the studio about red flags that your student might need academic assistance. https://www.twincitieslive.com/fun/36224/learning-rx-2/

This feature in Healthline mentions LearningRx as a resource for the piece, “ADHD Brain Training: Can ‘Exercising’ Your Brain Help with Attention and Focus?” https://www.healthline.com/health/adhd/adhd-brain-training#tech

LearningRx Cognitive Psychologist Dr. Amy Moore, who also runs the Gibson Institute of cognitive Research, was published in the October 29, 2021 issue of Frontiers in Psychology. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.749898/full

This piece about LearningRx San Antonio Northwest offering free brain skills assessments and consultations to military families for Veterans Day ran on KTVN Channel 2 News. https://www.ktvn.com/story/45103723/learningrx-san-antonio-northwest-offers-100-free-brain-skills-assessments-and-consultations-to-military-families-for-veterans-day

This piece about LearningRx San Antonio Northwest offering free brain skills assessments and consultations to military families for Veterans Day ran on Market Newswire. https://marketnewswire.live/index.php/2021/11/01/learningrx-san-antonio-northwest-offers-100-free-brain-skills-assessments-and-consultations-to-military-families-for-veterans-day/