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Get your brain ready for back to school. Learn about brain training activities that can make learning easier and faster on WJLA-TV (ABC) Good Morning Washington WJLA-TV!

We scoured the web, asked our experts and compiled our best tips from personal experience to share some advice on homeschooling. Whether you’re a working parent, a retired grandparent or a stay-at-home parent juggling multiple kids, we have faith that you can make homeschooling work for you and your family! Check out these ideas to ...

LearningRx is proud to announce the runner-up of its annual national brain training contest: Josie Attardo from LearningRx Chattanooga!  Josie came to to LearningRx because she lacked confidence in school and struggled with homework, tests and class participation. Although her family had tried several tutoring programs, none of them was able to create lasting improvements ...

Kim Hanson, CEO of LearningRx, if back with another video in the Train Your Brain Tuesday series! Check out the video HERE!

Looking to get your child a good line-up of books this summer?  Reading Rockets is sharing its Big Summer Read—a Summer Reading Guide for 2020. The lists are divided up by age: 0-3, 3-6, 6-9 and 9-12.  The books’ include fiction and nonfiction and topics range from art and the planet to diversity and animals—and everything in ...

Did you know that experts are predicting that students will likely lose twice as much during the Summer Slide due to Covid-19 school closures? It’s true. Normally, the Summer Slide–significant learning losses over school recess–is cause for concern on its own. But now we’re facing a magnified educational crisis because of the effects of the ...

The final tip in ADDitude Magazine’s piece on “7 Secrets to Engaged Online Learning for Students with ADHD” is “Help them learn better keyboarding skills now.” The article suggests sites like Typing.com and TypingClub.com to help students improve their typing skills. The sites include short video tutorials with easy-to-follow instructions.  Typing can serve as a ...

Tip #6 in ADDitude’s piece on “7 Secrets to Engaged Online Learning for Students with ADHD” is about drawing.  For some students, using crayons, markers or colored pencils to brainstorm ideas before approaching a project (e.g., an essay, longer paper or art project) can help alleviate some of the pressure they feel when starting an ...

Continuing our series from ADDitude Magazine’s tips on how to help your child with ADHD stay motivated to finish school work during distance learning, we’re sharing Tip #5: Tap into the visual power of timers. Timers are especially effective with students with ADHD because they provide a visual reminder that there is a finishing point for the ...

Continuing our series from ADDitude Magazine’s tips on how to help your child with ADHD stay motivated to finish school work during distance learning, we’re sharing Tip #4: Personalizing the writing process. Whether it’s required or just helpful, some children benefit from creating a writing and editing checklist (e.g., with capitals, punctuation, introduction, examples, etc.). To personalize ...