Brain Training Articles & News

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 ...

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 ...

Curious how virtual one-on-one brain training works? Check out one of our LearningRx students in action—getting personalized brain training from the comfort and safety of her home! https://youtu.be/tJ_OpdCqMRY

ADDitude Magazine has a great article, "Under the Table and Teaching: 11 Expert Tips for Schooling Kids with ADHD from Home," from which we’ve been sharing tips. Tip #8 is "Ditch the worksheets." Instead, ADDitude suggests using educational videos and podcasts, phone apps or other media to introduce or expand on a subject.  They recommend ...

As much as we’d like to wrap our kids in bubble wrap before sending them off to college, we can’t. And a new study shows that college sports aren’t the only place students get concussions. Research from the University of Colorado at Boulder found that about 1 in 5 college students sustains a concussion each ...

If you’re worried that your teen didn’t score that well on the ACTs, you may want to refocus on their GPA. That’s because a new study from the University of Chicago has found that GPAs are stronger predictors of whether someone will graduate from college than ACT scores.  The researchers were not only surprised to ...

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 ...

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 ...

If you have a teen with ADHD, you may have asked yourself why he or she doesn’t appear to show empathy. The reality is that the lack of caring isn’t actually about not showing remorse, but rather, weak perspective-taking skills. And according to ADDitude magazine, this is a common social learning challenge among kids with ...