A clinically proven program for improved attention for children, adolescents and adults.
Cogmed Working Memory Training is a new home-based software program developed to help train and increase working memory capacity for children and adults. Through a combination of software-based working memory exercises and personal coaching, participants engage in home training sessions for 30-45 minutes per day, 5 days a week, for 5 weeks, with the support of our certified trained Cogmed Personal Coaches.
These fun and enjoyable exercises allow the user to repeat a visual or oral sequence that gradually increases in difficulty as the users' abilities improve. By remembering and manipulating information over very brief periods of time, the user develops skills essential for countless life activities including stronger comprehension while reading, remembering math steps, and better organization and problem solving abilities.
Published, peer-reviewed and controlled clinical studies have demonstrated that, upon completion of Cogmed Working Memory Training, 80% of participants have significantly improved their ability to concentrate and use complex reasoning skills over the long term.
Diagnostic Assessment and Testing
A good assessment answers questions about an individual’s ability, behavior, mood, academic potential, and overall functioning. Testing provides a thoughtful analysis of a child’s strengths and weaknesses along with a detailed intervention plan to build on identified strengths while improving on identified weaknesses. Common testing questions may include:
Why is my child so well behaved at school but is a terror at home?
Why does homework take my child three times longer than his classmates?
Why does my child seem to know information right before a test but bombs the exam?
Why does my child have such good focus for things she's really interested in, like playing video games, but can't seem to focus when she really needs to, like in class?
What can we do to help our child be a more successful student?
My child makes negative comments about herself. Should we be worried?
Why does my child have so many problems making and keeping friends?
Behavioral / Life Skills Coaching
Behavioral Coaching is usually provided in the child or teen's home. The Coach will work with the child in organizing self and materials, in improving time management skills, and in developing more effective study strategies when preparing for tests and exams. Very often, the Coach will be the liaison between the student and the school, will facilitate communication between all Team members, and will attend school-based planning meetings.
Parent Education and Support
Parenting the child or teen with attention and/or learning delays can be roller-coaster ride that can travel from exciting and thrilling to frustrating and exhausting. Parent education and support classes, provided in both individual and group formats, allow parents a safe environment to share their parenting experiences with others and to learn research-based strategies designed to improve the quality of parent-child interactions.
Educational Consultation
Children, teens, and young adults with attention and working memory delays often lag behind their peers in school. Our educational consultant is able to work with you and your child in identifying academic strengths and weaknesses and in developing a meaningful educational intervention plan tailored to your child's unique needs.
Psychiatric Consultation
Medication can be an important component of a comprehensive treatment plan to help individuals struggling with attentional problems achieve their maximum potential at home, school, or work. Our consulting psychiatrist is available to work with you in helping you make an informed decision about whether medication is a good option for you or your child.
