Cognitive Skills Training

Cognitive Skills Training: Getting the results you desire
Cognitive skills training is promised all over the Internet. It seems that everyone is promising to “fix your child.”

But what is cognitive skills training and what does it involve?

Cognitive skills training focuses on clearer and quicker thinking. With that comes improved memory for names, numbers, directions, etc. Other benefits are improved listening skills, attention skills, working memory, mental processing speed, multi-sensory processing, self control and self-confidence.

A study by the Department of Education showed that 69 out of 100 fourth graders in the United States are below grade level in Reading. That same study showed that 71 out of 100 eighth graders are below grade level in math, and 76 out of 100 high school seniors are below grade level in writing.

Why train?

Just as you cannot learn to play the piano with classroom lectures, cognitive skills grow stronger when you actually work them with active training, as opposed to teaching or tutoring, during which the mind is more passive. Cognitive skills training must feature specific methods if it is to be consistently effective. Studies have shown that one-on-one training is by far the best vehicle to deliver these essentials.

Cognitive skills training: Finding the right choice
Weak underlying cognitive skills may be the reason why a person struggles to read or learn at a even a basic level. If this is the cause of the learning difficulty, it can be corrected. Brain training graduates can begin to experience a lifetime of faster, easier learning and reading.

Understanding individual cognitive skills helps us understand how they impact learning. These skills include:

• Processing Speed: The efficiency with which the brain processes the data it receives. Faster processing speed leads to more efficient thinking and learning.
  
  
• Auditory Processing: This is the specific skill of processing sounds. This involves analyzing, segmenting and blending sounds. Auditory skills are essential if a student is to read, spell, and learn new words or concepts well.
  
  
• Visual Processing: This is the ability to receive and manipulate visual information. Creating mental images also greatly effects reading comprehension and long-term memory.
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  Memory: Memory includes long-term memory, storage and recall and short-term working memory. The combined process helps create new concepts and understanding.
  
  
• Logic and Reasoning: These skills are necessary for problem solving and planning.
  
  
• Cognitive skills training: Remediation and training What is effective cognitive skills training? Why do we guarantee results?
  
  

LearningRx utilizes specific skills testing to identify weak skills, and then uses proven, intense, one-on-one cognitive drills to enhance weak comprehension, processing speed, memory, attention skills, auditory processing, visualization, and logic & reasoning. LearningRx benefits students (grades K-12) and adults who struggle with learning or reading problems, or specifically suffer from attention deficit disorder (ADD), attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (AD/HD), specific learning disabilities, dyslexia, and other reading disabilities.

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