LearningRx - The Beginning
LearningRx traces its beginning to the work of Dr. Ken Gibson, a specialist in visual processing.
Dr. Gibson's practice was one of the nation's first to concentrate on children exclusively. His efforts serving children led him to commit to discovering what was necessary to help them consistently become better learners. Clinical data and experience was gathered through his own practice, preschools, learning centers, and private schools that he founded.
In 1985, he and his brother, Keith Gibson, Ph.D., a clinical psychologist, hosted a symposium on learning in Appleton, Wisconsin. Gleanings from the many educators, doctors, and professionals who participated in the symposium created the impetus that led directly to the development of the LearningRx cognitive training system.
This system effectively uncovers underlying learning weaknesses and cognitive deficiencies. The weaknesses are strengthened through intense, one-on-one training.
LearningRx – Early Development
The data gathered for more than 15 years prior to the symposium began to make sense. The Gibsons observed that patients seemed to attend and stay on task better, recall facts more easily, and process information faster when they were given short but intense periods of cognitive training. In response to this discovery, they developed a series of specialized exercises.
These cognitive training exercises were tested and refined through 16 years of clinical application, review, and development. Other educational, psychological, and medical specialists were involved in the development, modification, and refinement of the exercises that ultimately became the foundation of the LearningRx cognitive training system.
The results are the products known as ThinkRx and ReadRx, offered exclusively through LearningRx Learning Centers.
LearningRx – Real World Results
During the development of the cognitive exercises, approximately 700 professionals in more than 350 training locations, clinics, schools, and hospitals used the training systems successfully. This resulted in documented skill and reading gains for over 12,000 students.
Today, LearningRx offers the most effective cognitive training available (as measured by a variety of nationally recognized cognitive skills testing instruments such as WJCTB, DTLA, WRMT, SOI, GCTB, CAUSE, and LACT.) Results are predictable and consistent, enabling LearningRx Centers to guarantee improvement in deficient learning skills in less than 24 weeks. No other cognitive training program is capable of offering such a guarantee.
LearningRx Today
LearningRx is expanding its network of training centers to bring cognitive training to those in need throughout the United States. Struggling learners or students who seek to develop a competitive edge through enhanced cognitive skills can also benefit greatly from LearningRx training programs.
If you or someone you know could benefit from cognitive skill training, contact a center near you today. Please use the Learning Center Locator to find the LearningRx Center nearest to you.
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