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Most of us read every day, whether we’re browsing a restaurant menu or scrolling on social media. It’s easy to forget that reading is an incredibly complex task—one that demands enormous brainpower and draws on many separate abilities. When a learner needs reading help determining the correct course of action requires a deeper look at ...

Reading is one of the most complex, fascinating abilities that humans possess. It’s not an innate skill—in fact, humans only started reading about six thousand years ago. Nor is it one singular skill. Instead, it’s a multi-part process that relies on many different skills working together. If you’re seeking reading help for your learner, it’s ...

Reading comprehension is an essential skill that allows us to understand and retain the information we read. Whether you’re a student struggling to keep up with your studies or an adult looking to improve your reading skills, these seven tips can help you better comprehend what you read: #1: Preview the material before reading.  Take ...

One of the key reasons that children dislike reading is because of poor reading comprehension. What fun is it to read a book when you don’t experience it in a vivid or real way in your imagination? Here’s why this skill is so hard for so many kids and what you can do to strengthen ...

LearningRx Atlanta-Buckhead’s owner and executive director, Susie McDaniel, has good reason to believe in the benefit of cognitive skills training. She’s had personal experience with it. When her two sons were young, Susie enrolled both of them in brain training with LearningRx. In addition to improving crucial core cognitive skills, Susie’s sons have benefitted from ...

What if you never got over your reading struggles and thought it was something you just had to live with for the rest of your life? At 72-years-old Wayne thought this was his lot in life until he saw a TV segment about LearningRx in Minnesota. The news station covered a story on former NLF player, ...

Research has connected certain cognitive skills to early reading skills. Working memory (WM) has a vital role to play in the academic performance of children, due to multiple academic tasks involving multiple sequences of tasks that should be remembered in a short period of time (Bergman Nutley & Söderqvist, 2017).For example, a deficit in working ...

Have you ever read an article or a book and entirely forgotten the information you read as soon as you put it down? While this happens to all of us from time to time, your comprehension skills may be to blame if it happens to you more often or all the time. Comprehension skills help ...

Almost every family struggles with homework challenges at some point. Sometimes, parents end up as frustrated as their kids or teens, feeling like they constantly have to “nag” their student to get through even the simplest assignments. Here are 10 tips to help ensure the process is as smooth as possible: 1. Set up a ...

Many people incorrectly assuming that LearningRx only offers one-on-one brain training to children and teens. But the truth is that we’ve worked with thousands of adult to help turn today’s weaknesses into tomorrow’s strengths! Why do adults come to LearningRx for personal brain training? Some adults and seniors that come to LearningRx simply want to ...