Right Brain Kids – Art Activities for Toddler Education and Parenting : Brain Training

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Some of these programs, however cannot be installed on a home computer and require that you do these exercises at the office of a medical provider. Most insurance companies will not pay for these brain training software programs. The cost of the software and the cost of the evaluation by the Cognitive Behavioral Specialist administering the programs are unfortunate barriers that make these non-pharmaceutical interventions for A.D.H.D. inaccessible to some of the adults and children who most need them.Studies performed on the effects of brain training have mostly showed improvement in ADHD’s inattentive symptoms but they have also shown that once you stop the training the improvements go away. Maybe the key is to just have adults and children with ADHD do 20 minutes of brain exercises daily.These brain-training exercises improve memory, IQ and concentration in people without ADHD as well. A search for ‘Brain Training Software’ will bring you to a variety of programs that improve attention and memory but beware, in the case of brain training software, all programs are not created equal. Beware of programs that cost substantially less than others. They may improve memory and attention but if completing them is impossible because of repetitiveness or poor design, any amount of money spent on them is money wasted.As we learn more about the brain’s plasticity and about software that improves memory and attention, we may discover that brain-training is a good idea of everyone. Hopefully, in the future, it will also be affordable for everyone.Many parents are surprised to learn that their child’s IQ score can actually be increased. After all, we were raised to believe that IQ was stagnant – that is, you are born with the IQ you’ll have throughout life. But in the 1990s, brain researchers discovered that the brain is actually capable of changing and regrowing the connections between brain cells. It’s these connections, or synapses, not the cells themselves, that actually increase the brain’s powers by increasing the number of viable paths for information.More paths also means faster routes for information to travel. This is good news for everyone – but especially for children with learning disabilities like ADD, Asperger’s, and dyslexia – because scientists have used special brain imaging technology to prove that better learners use more direct routes from point A to B when processing information. But how does a child learn to use the shorter, faster route? With “brain training.”While “brain training” is a relatively generic term, it can be differentiated from tutoring, which focuses on a specific academic subjects, such as math, English or history. While tutoring has its place (such as when a child falls behind in a particular subject due to an illness, injury or school transfer), it does not serve to increase the brain’s ability to learn in general. Brain training, on the other hand, works to improve a child’s cognitive skills.”Cognitive skills are the essential, but often overlooked fundamental tools of effective learning,” explains Dr. Ken Gibson, author of “Unlock the Einstein Inside: Applying New Brain Science to Wake Up the Smart in Your Child.” “Learning isn’t about how much you know, but how effectively you process or handle the information you receive. Cognitive skills are the mental mechanisms that process incoming information.”More specifically, cognitive skills enable children to successfully:

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