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Neurofeedback can:
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Enhances
ability to focus,
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Lessens
distractibility,
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Enhances
visual tracking skills
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Increases
time on task,
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Enhances
discriminatory processing,
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Improves
short term memory sequencing
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Improves
self esteem
For
a complete transformation into successful living
“Change
Your Mind... and change your life.”
Intro
Peter Freer was the first educational technologist to
develop a commercial system that used
NASA attention training
techniques
to measure clients' brainwaves and cognitive
processing. It provides feedback in
an entertaining video game
like format making neurofeedback more user friendly.
He also
developed a helmet with built in sensors that eliminated the use of
gooey electrodes used in traditional neurofeedback.
When the helmet is on,
a client can see for the
first time when they are attending.
Their brainwave feedback is
translated so that the clients can control the action of the game on the
computer screen. With coaching, the client begins to maintain this
focused awareness, and learns what behaviors distract from it.
Gradually, clients learn to translate their focused awareness into the
objectives set for the classroom or workplace. Each level focuses on
different objectives needed to succeed in the classroom and on the job.
All data is recorded so the client can see their progress over a period
of time.
We had the unique privileged to be trained by Peter
Freer himself in the use of this revolutionary system. Our neurofeedback
system of learning is the result of Peter's personal crusade to
facilitate the learning process for those labeled
"inattentive," "Hyper-active," or "unteachable."
According to recent attention studies, those terms describe up to
10% of school aged children and 8-10% of adults. Estimates indicate that
there may be up to an additional 12-20% of school-aged children that
demonstrate attention related difficulties.
The system is
patented and has patents pending. Peter has synthesized over two decades
of educational, theoretical and clinical research. He demonstrates a
renown leadership in neurofeedback, cognitive training, and behavioral
modification fields. His products offer hope to all those whose attention
difficulties exclude them from reaching their fullest potential in their
goals in life.
The Learning Process
Our system covers five skills needed for success in
overcoming attentional difficulties. Each level of the software monitors
and records the event, generating a report the user can use to monitor
and gain Improvement.
• Level One-
Learning to focus and lessen distractibility
Clients will begin with a series of games designed to
gradually increase the length of their attentional abilities. When
focused, they will keep a bird flying high or a fish swimming deep. One
can instantly see when they are focused or unfocused
and then adapt to accomplish the desired goal.
This is perhaps the first time that a user has ever
witnessed what is actually occurring in his mind as it happens. They can
learn what helps them to focus and what distracts them. Coaching guides
them into controlling negative responses from the program.
• Level
Two-
Visual tracking skill enhancement
This game involves the ability to track a moving
object with one's eyes while continuing to pay attention. The goal is to
continuously move the character around the screen. The score is
increased by the movement based on the feedback from their focused
attention. Therefore, in order to score well, the user must maintain a
high level of attention while visually following the screen character.
Educationally, the lack of visual tracking ability
results in the inability to pay attention to a lesson with the teacher
who constantly moves about the classroom.
• Level
Three-
Increasing Time-On-Task
This game allows the user to complete a closed end
task within a structured time limit. The user constructs a tower of
block by mind alone. Focusing allows them to carry the blocks across the
screen. If they fall off task the blocks move backwards indicating that
they need to refocus. This will enhance the ability to sustain attention
in real life. Many users begin not being able to stay on task very long.
Being able to learn to focus eliminates the frustration of poor
performance academically and socially.
• Level
Four-
Improving short-term memory sequencing
Sequencing is the ability to take bits of data and
mentally place them in different orders. It also implies the ability to
mentally manipulate the order of bits of data. This requires the full
use of good short-term memory skills.
The user must focus on varied colored blocks flashing on
the screen. The user's state of attention begins the sequences of two,
then three, then four blocks etc. The user must replicate the sequence on the keyboard. The user is rewarded for inputting greater and
greater sequences increasing the score of the game as well as increasing
their memory chunking abilities.
• Level
Five-
Discriminatory processing
enhancement
The user sits in a simulated cockpit of a cyber
starship. When maximum attention is achieved, asteroids head toward the
ship. The user must deflect the white ones while not reflecting the red
ones. This exercise in information processing will train the user to
reduce their impulsive strikes. Besides that it is just plain fun to
play this game.
The discriminating process refers to the act of
placing data in categories for storage while filtering out the
distracting stimuli. The inability process data this way lessens the
ability to recall facts and other important information. The ability
that is developed in this game allows one to learn to recall and
retrieve data for later use. This is an important skill in school and
for life as an adult.
Once the client masters the software, the coach can
focus on behavioral goals: making this a complete transformation into
successful living. Clients trained on this system experience a greater
sense of self-esteem and enhanced social interactions as well as
improving their performance in school and/or the workplace.
Age Requirements and Results
Our Neuro-educational feedback program is recommended for ages 7-100.
It is never too late to improve your ability to focus. Results
such as increased time on task, better focus, or better reading
comprehension can be seen sometimes in as little as fifteen hours of
learning. Successful completion of the program can be accomplished in as
little as forty hours of Play Attention. Play attention was designed to
be user friendly and adapts to a students current level of attention.
The game like format was designed to provide a fun learning experience.
This "Get Attention" strategy requires a
minimum of two 45 minute sessions per week. This allows for one half
hour on the equipment and fifteen minutes of coaching.
E-mail us a request for additional research as to why
our system is so effective and how it works. We can also provide a link
to the latest related brain research. Please indicate whether you are a
parent considering the program for a child, a professional seeking more
information or an adult seeking solution to your attention
difficulties.
To register
for these programs as services at our center please
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here
“Learning
is most effective when it’s fun”
Cognitive
Training Games Improve:
Processing
disorders are often found at the root of ADD Inattentive (without
hyperactivity). Processing
disorders are not remedied with medication. Our cognitive training programs have
a consistent track record of success in a variety of therapeutic, school and
home settings since 1985. Please click on the cognitive training research link
on the home page for research regarding
their success. These programs will definitely be the wave of the future, considering
where the classification of ADD is heading. Feel free to explore the
future of ADD and Processing in the following link. ADD
and Processing Disorders
We have a completely computerized mental gym that
uses cutting edge technology to improve the quality of a client's
cognitive processing necessary for attention and optimum performance.
Our programs can be used for clients as early as five years old.
Our programs
can also be used for learning disabilities and brain injury as well as for age
related memory decline.
It
was designed by a clinical psychologist and psychiatrist to improve mental processing speed
(needed for attention), and self control.
Friendly,
Engaging Road Game
to
develop the cognitive skills you need
Kids and Adults Love it!!!
Trains —
Sustained Attention
Visual Tracking
Divided Attention
Rule Following
Focused
Attention Planning
Smart Driver is a stimulating,
entertaining, non-violent driving game designed to build cognitive
skills and self-esteem in individuals, ages
5 through adult, who have difficulty processing information
due to brain
injuries, ADHD, visual processing disorders or learning disabilities.
To win the game, you must drive your car successfully through
progressively more difficult roads and driving situations. You must keep
your car on the road, watch the speed limit, stop for red lights and
trains, be helpful by picking up passengers, and avoid potholes and
other obstacles. Other cars can act wild and reckless, bumping into you
for no good reason, so you must learn to drive defensively. You win
prize money by following the rules of the road and being a careful,
defensive driver. The purpose of Smart Driver is to teach the concepts
and attitudes necessary for smart, safe driving plus a few of the basic
rules of the road.
It is
designed to be fun while improving
Visual tracking skills
Hand-eye coordination
Visual Attention
Respect for rules
Planning
Attention to detail
Concentration
Memory
Patience
Self
Esteem
While lively and entertaining,
the exercises contain no violence and are not frenetic or overwhelmingly
stimulating. Goals are clearly defined, and the player can learn to
succeed and to be proud of newly acquired skills and capabilities.
Auditory
attention building software that helps people learn to be better
listeners and readers. Sound
Smart was designed
by a clinical psychologist and a psychiatrist to help improve:
Phonemic
Awareness
Listening
Skills
Working
Memory
Visual Skills
Mental
Processing Speed
Self
Control
SoundSmart
automatically adapts its presentation to the age of the player-novel
feedback and entertaining encouragement is colorful but not childish in
presentation for adults. Records on each user are automatically kept by
the computer, which also keeps track of where the individual left off in
his training.
These game-like brain-training exercises speak to the user in a
realistic human voice, making the individual feel as if they are playing
a real person who encourages, praises, and challenges them to do their
best.
Module
1: SoundSmart Auditory
Attention Coach
Provides
drill and practice in following spoken, multi-step instructions which
gradually become more and more complex. Uses unique behavioral training
tracks to improve processing speed, to develop patience and
self-control, and to improve auditory attention, figure-ground
discrimination, focus and non-distractibility. Available in beginner
(age 4+), intermediate (6+), and advanced levels(8+).
Module
2: SoundSmart Math and Memory Coach
Five
levels -A (Kindergarten) and 1-4 (corresponds with grade levels) When
used by a child, each level of this set of programs addresses the
corresponding grade level of the elementary school math curriculum,
grades K through 4. Adult users are presented with more challenging
problems. The program helps develop working memory, mental math skills,
and number concepts while improving speed, self-control, patience, or
auditory processing.
Module
3: Sound Discrimination Coach
Improves
listening skills in people with language and reading problems by
computerized time-tested, traditional methods used by speech language
professionals to improve phonemic awareness. The program challenges the
user with distractions, distortions in speech, background sounds, and
changes in pitch in order to train him or her to listen well under all
types of conditions. An excellent phonemic awareness training tool.
Available in beginner (age 6+), intermediate (8+), and advanced (10+)
levels.
More
game details
To register for these
programs and services
at our center please
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here
 Captain's Log® is the most
widely used, comprehensive set of computerized cognitive training/testing
program ever published. It has been in continuous use since 1985, and
has a proven track record in a variety of therapeutic, school and home
settings in all 50 states, US territories and 23 foreign countries.
Coaches can use scores on these various units to key in a academic
weaknesses and then utilize the training protocols to strengthen those
skills. Older self motivated children can often move into independent
study, thus reducing fees to equipment usage.
The
33 programs comprising the original Captain's Log® are described below.
They are organized into five modules - Attention Skills: Developmental,
Visual Motor Skills, Conceptual Skills, Numeric Concepts with Memory
Skills, and Attention Skills: The Next Generation.
The modules may be purchased individually or as a complete set.
Designed
for adults and children with ADHD, brain
injuries, psychiatric disorders or learning disabilities gain the basic
cognitive skills necessary for successful living and learning.
The software consists of 33 multi-level cognitive exercises designed to
help develop and remediate attention, concentration, memory, eye-hand
coordination, basic numeric concepts, problem solving-reasoning skills,
self-esteem and self-control. Research and clinical experience have
demonstrated repeatedly that these skills may be enhanced by exercise
and practice. The exercises, which are enjoyable but not childish range
from very low level to quite difficult and are appropriate for ages
6 through adult.
Benefits
of Captain's Log® for the client:
Comprehensive - Hundreds of levels make it useful with a wide range of ages,
abilities and needs.
Motivational - May be used to challenge, to motivate and to boost
self-esteem.
Enjoyable - Game-like and friendly, but not childish or frenetic.
Fills an educational gap - Designed to help develop or strengthen the basic building
blocks necessary for further learning.
Captain’s
Log Cognitive Training System
Module
1: Attention Skills Developmental
Eight game-like programs contain over 340 different
"brain-training" exercises to develop attention, self-control,
processing speed and working memory. The exercises range from very
simple to quite complex. For children, youth and adults with brain
injuries, attention deficit disorder, learning disabilities,
developmental disabilities and some psychiatric disorders.
Game
details
Module
2: Visual Motor Skills
Beautiful graphics and exciting entertaining tasks keep you motivated
while you learn. Seven programs train eye/hand coordination, visual
scanning, visual tracking, alternating and divided attention, fine motor
control, self control and processing speed. For children, youth and
adults with brain injuries, attention deficit disorder, learning
disabilities, developmental disabilities and some psychiatric disorders.
Game
details
Modules
3 and 4 (Windows Versions) are under development.
DOS versions now available for
Module
3: Conceptual Skills helps train basic reasoning, memory and perceptual
discrimination.
Game
Details
Module
4: Numeric Concepts/Memory Skills trains basic mathematical concepts,
memory, problem solving and organizational skills, and detailed reading
comprehension.
Game
details
Module
5: Attention Skills: The Next Generation
This challenging software helps develop important cognitive
skills for your higher level clients. Attention Skills: The Next
Generation presents three exciting, challenging programs to train
auditory attention and discrimination, listening skills,
conceptualization of the relationship between sounds and visual images,
divided attention, mental processing speed, visual scanning,
self-control and short-term memory. All of these programs can also be
used to develop problem solving/reasoning skills. For children, youth
and adults with brain injuries, attention deficit disorder, learning
disabilities, developmental disabilities and some psychiatric disorders.
Game
details
Coaches
can use scores on these various units to key in on academic weaknesses
and then utilize the training protocols to strengthen those skills.
Older self motivated children can often move into independent study,
thus reducing fees to equipment usage.
More
details available here
For
Purchase Information Contact
www.braintrain.com
Neuro-technologies
such as light and sound and therapeutic music may be added to your
coaching package. Links for more information can be found on our home
page.
To
register for these programs as services at our center please
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here
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