Contact: Tanya Mitchell

Executive Director

Tanya@LearningRx.com

719-550-8263

www.learningrx.com/colorado-springs-north/default.htm

LearningRx in Colorado Springs offers free brain skills assessments in exchange for “bad” report cards

Local brain training center offers hope to struggling learners

Colorado Springs, CO – April 1, 2011 – It’s report card time and local brain training center LearningRx in Colorado Springs is giving hope to kids and teens by offering free cognitive skills assessments in exchange for less-than-stellar report cards.

Throughout the month of April, LearningRx in Colorado Springs is offering anyone under 19 a free assessment of their cognitive skills if they bring in a photocopy of their report card. The assessment measures brain skills like processing speed, attention, logic and reasoning, visual and auditory processing, and memory. The results of the assessment can help students decide what steps to take in strengthening weak cognitive skills.

“Unfortunately, many people wrongly assume that less-than-stellar grades are a reflection of poor teaching or laziness on the part of the student; this is rarely the case,” says LearningRx Colorado Springs Executive Director Tanya Mitchell. “The truth is, most bad report cards simply mean that the child is struggling to learn. And learning struggles are due to weak cognitive skills. The good news is that these learning skills can be strengthened through intensive one-on-one brain training.”

To learn more about the free assessments (a $199 value) or treating the root cause of learning struggles associated with ADHD, dyslexia, Asperger’s, Autism or dyscalculia (“trouble with math”), contact Tanya Mitchell at the number or email above.

About LearningRx
LearningRx specializes in treating the cause – not the symptoms – of learning struggles. The programs’ game-like exercises and 1:1 trainer-to-student ratios provide guaranteed dramatic improvement in as little as 12 to 24 weeks. With more than 70 centers across the country, LearningRx brain training can help anyone – from 5 to 85 – increase the speed, power or function of their brain.

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Contact: Tanya Mitchell

Executive Director

Tanya@LearningRx.com

719-550-8263

www.learningrx.com/colorado-springs-north/default.htm

LearningRx Colorado Springs Marks National Puzzle Day

with discounted brain skills assessments

Local brain training center offers students the opportunity

to assess their cognitive skills January 29 – February 4

Colorado Springs, CO – Saturday, January 29, 2011 is National Puzzle Day and local brain training center LearningRx Colorado Springs is challenging local students to put their puzzle-building skills to the test … a brain skills test!

January 29 through February 4, LearningRx Colorado Springs is offering anyone under 18 a  discounted assessment of their cognitive skills – like processing speed, attention, logic and reasoning, visual and auditory processing and the three types of memory. The results can help students decide what steps to take in strengthening certain cognitive skills.

“Puzzles are great toys for kids not only because they’re usually very affordable, but also because they help strengthen important brain skills,” says LearningRx Colorado Springs Executive Director Tanya Mitchell. “These include things like attention, visual processing, planning and spatial reasoning. They’re especially important for younger children, because a foundation of strong cognitive skills makes learning easier later.”

Puzzle facts:

• Jigsaw puzzles originated in the 1760s when maps were pasted onto wood and dissected.

• In 2008, more than 15,000 people in Ravensburg, Germany assembled a nearly 6,500-square-foot puzzle in town square. The puzzle had 1,141,800 pieces.

• In the 1930s, puzzle manufacturer Einson Freeman convinced a toothbrush company to give away a puzzle with every toothbrush purchase. More than one million toothbrushes sold.

“Watching your child do a puzzle can give you some insight into which brain skills are already strong, and which need to be strengthened,” says Dr. Ken Gibson, author of “Unlock the Einstein Inside; Applying New Brain Science to Wake Up the Smart In Your Child” (free as an ebook at www.UnlockTheEinsteinInside.com). “And the cognitive skills needed to assemble an age-appropriate puzzle in a timely manner – like visual processing, logic and reasoning, attention and processing speed – need to be strong to avoid issues in science and math later.”

3 RESOURCES:

• Puzzle strategies: Here are 4 tips to help your child finish a puzzle: http://ezinearticles.com/?Jigsaw-Puzzle-Strategy—4-Main-Routes-to-Finishing-That-Puzzle&id=3442806

• Free puzzles online: Lots of free jigsaw puzzles for all ages that kids can do online:

http://www.thekidzpage.com/onlinejigsawpuzzles/animals/index.html

• Free “Games for Skills” Chart: Find out which common, inexpensive games build certain cognitive skills at www.UnlockTheEinsteinInside.com.

To learn more about the discounted assessments or treating the root cause of learning struggles associated with dyslexia, ADHD, Asperger’s, Autism or dyscalculia (“trouble with math”), contact Tanya Mitchell at the phone number or email above.

About LearningRx
LearningRx (www.LearningRx.com) specializes in treating the cause – not the symptoms – of learning struggles. The programs’ game-like exercises and 1:1 trainer-to-student ratios provide guaranteed dramatic improvement in as little as 12 to 24 weeks. With 71 centers across the U.S., LearningRx brain training can help anyone – from 5 to 85 – increase the speed, power or function of their brain.

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Colorado Springs, CO– For parents in search of toys that are both fun and educational, brain training company LearningRx has put together “The Smart Mom’s Toy Box.” Best of all, every toy is under $10!

“Toys don’t have to be expensive to build brain skills,” says Tanya Mitchell, Executive Director of LearningRx Colorado Springs. “Puzzles can build attention, timed games can build processing speed, and rhyming games can build auditory processing. It’s these cognitive skills – along with logic and reasoning, attention and visual processing – that form the foundation of learning. We now know that brain skills and IQ can be changed at any age.”

“The Smart Mom’s Toy Box – 10 Toys Under $10; Building Brain Skills Without Breaking Your Budget” includes:

1. French Toast and Friends Matching Game ($9.99 on Walmart.com)

No reading is required for this game of pairs. Includes bonus stickers.

Ages: 3+

Cognitive skills: memory, attention

2. High School Musical 2 Recorder Pack ($9.97 on Walmart.com)

Let your children teach themselves to play the recorder! The instrument comes with a songbook that features nine easy songs from the Disney Channel movie, a fingering chart, instructions and coloring pages.

Ages: 7+

Cognitive skills: auditory processing, memory, attention

3. Rory’s Story Cubes ($7.29 on Amazon.com)

A pocket-sized creative story generator for all imaginations!

Ages: 8+

Cognitive skills: Problem-solving, logic and reasoning, creativity, visual processing

4. Set Game ($9.69 on Amazon.com)

Players review images on dealt cards for logical sets.

Ages: 4+

Cognitive skills: Sequential thinking, processing speed, visual processing

5. Wooky Mathable Board Game ($7.14 on Wayfair.com)

This board game provides fun challenges of mathematical equations.

Ages: all ages

Cognitive skills: Problem solving, math skills, analysis, attention

6. Battleship – Travel Edition ($8 at ToysRUs)

This classic game teaches kids to narrow down where their opponent has put their battleships.

Ages: 7+

Cognitive skills: Analysis skills, visual processing, logic and reasoning, attention

7. My Word! (blister pack) ($5.99 on FunAgain.com)

Players search dealt cards and call out words using at least three cards.

Ages: 7+

Cognitive skills: Sound blending and segmenting, sequential thinking, word analysis, visual processing, processing speed

8.  Brick by Brick Stacking Puzzle ($9.59 at ToysRUs)

Players try to build the 60 configurations to match the challenge cards. Now with a storage bag!

Ages: 6+

Cognitive skills: Counting, visual processing, creativity, planning

9. Rubik’s Slide Electronic Puzzle Game ($9.98 at ToysRUs)

An upgraded twist on the classic handheld puzzle, with over 10,000 puzzles.

Ages: 8+

Cognitive skills: Processing speed, problem solving, deductive reasoning

10. Fifteen Puzzle ($9.99 at ToysRUs)

Just scramble the puzzle then try to slide the numbers back in order.

Ages: 8+

Cognitive skills: Memory, attention, planning, visual processing

For a free list of games and the skills they strengthen, visit www.unlocktheeinsteininside.com.> To learn more about LearningRx or this year’s Smart Mom’s Toy Box, please contact Tanya Mitchell at the phone or email above.

About LearningRx
LearningRx brain training specializes in treating the cause – not the symptoms – of learning struggles. The programs’ game-like exercises and 1:1 trainer-to-student ratios provide guaranteed dramatic improvement in as little as 12 to 24 weeks. With more than 70 centers across the country, LearningRx brain training can help anyone – from 5 to 85 – increase the speed, power or function of their brain. www.LearningRx.com

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Contact: Tanya Mitchell
Executive Director
Tanya@LearningRx.com
719-550-8263
www.learningrx.com/colorado-springs-north/default.htm

Local Brain Training Company Offers Advice for Parents of School-Aged Children:

Ways to improve learning skills and confidence

April 13, 2012— Brain training leader LearningRx Colorado Springs is offering tips for parents looking to improve their children’s grades, learning skills and confidence in 2012.

Here’s a sampling of the tips:

1. Get them playing music. Encourage your child to learn an instrument. This could be through lessons, video instruction or even a self-taught booklet. There is a strong correlation between music and grades; not surprising since music enhances language learning and spatial reasoning, among other things.
2. Try teaching them another language. If you don’t know one, find a class on the computer or get a book or video from the library and learn together! Learning another language strengthens major brain skills like executive control, increases multi-tasking skills and can help delay the onset of Alzheimer’s later in life.
3. Have you child’s brain skills tested. Cognitive skills training centers usually offer low-cost tests to measure and evaluate skills like attention, visual and auditory processing, logic and reasoning, processing speed and memory. If any weaknesses are found, the skills can be strengthened with one-on-one brain training. Unlike tutoring, which focuses on academics, brain training addresses the root causes of any learning struggles. If you improve learning skills, you improve grades and confidence.

For more tips on improving grades, learning, skills and confidence contact Tanya Mitchell at the number or email above.

To learn more about brain training, visit www.LearningRx.com.

About LearningRx

LearningRx brain training specializes in treating the cause – not the symptoms – of learning struggles. The programs’ game-like exercises and 1:1 trainer-to-student ratios provide guaranteed dramatic improvement in as little as 12 to 24 weeks. With more than 70 centers across the country, LearningRx brain training can help anyone – from 5 to 85 – increase the speed, power or function of their brain.

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Tanya Mitchell

LearningRx Vice President of Research & Development

719-264-8808

tanya@learningrx.com

Mental Skills Help 10-year-old Win National President’s Day Contest

Young gymnast says brain training changed her life

Co. Springs, CO – A fifth grader from Cedar Rapids, Iowa won the annual LearningRx President’s Day contest with a video that demonstrates her newly improved attention, memory and multitasking skills.

Ten-year-old Taylor Peterson won an iPad in the national contest with a 31-second clip that shows her quickly reciting all 44 U.S. presidents, forward and backward, while performing a complicated gymnastics routine and blocking out a major commotion.

“LearningRx brain training helped me so much,” says Taylor. “It helped with my focus in gymnastics, and the routines I remember a lot easier now. In school I used to study spelling words so much every single night, and now I just study one night and get good grades. I like school more now that it’s easier.”

The contest is designed to encourage kids across the country to create videos that demonstrate the mental skills they improved with LearningRx brain training. Memorizing the presidents is one of the first things students master.

“It quickly strengthens long-term memory, attention and other cognitive skills, and it also gives a big boost of self-confidence,” says LearningRx Vice President of Research and Development Tanya Mitchell. “It’s just one of the ways our one-on-one personalized brain training helps build smarter, faster, more efficient brains.”

Taylor’s parents took her to LearningRx in Cedar Rapids when she continued to struggle in school, despite working harder than everyone else. “It changed her little life,” says her mother Kim Peterson. “For the first time she’s at grade level, which is such a relief. And it gave her so much confidence. Before LearningRx she didn’t want to compete in gymnastics. The training gave her the confidence and the focus to excel and she won first place in state this year. It’s just been awesome.”

Check out Taylor’s winning LearningRx President’s Day video and other fun President’s Day video contest submissions at www.learningrx.com/video-contest. Please feel free to link to this, or broadcast it, for an inspirational President’s Day story this February 20.

To schedule an interview, or for more information, contact Tanya Mitchell at (719) 264-8808 or tanya@learningrx.com or go to www.learningrx.com.

About LearningRx

LearningRx brain training specializes in treating the cause – not the symptoms – of learning struggles. The programs’ game-like exercises and 1:1 trainer-to-student ratios provide guaranteed dramatic improvement in as little as 12 to 24 weeks. With more than 70 centers across the country, LearningRx brain training can help anyone – from 5 to 85 – increase the speed, power or function of their brain. Graduates across the country now see an average IQ increase of 15 points.

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Tanya@LearningRx.com or (719)955-6703

National Brain Training Company Shares

3 Things You Can Learn From Your Child’s Handwriting

Colorado Springs, CO; January 10, 2011 –National Handwriting Day is January 23 and the brain training experts at LearningRx are offering three tips to help you analyze your child or teen’s handwriting.

1. Messy handwriting: Don’t assume your child is just being lazy. For younger kids, an inability to form letters correctly may be more about “motor dysgraphia,” or slow-developing motor skills. For school-age children and teens, writing illegibly may be a sign of dysgraphia (“problems with writing”), which is more about a lack of ability than effort – often due to weak cognitive skills like visual processing.
2. Misspelled words: Sometimes referred to as “dyslexic dysgraphia,” misspelling words when writing is often a sign that certain brain skills like phonemic awareness are weak. One quick way to evaluate the problem is to ask your child to copy written work from another sheet of paper. If the copied work has few or no mistakes, the issue may be less about poor handwriting and more about weak reading and spelling skills.
3. Extra, reversed or omitted letters; heavy pressure: A 2007 study found that students with attention deficits (like ADHD) were more likely to have dysgraphia. In addition to these graphemic buffer errors, writers with ADHD tended to write faster and exert “abnormally high levels of pen pressure.”

“While analyzing your child’s handwriting is by no means a scientific means of determining a learning disorder, there are clues that may help parents recognize a need for professional evaluation,” explains Tanya Mitchell, Vice President of Research and Development for LearningRx, a national brain training company with 71 centers across the United States. “Nationally standardized assessment tools like the Woodcock Johnson Tests of Cognitive Abilities, (WJ III-COG) and the Woodcock Johnson Tests of Achievement, (WJ III-ACH) measure cognitive skills and academic abilities. Once the weak cognitive skills – like attention, visual processing or phonemic awareness – are evaluated, a personalized brain training program can be created to strengthen those skills and make learning easier for ALL areas of academics – not just handwriting.”

About National Handwriting Day

The day was founded in 1977 by the Writing Instrument Manufacturers Association to promote the use of pencils, pens and paper. January 23 is also the birthday of John Hancock, whose name is synonymous with the word “signature.”

About LearningRx

LearningRx specializes in treating the cause – not the symptoms – of learning struggles. The programs’ game-like exercises and 1:1 trainer-to-student ratios provide guaranteed dramatic improvement in as little as 12 to 24 weeks. With 71 centers across the U.S., LearningRx can help anyone – from 5 to 85 – increase the speed, power or function of their brain. The brain training company averages a 14.99-point increase in IQ.  To learn more or to find a center near you, visit www.learningrx.com.

Colorado Springs, CO – In honor of National Brain Training Week, June 11 through 17, national brain training leader LearningRx is offering highlights from brain research around the globe to offer hope to those with learning struggles.

• Brain Training to Help Treat Autism: Specialized brain training uses intensive, one-on-one, game-like exercises to quickly enhance weak cognitive skills. In one study, 49 students with Autism Spectrum Disorder who underwent personalized brain training gained an average of 18 percentage points across seven key cognitive areas. For example, before training the average child tested in the 41^st percentile of his peers for logic and reasoning. After training, that average jumped 23.4 points to the 64^th percentile.

• Brain Training to Help Fight Alzheimer’s: According to evidence published in the science and medical publication  “Nature,” cognitive intervention can be effective in preventing, slowing and treating Alzheimer’s Disease and mild cognitive impairment. The benefits of brain training are thought to reflect increases in cognitive reserve, which allows the brain to perform tasks (using cognitive skills like memory, visual and auditory processing, logic and reasoning, and attention) even if there is damage to the pathways between brain cells. One study of 29,000 people demonstrated that those with the highest cognitive reserves had a 46 percent reduced risk of developing dementia compared to those with lower reserves. In addition, brain training might be able to partially reverse dementia even after the symptoms are apparent.

• Brain Training to Raise IQ in Adults: A 2009 study showed that adults who underwent intensive, one-on-one cognitive skills training to strengthen brain function achieved an 11.4-point increase in their IQ.

“The key to successful brain training is that it is intense and one-on-one,” says Dr. Ken Gibson, founder of LearningRx. “The trainer needs to be providing immediate feedback to the student. And with any program, you want to see measurable gains.”

To learn more about brain training, visit www.LearningRx.com or call (719)264-8808.

About LearningRx

LearningRx brain training specializes in treating the cause – not the symptoms – of learning struggles. The programs’ game-like exercises and 1:1 trainer-to-student ratios provide guaranteed dramatic improvement in as little as 12 to 24 weeks. With more than 70 centers across the country, LearningRx brain training can help anyone – from 5 to 85 – increase the speed, power or function of their brain.

February 24, 2011 – Colorado Springs, CO – Studies continue to show that the right type of brain training can increase IQ and actually make people smarter. That’s the word brain training leader LearningRx wants to spread this Brain Awareness Week, March 14 – 20.

“This ability for the brain to improve, at any age, remains one of the most important messages we need to spread during Brain Awareness Week,” says LearningRx Vice President of Research and Development Tanya Mitchell. “People need to know they don’t have to settle for the mental capacity they’re born with. Strengthening cognitive skills leads to a smarter, faster, more efficient brain, a higher IQ, and all the benefits that tend to go along with it, like more confidence, a competitive edge in school or the job market and eventually, a higher-paying career.”

A study of test results for more than 2,500 LearningRx students from 2009 shows LearningRx brain training brought significant improvement, with students gaining an average of 14.9 IQ points.

“A measurable IQ jump of that significance brings an amazing boost in intellectual ability,” says LearningRx founder Dr. Ken Gibson. “It brings obvious improvement to the speed, ease and ability to perform mental tasks that can lead to vast improvements in everyday life.”

All students in the study were tested before and after training with the gold standard of testing: the Woodcock Johnson III Tests of Cognitive Abilities. LearningRx continues to invite researchers to study the company’s results, testing, and brain training methodology.

For more information and insight on how brain training can raise IQ, contact Tanya Mitchell or visit www.learningrx.com.

About LearningRx

LearningRx brain training specializes in treating the cause – not the symptoms – of learning struggles. The programs’ game-like exercises and 1:1 trainer-to-student ratios provide guaranteed dramatic improvement in as little as 12 to 24 weeks. With more than 70 centers across the country, LearningRx brain training can help anyone – from 5 to 85 – increase the speed, power or function of their brain.

Contact: Tanya Mitchell

Study Shows Brain Training Can Eliminate Need for ADHD Medication

LearningRx raises awareness of safe, permanent solution during National ADHD Awareness Month

(Colorado Spring), August 9, 2011 – Brain training provides a powerful, proven way to permanently reduce or eliminate the need for ADHD medication. The brain training experts at LearningRx say it’s a solution that parents need to learn about this National ADHD Awareness Month (September).

“So many people still don’t know that brain training can often bring life-long relief from the stresses and struggles of ADHD,” says LearningRx Vice President of Research and Development Tanya Mitchell. “Medication can simply mask the symptoms with a short-term fix, and the need for medication, intervention and accommodation returns. Brain training targets the root cause of the problem and can often provide a permanent reprieve.”

According to the Centers for Disease Control, surveys show nearly 10 percent of all kids aged 4 to 17 have, at some point, been diagnosed with ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder). Of those with a current diagnosis, two thirds take prescription drugs to try to control it. Classic symptoms of ADHD include distractibility, fidgeting, hyperactivity, poor impulse control, and most visibly, the inability to focus or pay attention.

“Cognitive skills testing generally confirms that most people with ADHD have weaknesses in the underlying mental skills of memory, processing speed and attention,” explains Mitchell. “Our intense, one-on-one brain training targets those skills and strengthens them to the point where there is no longer a deficit. For many students the symptoms subside, the need for medication disappears and quite often the diagnosis – and the label – no longer fit.”

A recent study shows a full 37-percent of LearningRx graduates were able to reduce or eliminate their ADHD medication after brain training. The 2011 Report of LearningRx Training Results tracked all students who took prescription ADHD drugs when they went through brain training in 2009.

To learn more or to schedule an interview with a LearningRx brain training expert in your area, please contact Tanya Mitchell at 719-264-8808 or tanya@LearningRx.com.

About LearningRx
LearningRx brain training specializes in treating the cause – not the symptoms – of learning struggles. The programs’ game-like exercises and 1:1 trainer-to-student ratios provide guaranteed dramatic improvement in as little as 12 to 24 weeks. With more than 70 centers across the country, LearningRx brain training can help anyone – from 5 to 85 – increase the speed, power or function of their brain. Graduates now see an average IQ increase of 15 points.

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