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Cogmed Working Memory Training is a clinically proven program for children
and adults with attention deficits. Through a home-based computer program, working memory capacity
is increased, resulting in stronger attention, logic and reasoning skills, improved
concentration, and reduced impulsive behavior. Cogmed programming takes approximately 30-40 minutes per day,
5 days a week, for 5 weeks. The game-like interface is as fun as it is
challenging! Eight out of ten children who complete programming show measurable
improvement in attention and complex reasoning skills. Parents and teachers
report improvements in communication, taking initiative, and independent task
completion as well.
The Alcott Center for Cognitive Enhancement offers three different Cogmed
Working Memory programs:
Cogmed RM for school-aged children, Cogmed QM for adults, and Cogmed JM for
preschoolers.
Key Benefits
- Better academic performance, particularly in math and reading.
- Improved concentration and attention, and reduced impulsive behavior and
distractibility.
- Home-based computer program automatically adjusts to the user's skill
level, increasing in difficulty as abilities increase.
Did You Know?
Working memory is more than just information storage! Consider the following:
- Distraction by Deficit
- Working memory refers to the ability we have to hold and manipulate
information in the mind over short periods of time. It works like a
mental notepad to help us store important information to carry out tasks. Children
and adults with working memory deficits are
easily distracted, struggle to remember instructions, and have difficulty
starting, prioritizing and finishing tasks. Studies have shown that they also have
difficulty in school and at work, particularly with reading comprehension and math,
due to their inability to hold in mind sufficient information to allow them
to complete the task at hand.
- The AD/HD Connection
- Research shows that children with AD/HD have an average working memory
level roughly equal to that of a non-AD/HD seven year old. Strengthening
working memory can help to reduce the social, academic and other challenges
that children with AD/HD face every day.
- Home Is Where the Help Is
- Cogmed is a home-based program, so your child can train when it's most
convenient and where he or she is most comfortable. Weekly results
analysis is done by our Pediatric Speech-Language Pathologist/Cogmed Coach,
and weekly phone calls are made to you, so you can feel comfortable that you
understand your child's progress along the way.
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