September is National ADHD Awareness Month, and brain training experts are offering discounted screenings for the three types of attention and other essential brain skills.
Attention deficits can be caused by a variety of genetic and environmental factors. But regardless of the cause, the common denominator is always weak attention skills.Attention skills are critical for school success. Many people don’t know that ADHD can manifest differently in girls than in boys.When it comes to ADHD, boys are more prone to problems with impulse control, while girls’ symptoms often manifest as inattention. If you think your child has ADHD, start with a screening that measures their attention and other cognitive skills, like processing speed and working memory.
Some of the most common symptoms in children and teens with ADHD include:
taking much longer than peers to complete daily homework
low self-esteem, anxiety, or depression
poor grades
significant time management challenges chronic disorganization avoiding school The best ways to noninvasively attack the root cause of ADHD is with one-on-one cognitive skills training. Brain training uses the brain’s plasticity to rebuild neural connections, find faster routes to process information, and increase the processing speed of existing connections.
So why doesn’t tutoring work for ADHD? Unlike tutoring, brain training improves the underlying skills — like selected, divided, and sustained attention — needed to learn anything. Tutoring is about reteaching information, such as history facts or math formulas. Personal brain training is about strengthening your brain’s ability to think, remember, recall, and apply what you learn. It makes you a better, faster, and more efficient learner no matter what the subject.
To sign up for a discounted cognitive skills screening, call or email the nearest one-on-one Brain Training Center.
Michael Ginsberg is the executive director and owner of LearningRx Brain Training Centers in Marlboro and Red Bank. For more information or for a complete evaluation of your child’s cognitive learning abilities, you can contact the LearningRx center at 732-444-8579.