Consider the definition of frustration: the feeling of being upset or annoyed, especially because of an inability to change or achieve something; an event or circumstance that causes one to […]

We’ve been writing a lot for parents about what a slow processing speed diagnosis means for their children and what can be done to help kids be as successful as […]

In a recent New York Times article entitled “Laptops Are Great. But Not During a Lecture or a Meeting”, Susan Dynarski describes how using laptops during lectures interferes with learning. […]

Learning something new improves and expands your brain. In an article published by the New York Times, Gretchen Reynolds describes how learning to juggle, swim, ride a bicycle, or snowboard later […]

Soccer has become one of the most popular games in the United States among kids. This has been helped along by the success of our national teams, with the U.S. […]

Wouldn’t it be great if we could cure ADHD with a video game or an app? If we could prescribe an activity, board game, or physical exercise for the treatment […]

Kids learn from games. No one can deny that games are great teachers. But just because games are “teachers” does NOT mean that we don’t need the real-deal classroom teachers. […]

Kids with slow processing speed are often identified by their teachers and parents as kids who just don’t try as hard. This is understandable. Kids with slow processing speed appear […]

How does processing speed impact academic achievement?

Students with slow processing speed often cannot keep up with their peers on math minutes, struggle to take complete notes, are likely to […]

As a teacher you may have observed that while many kids struggle with working memory, your students with executive functioning difficulties have particularly weak working memory skills.

Working memory sub-skills […]