The Reading Lab
A Division of Walston Speech Language & Reading Clinic, Inc.
A Division of Walston Speech Language & Reading Clinic, Inc.
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ainWare Safari
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In some cases, particularly where there is evidence of cognitive impediments to reading not related to auditory processing
such as visual processing, attention issues related to sensory integration issues, longer term retention issues The Reading
Lab will add BrainWare Safari into a students cognitive skills training protocol -- for students aged 9-18 years of
age.
The Reading Lab provides BrainWare Safari with professional direction and oversight, unavailable with other home
versions of this popular program . It was added to our comprehensive array of program offerings to help our students
reinforce the cognitive skills begun with the required Cognitive Skill Builder Program and to add more visual processing and
thinking skills to the mix. Our students typically work on home computers (web access required) for 3-5 days a week, 30-45
minutes a day, for 10-12 weeks or in the Lab.
BrainWare Origins
BrainWare incorporates models of brain function that originate in work published in 1949 by Dr. Donald Hebb of McGill
University. Skills build in a learning pyramid, in which basic skills enable higher-order skills to develop. If any fundamental
skills are missing or deficient, more advanced skills cannot Develop the exercises incorporate the current scientific
understanding of brain function to improve basic cognitive skills have been used by learning clinicians in one-on-one
therapies -- often using paper and pencil -- for decades. Over time, various clinicians gradually assembled and integrated
different regimens of exercises that provided measurable improvement in cognitive skills. Safari has converted these
exercises into a compelling, interactive digital format.
How It Works
BrainWare Safari develops 41 essential cognitive skills related to attention, memory, processing and sensory integration. The
exercises place repetitive demands on deficient functions and present increasing levels of difficulty. Demands are placed in
an integrated approach referred to as cognitive loading. This approach drives skills more quickly to an automatic,
subconscious level of processing.
Cognitive Skills Targeted by BrainWare Safari
Exercises that incorporate the current scientific understanding of brain function to improve basic cognitive skills have been
used by clinicians in one-on-one therapies for decades. BrainWare Safari develops 41 cognitive skills, considered the most
critical for fast and effective learning. BrainWare'ss exercises place repetitive demands on deficient functions and present
increasing levels of difficulty. Demands are placed in an integrated approach referred to as cognitive loading -- forcing the
brain to automate a function, do it subconsciously when confronted with two simultaneous tasks. This approach drives
skills more quickly to an automatic, subconscious level of processing.
The 41 cognitive skills developed by BrainWare are in these broad categories:
Improved attention span and focus
BrainWare Safari is a ground-breaking software that works on a wide range of cognitive skills providing many opportunities
to help children. Here are some examples of students who benefit from BrainWare Safari:
Slow worker
Ask The Reading Lab for pricing.
such as visual processing, attention issues related to sensory integration issues, longer term retention issues The Reading
Lab will add BrainWare Safari into a students cognitive skills training protocol -- for students aged 9-18 years of
age.
The Reading Lab provides BrainWare Safari with professional direction and oversight, unavailable with other home
versions of this popular program . It was added to our comprehensive array of program offerings to help our students
reinforce the cognitive skills begun with the required Cognitive Skill Builder Program and to add more visual processing and
thinking skills to the mix. Our students typically work on home computers (web access required) for 3-5 days a week, 30-45
minutes a day, for 10-12 weeks or in the Lab.
BrainWare Origins
BrainWare incorporates models of brain function that originate in work published in 1949 by Dr. Donald Hebb of McGill
University. Skills build in a learning pyramid, in which basic skills enable higher-order skills to develop. If any fundamental
skills are missing or deficient, more advanced skills cannot Develop the exercises incorporate the current scientific
understanding of brain function to improve basic cognitive skills have been used by learning clinicians in one-on-one
therapies -- often using paper and pencil -- for decades. Over time, various clinicians gradually assembled and integrated
different regimens of exercises that provided measurable improvement in cognitive skills. Safari has converted these
exercises into a compelling, interactive digital format.
How It Works
BrainWare Safari develops 41 essential cognitive skills related to attention, memory, processing and sensory integration. The
exercises place repetitive demands on deficient functions and present increasing levels of difficulty. Demands are placed in
an integrated approach referred to as cognitive loading. This approach drives skills more quickly to an automatic,
subconscious level of processing.
Cognitive Skills Targeted by BrainWare Safari
Exercises that incorporate the current scientific understanding of brain function to improve basic cognitive skills have been
used by clinicians in one-on-one therapies for decades. BrainWare Safari develops 41 cognitive skills, considered the most
critical for fast and effective learning. BrainWare'ss exercises place repetitive demands on deficient functions and present
increasing levels of difficulty. Demands are placed in an integrated approach referred to as cognitive loading -- forcing the
brain to automate a function, do it subconsciously when confronted with two simultaneous tasks. This approach drives
skills more quickly to an automatic, subconscious level of processing.
The 41 cognitive skills developed by BrainWare are in these broad categories:
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Attention Skills Helped
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Sustained Attention -- staying engaged.
Selective Attention -- ability to avoid distractions.
Divided Attention -- the ability to focus on two skills at
once, such as listening to the teacher and writing down
n otes.
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Visual Processing Help
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Visual Discrimination and Processing Speed
Visual Sequential Processing
Visualization , Figure Ground, Span, Directionality
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Auditory Processing Skills
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A
uditory
Discrimination and Processing Speed
A uditory Sequential Processing
Hand to eye integration -- for writing
Auditory-motor and auditory-visual integration
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Memory Skills
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Short-Term and Working Memory
Visual Spatial Memory
Long-Term Memory
Sequential Memory
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Thinking Skills
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Logic and Reasoning
Planning and Conceptual Thinking
Problem Solving and Strategic Thinking
Decision Speed
Improved attention span and focus
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Attention stamina is a learned skill in BrainWare Safari. By helping
the brain to do
subconsciously
what previously
required concentration and effort, BrainWare Safari helps make staying engaged less exhausting and therefore easier to
maintain.
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Being able to avoid distractions and stay on task is an increasingly
important learning
skill as
your
child progresses
through the grades. Learning how to tune out so-called "distractors" is a major exercise theme in Safari. Improved
cognitive skills that school- work more interesting and less exhausting, also helps focus and the ability to stay engaged.
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Faster processing, better retention (reducing the need for repetition)
and improved focus
skills
combine to improve
learning productivity, another major target area of this learning software.
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BrainWare Safari improves visual and auditory processing to improve
the quantity and
accuracy of
information taken
in, either in class or when reading, and it strengthens all the memory skills required to store this information.
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Students tend to feel better about themselves, that they are
performing close to their
potential.
It's a
positive
development that generally leads to a more confident and positive learner. Each individual starts with different
strengths and weaknesses in cognitive skills. As cognitive skills are not the only factors that can impact behaviors such
as the above; individual experiences and results will vary.
BrainWare Safari is a ground-breaking software that works on a wide range of cognitive skills providing many opportunities
to help children. Here are some examples of students who benefit from BrainWare Safari:
Slow worker
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Many students spend much too much time on their
homework and
other studies. They
are often also
slow test takers.
While Level 1 C ognitive Skill Builder is a better choice if slow reading or having to constantly re-read for reading
comprehension, BrainWare Safari improves retention the first time through, processing speed and efficiency, focus
and logic, and all critical to good homework productivity.
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BrainWare Safari helps students avoid distraction with specific
exercises that include
distractors -- to
this extent, focus
is a learned skill. But it goes beyond this, by improving processing speed and retention skills so that students find the
material more manageable and interesting, thereby holding their interest without the normal exhaustion.
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Being organized requires an integrated intellect. If you struggle to
pull things together
in your head,
it is hard to be
organized outside it. Safari's memory and attention skills dramatically improve organizations skills also.
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A small number of children have eye tracking, peripheral vision and
other visual
processing issues
that impede their
development as readers. BrainWare Safari has a large number of visual processing exercises.
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Test taking skills are learning skills. To do well on a test you need to
process efficiently,
stay on task,
retain what you
are reading the first time, and have decent long term memory for fact recall. BrainWare Safari addresses all of these
issues.
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"It goes in one ear and out the other!" There are lots of reasons for
this. It could be a
data capture
problem -- the
student cannot process fast enough to take the information in accurately. Or it could be a retention issue -- one
captured it is not held. BrainWare Safari devotes a large portion of its exercise time to these two functions.
Ask The Reading Lab for pricing.