What is Brain Training or Brain Fitness and is it Helpful?

When instruction focuses on the area of difficulty, it’s important for the activities to be engaging and fun. They need to start at a very simplistic level and increase in difficulty as the participants experience success. Repeated training clears the hurdles that trip the thought processes and helps the mind run smoothly and efficiently.

Clearly, the brain is not limited or defined. It continues to grow and develop new neural pathways (often referred to an neural plasticity), if exercised, throughout our lifetime. Early intervention can sometimes "cure" or remediate learning challenges and even diseases of the elderly, such as Alzheimer’s and dementia, can be avoided. The bottom line is that it is never too late to strengthen your brain.

Students and adults can seek help from a learning specialist or educational therapist. I am a learning specialist and educational therapist. However, I tell many of my clientele that I’m a personal trainer for the brain. I help people of all ages to improve overall cognition, develop compensatory learning strategies, and master optimal study skills. You can learn more about my practice at www.learningtolearn.biz.  I also write educational and brain training materials for learning specialists, educational therapists, teachers, and coaches.