Brain Training vs Tutoring

More than just tutoring... When a child is struggling academically, repetition of the subject matter is typically not enough. The student’s cognitive tools must be strengthened. Deficits in the underlying cognitive skills that are required to achieve academic success are the likely root of the problem.

The BrainTrain Center of Miami offers specific training to strengthen key cognitive skills such as auditory processing, visual processing, memory, reasoning, and processing speed. Skill gains at this foundational level of learning capability result in easier, faster, and more successful learning.  The center identifies and targets the specific skill weaknesses that hold students back from learning and reading success. 

We serve the greater Miami area and are the leading providers for children with:

• Learning Disabilities

• Poor Grades

• Dyslexia – Dysgraphia - Dyscalculia

• Central Auditory Processing Disorder (C/APD)

• ADD - ADHD 

• PDD-NOS / Autism / Asperger’s

• Non-Verbal Learning Disability

• Memory Impairments

• Sensory Integration Dysfunction

• Speech and Language Delays

• Down Syndrome

• Students seeking enhanced reading and math skills

• Other developmental delays and disorders that slow or otherwise hinder normal educational development

What is BrainTraining

Brain Train Center of Miami

Brain training is a simple but powerful way to enhance a student’s core ability to learn faster, easier, and better. The brain processes information through a complex network of nerve cells called neurons. As we learn, groupings of neurons physically work together to accomplish learning or thinking tasks. Research shows that additional, nearby neurons are drawn into this process when the task is new or unfamiliar, or when the intensity of the learning demand is increased. Once the task is mastered, the borrowed neurons are released to go back to other duties; however, the gains in efficiency and processing speed required for that task are retained and make learning-related tasks easier.

How does a neurocognitive program work?

Neuroplasticity  refers to the brain’s ability to change and modify neuron activity and connections in reaction to increased learning demand. Cognitive skills, such as sensory processing, memory, reasoning, and attention, are capable of improving with adequate and continued training. Brain function increases, students are able to recall more accurately, process faster, and therefore, learning is easier.

Neurocognitive programs work on  neuroplasticity, students are given an array of exercises to promote rapid strengthening and growth of these neuronal connections.

The key is to pin point each individual student’s strengths, needs, and area of deficit.  Based on these assessments an individualized plan is created to facilitate student’s success.  Ongoing progress monitoring provides feedback and drives instruction.