Better Mind ... Better Life.

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41 Cognitive Skills in 6 Areas

Attention
The skills that help us control the focus of our attention and screen out distractions. These skills include: Sustained Attention (Visual and Auditory), Selective Attention (Visual and Auditory), Divided Attention, and Flexible Attention.
Memory
The ability to screen, hold onto, manipulate, store and retrieve information in our minds. These skills include: Short-Term Sensory Memory (Visual and Auditory), Immediate Memory (Visual and Auditory), Working Memory, Visual Spatial Memory, Long-Term Memory, Sequential Memory (Visual and Auditory), and Visual Simultaneous Memory.
Thinking
The ability to abstract and process information rapidly to solve a problem or meet a goal. These skills include: Logic, Reasoning, Planning, Problem-Solving, Strategic Thinking, Visual Thinking, Conceptual Thinking and Decision Speed.
Sensory Integration
The ability to process and make a coherent whole out of multiple sensory inputs and to control how our bodies interact with the environment. These skills include: Oculomotor skills, Visual-Motor Integration, Auditory-Motor Integration, Timing & Rhythm and Visual-Auditory Integration.
Auditory Processing
The skills that take in and process auditory information efficiently and accurately. These skills include: Auditory Discrimination, Auditory Sequential Processing, and Auditory Processing Speed.
Visual Processing
The skills the enable us to take in and process visual information efficiently and accurately. These include: Visual Discrimination, Visual Figure Ground, Visual Form Consistency, Directionality, Visual Span, Visual Simultaneous Processing, Visual Sequential Processing, Visualization and Visual Processing Speed

Success Stories from Our Users

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Adult Users Say ... I’m Using the Focusing Techniques I Learned

by Leah Petrusiak, Journalist

"When I was a freshman in high school, my teacher told my dad, 'Leah doesn't know how to think.' As time went on, I realized I had trouble piecing together how certain events culminated in larger happenings. I often forgot events in my own history. While I've dealt with my disconnects in a number of ways, I decided to check out BrainWare Safari. Not only can a clinician use it to spot your trouble spots, you'll quickly find them out on your own--and your strengths as well. One unexpected benefit I realized was an improvement in my art-making ability. If found that I was more in tune with how textures, colors and sequences play off each other, having worked on the exercises that force you to from one complete picture in your head from three boards of Tic Tac Toe. I am also using the focusing techniques I learned when I throw my hat on top of my credit card and am able to form a mental picture of where it is."

Parents Say ... They Feel They’re Growing

by Carolyn D. (Drew, Age 11)

"BrainWare Safari built Drew's confidence to know that he could go further even when it was hard. He liked the way the characters grew up. I think it translates to the kids and they feel they're growing."

Parents Say ... Skills that Benefit Children for Their Lifetime

by Puling Z. (Rachel, Age 7)

"BrainWare Safari works on skills that can benefit children for their lifetime. Other skills they may forget, but this is different. It's like Chinese traditional medicine; it cures form the root."

Clinicians Say ... Skills Children Will Apply Every Day of Their Lives

by Russell Osnes, OD

"Our brains are constantly changing and developing. The more we exercise them, the faster we learn, and the better we process the information we receive. Working on the 41 cognitive skills encompassed in BrainWare Safari can help kids perform better, do tasks more efficiently, remember what they've been studying in school better, and be able to stay on task longer. The skills children learn in BrainWare Safari they will apply every day of their lives."

Homeschooling Parents Say ... I Find the Exercises Challenging for Myself

by J.Detweiler, Homeschooling Parent

"My daughter, who is 8 years old, really enjoys BrainWare Safari. She has Sensory Processing Disorder; her vision and auditory system are impacted by this. The games do a great job targeting the skills she needs improvement on. We've found some of the games are similar to exercises her vision therapist was having her do. The one exception though is BrainWare Safari does it in a way that's more fun. As a parent, I enjoy watching her play the games and find them challenging for myself."

Parents Say ... This Program Has Been a Gift

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"Fourth grade was miserable for my daughter. Even though she did her homework every night and had a reading tutor, she wasn't able to retain facts, read at a second-grade level, and rarely passed tests in class. Her teacher requested holding her back. She started using BrainWare Safari two weeks before fifth grade. After just 3 weeks of practicing 4-5 times per week for 30 minutes each session, she was not only telling me her multiplication facts, but figuring out our her division facts. Her reading comprehension has increased and her ability to write paragraphs. This program has been a gift."

Educators Say ... Gives Teachers Valuable Data They Can Use to Improve Their Instruction

by Dr. Lou Whitaker, Principal, Pope John Paul II, FL

"The area we noticed the greatest improvement in was the attitude of the students. They enjoyed playing the games and the teachers and parents noticed the students were able to complete homework assignments with less stress and frustration--which was a direct result of BrainWare Safari. As an educator for over forty years, I have spent my career looking for new, innovative programs that produce results, give teachers valuable data they can use to improve their instruction, get students excited about learning, and put fun back in the classroom. BrainWare Safari is such a program."

Parents Say ... You Can Give This Gift to Your Child

by Cheryl M. (Drew, Age 10)

"It's like the difference between taking your child to a music lesson and sitting and waiting or having the music teacher come to your house. You can manage it, you can get your hands around it, and you can give this gift to your child."

Educators Say ... A Major Breakthrough in Education

by Dr. Lou Barber, Former State Asst. Supt., CA

"When I became aware of the effectiveness of BrainWare Safari, I recognized the potential contribution this program could make to the educational field. It basically provides a process by which the brain learns how to learn. BrainWare Safari is a well-designed series of brain exercises in a game format that works for all learners--school-age students aged 6 and older, as well as adults. It is truly a major breakthrough in education and has unlimited potential for individuals with disability as well as those with high-level academic ability."

Kids Say ... Lots of Stuff is Easier

by Rachel C. (Age 8)

"I can concentrate more and lots of stuff is easier."

News from BrainWare

That Was Easy! — by Betsy Hill

On Super Bowl Sunday, my 8-year-old nephew graciously tolerated the adults in our house (most of whom are still 8 years old at heart, if truth be told). He held his own in a game of guessing what the next commercial would be on television (cars? beer?  fast food? insurance?), as well as Crazy Eights [...]

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Working Memory Limits Affect College Students’ Reading — by Betsy Hill

A researcher from the University of Alberta describes the problem this way, “The students invest most of their time on reading and they forget the meaning.  They read and they decode the whole passage.  So, by the time they get to the end, they forget what the first paragraph was talking about.”  Startlingly, the students [...]

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BrainWare Announcements

New Approaches to Assessment: Getting Every Student to "I Can"

February 21 is the date for our next Neuroscience in Education Webinar.  Michael Patterson, CEO of Avant Assessment, will discuss some of the important questions around assessments -- how our understanding of the role of assessments us changing, how to measure proficiency, and how to get students engaged in monitoring their own performance and progress.  Register.

BrainWare Safari Brain Awareness Week Grants

We are excited to announce the creation of the BrainWare Safari Brain Awareness Week Grants, leading up to the celebration of Brain Awareness Week, March 12-18, 2012. Under the program, up to 16 school applicants will receive a variety of awards with a value totaling over $100,000 in licenses for BrainWare Safari cognitive development software. Learn more and apply.