Online attention training programs
Do you or your child have trouble sustaining focused attention?
Could it be ADD or ADHD?
Are you keen to try attention training alternatives to ADHD medication?
What is involved in paying attention?
Attention involves processing specific information while tuning out other information in the environment.
People can have limits both in terms of capacity and duration.
What’s happening in the brain
There are brain chemicals called neurotransmitters that make it easier to pay attention to new information and to hold onto newly learned information.
Medications for ADD and ADHD increase the levels of these neurotransmitters in varying ways.
Can I improve an attention deficit without medication?
Yes! It turns out that even the things that teachers do in a classroom can naturally increase these neurotransmitters. For example, when a teacher congratulates a student for good work, dopamine is naturally increased.
Online exercises for attention training
But what if we went one step further by engaging students in novel, motivating games, with content that requires longer and longer periods of sustained focused attention, and which provides positive feedback for correct answers?
Well, it turns out this is the recipe for success that’s required to naturally increase attentional neurotransmitters to improve a person’s ability to pay attention and for longer periods.
How to improve attention?
To improve attention or help with attention deficit disorder, we need to target the cause of attention problems with a three pronged approach which includes skill building strategies.
Traditionally, attention deficit treatment recommendations have focused on medication to increase the brain chemicals that are necessary for sustaining focused attention.
The trouble with only medicating for attentional difficulties is that the student will forever be reliant on the medication in order to pay attention.
However, many health professionals now agree that attention training is an important part of intervention for attention difficulties.
Sonic Learning’s online attention training programs
Effective attention programs actively train the ability to pay attention.
Changing the brain can’t be done overnight, but it absolutely can be done. Improving attention takes daily practice, individualised instruction and engaging exercises to create significant and lasting improvements.
Fortunately there are online programs that can help you improve attention in an easy and fun way. Sonic Learning’s team of health and education professionals has been successfully using proven neuroscience programs (Fast ForWord and Cogmed) since 2004 to improve attention. And younger students from 4 years of age can now access the TALi program.
Fast ForWord
Builds critical foundations of learning
- Listening (auditory processing)
- Auditory memory
- Auditory attention
- Comprehension
- Following instructions
- Sequencing
Suitable for:
ages 6 to adult
Time commitment:
30 mins/day, 5 days/week
Program length:
3 – 6 months 🛈The program adapts for you, so the time needed is a little different for each person. If you finish before your subscription has expired, we'll enrol you in the next program in the series so you'll never run out of work to do.
Cogmed
Supercharges working memory
- Auditory working memory
- Visual working memory
- Attention
Suitable for:
ages 6 to adult
Time commitment:
30 mins/day, 3-5 days/week
Program length:
6 – 14 weeks ?
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This free telephone consultation can help to answer any questions you have about our services. At Sonic Learning we are all experienced teachers and health professionals so parents tend to find it very beneficial to be able to discuss their concerns and receive guidance from our team.