MFLC'S BrainPower™ Program
MFLC’s BrainPower™ Program (BPP) is a cutting edge learning program, serving people ages 5 and up. BPP is based on the incredibly successful, BrainSkills™ models. Unlike tutoring which is simply re-teaching material that a student missed the first time it was presented, BPP addresses the learner’s underlying cognitive abilities through an intensive individualized program with a goal of increasing learner capacity. These skills last a lifetime.
Research has shown that 80% of learning problems are due to cognitive weaknesses. Many compensate for these difficulties by developing coping skills. However, cognitive training addresses the root causes of these difficulties. The BrainPower™ Program strengthens the following key cognitive skills:
- Attention Skills: The ability to attend to incoming information.
- Memory: The ability to store and recall information. Includes long-term and short-term/working memory.
- Logic and Reasoning: The ability to reason, form concepts, and solve problems using unfamiliar information or novel procedures.
- Auditory Processing: The ability to analyze, blend, and segment sounds.
- Visual Processing: The ability to perceive, analyze, and think in visual images.
- Processing Speed: The ability to perform simple or complex cognitive tasks quickly.
Parents are critical to the success of the BrainPower™ Program. Parents of school age students agree to participate in periodic parent sessions to discuss the progress of their child. Through the BrainPower™ administrator’s portal, BrainPower™ provides up to the minute data on participant progress. Program administrators are able to monitor activity and progress, including length of time spent on exercises. In the case of school-age participants, teachers and parents will also be engaged to assess BPP’s effect on school performance.
BrainPower™ Program advantages:
- Students struggling behind grade level who need to catch up.
- People seeking enhanced reading skill and fluency.
- Students looking for an enhanced foundation in math skills.
- Kindergarten and First grade students wanting a successful launch into reading.
“ Don't settle for the brain you think you were born with…Whatever your age or situation, you really can experience the life-changing benefits of a faster, smarter brain.”
BrainPower™ – After School Program
MFLC’s BrainPower™ Program (BPP) is a web-based tool. Our program is unique because we build on a child’s natural intelligence by providing tools that help them to:
- process information quickly,
- increase ability to remember,
- listen accurately,
- increase attention span,
- develop logic and reasoning skills.
While the BrainPower™ activities are critical to learning and processing information, an important aspect in evaluating how they affect your child, is looking at how they are doing in their class work. You can expect to see a positive difference in how your child completes class work in 9-12 weeks of consistent training here at MFLC.
For Students in Kindergarten, 1st and 2nd Grade, BrainPower™ Program activities will consist of 10-20 minutes of Sound Analysis (reading preparation) 4 days a week or as many times as they are here. This is a web-based program. Because they may not yet be able to use a computer mouse independently, one of our staff will work one-on-one with them when help is needed. If you have a computer at home, we ask you to provide your child with additional time. We can show you how to access this program from home or a local library. Your child’s time here will be divided between the BrainPower™ Program and their school assignments.
For Students in 3rd through 7th Grades, the BrainPower™ Program will consist of 30 minutes to 1 hour of BrainSkills™ training each time they are here. Homework support will also be given during the time they are here at MFLC, with priority given to their BrainPower™ Program.
BrainPower™ – School Outreach Program
MFLC’s BrainPower Program™ (BPP) is a cutting edge learning program. Reading is the foundation skill, without which a student will increasingly fall behind. The BPP enables Kindergarten - 2nd grade students develop foundational skills which are critical to reading. The BPP utilizes the web-based BrainSkills™ program plus one-on-one Personal Brain Training. Unlike tutoring which is simply re-teaching material that a student missed the first time, BPP addresses the learner’s underlying cognitive abilities through an intensive individualized program with a goal of increasing learner capacity. These skills last a lifetime.
In the 2011-2012 school year, the Sisters of Notre Dame and MFLC implemented the BrainPower™ Program in a local school achieving remarkable results: After three months of training, 8/9 students in the fourth grade and 12/12 students in the sixth grade passed the LEAP test. In a school setting, the BrainPower™ Program (BPP) combines solid traditional classroom practices with one-on-one mentoring applied consistently and intensely.
The selection of the BrainSkills™ program is based on applied brain research, clinical practice in top-performing cognitive brain training programs, best practices of classroom teachers and incorporation of the tools of technology. BPP training gives beginning and struggling readers a foundation for reading success. Following the first year of the program in a school, only beginning readers (grade 1) and new students in grades 2-8 need to be evaluated for the program The key to this model is collaboration with classroom teachers, school administrators, trained program staff, and parents, along with the use of a school’s technology resources. Students can access the program 24 hours a day from any computer.